Owosso High School - Spic Yearbook (Owosso, MI)

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Marie Weatherby Commercial Page Twenty-Two Georrre S. Menkee Bookkeeping' Typing Room Frances Goodes, A.B. Commercial Qlnmmrrrial Evpartmvnt There are thrcc teachers in the commercial depart- ment: Mrs. Marie Weatherby, Miss Frances Goodcs, and Mr. Lawrence Alto, who came during the second semester to till the vacancy left by Mr. George Men- kee. Courses are offered in typing, stenography, bookkeeping, commercial law, commercial geography, junior training, and commercial arithmetic. The majority of the students in this department take a complete commercial course which includes these subjects and certain required academic subjects. Most of them do not plan to go to college, but expect to enter oiiice positions on graduation from high school. This department sends representatives each year to the district and state shorthand and typing contests held at St. Johns and Kalamazoo. There are about three hundred and fifty students enrolled in the commercial department. Bookkeeping Room

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i Allen Montgomery. Biology Laboratory Chester Huupt A. B. General Science Biology Srienre Evparinnvnt Science explains our surroundings. The High School Science Department seeks to do this thru the four courses which it offers. General Science is exploratory and introduces the student to the general field of science. Biology explains our contacts with the plant and animal world, and gives us an appreciation of the importance of the living things we meet each day. Chemistry and Physics are studies of the theories and applications which make possible the manufac- ture and use of practically all our present day necessities and luxuries. Chemistry Laboratory . i lFFl'll W. Moore. A. ll. Chemistry and Physics l'm:v Twenty-Une

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LaVerna Bowen, A. B. Miss Zinn's Class Treva Zinn, A. B. Algebra Algebra illlathrmaiira In order to assist in the bringing about a fuller appreciation and a clever understanding of life and the progress of civilization, we seek, in the Mathe- matics Course offered, to develop in the individual those essential powers of understanding and analysis of space and quantity relationshipsg to aid the ac- quiring of skill of using the results of analysis to draw valid conclusionsg and finally, to foster those habits of thinking that will enable the above attain- ments to become effective in the life of the student. A complete high school course in Mathematics is offered through this department of the Owosso High School. Geometry Class P. French. A. B, Mathematics Page Twenty-'Th ree