Oroville Union High School - Nugget Yearbook (Oroville, CA)

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s The commercial student has training in English, Science, and the re- '29 quired courses and specializes in commercial work. He begins Arithmetic as a. freshman. During the second year he begins Typing and takes junior Business. If he makes a B average in Typing he may take second year Typing when a junior, together with Shorthand. His senior year is taken up with second year Shorthand, Bookkeeping, and Secretarial Training. Miss Humphrey teaches Shorthand and Typing. Miss Beik has classes in Shorthand, Typing, and Secretarial Practice. Mr. Schrader also has Typing and all Junior Business and Bookkeeping classes. Advanced Typing is under the direction of Miss Larson. Miss. Beik, Mr. Schrader, Miss Humphrey

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SCIENCE Mr. Stollar, Miss. Larson, Mr. Walsh The Science Department provides an essential part of the student's pre-V paration for college, and also a very important factor in our immense Nat- tional Defense effort. Our Science department has a. core of three experienced instructors. Mr. Stollar, who teaches Chemistry and Physics, is an instructor of many years standing in O. U. H. S. Miss Larson teaches Biology, which is taken mostly by sophomore stu- dents. Large roomy accommodations are provided for this subject. Our if I Biology classes take up the study of the life processes of plants and animals A and provide a background for further scientific study. Mr. Walsh teaches General Science, Applied Science, and Chemistry. j General Science is a popular subject among the freshman, and a very in- teresting course. Applied Science is for juniors, especially. In this class photography, K5 automobile essentials, and science in general are touched. 5 f 0 f 1 . .Q Z5 ,X , , - in ffif -

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HUHIE ElIUIllllllICS N I . , Miss Wallace and Mrs. Rice The Home Economics Department is under the direction of Mrs. Rice and Miss Wallace. Courses are given in beginning and advanced cooking and sewing for all girls interested, and Homemaking which is a requirement for all senior girls. In first year cooking, besides the actual preparation of food, emphasis is placed on health building, budgeting, hospitality and etiquette. Advanced cooking stresses preparation of foods for a normal balanced diet, special diets for invalids and chidren, foreign foods, prescvation of foods, budget- ing and buying for an average family. The homemaking courses center about problems of the family and the home, with special consideration of color and design in household furnish- ingsg home nursing and care of children, etc. This year the regular Red Cross First, Aid Course was given to all mem- bers of Homemaking classes, and the girls received their Red Cross First Aid Certificates. In Miss Wallace's sewing classes this year many garments were made for the Red Cross in addition to the regular class work. As a part of the Public School Week program members of the sewing classes put on an especially attractive fashion show, in which they modeled various types of dresses, slacks and other play clothes which they had made. . 'TN von, ALII I - vs-oi' .IA '65 ,.,,