Paris High School - Arena Yearbook (Paris, IL)

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 COMMERCE The commercial department has come to be one of the most important and practical in Paris High School. For it is here, through typing, shorthand, business train- ing. and related subjects, that the student learns things that can quickly be applied toward the task of earning a living. Mrs. Riedell teaches business training, business Eng- lish. and commercial arithmetic and geography. Miss Haas has the junior shorthand and typing students, and also the new course in distributive education, in which the pupil receives credit for time spent on a real job. Senior shorthond-typing students are guided by Miss Hohler, who also has a business training section. Miss Risser teaches a personal-use typing course, bookkeep- ing. and business training. • Throughout the courses, emphasis is placed on spelling, grammar, and speed and accuracy in develop- ing the skill subjects. The main purpose is to prepare students for life in the business world. Ruth Ann Hohler, B.S., M.S. Stella Risser Margaret Haas, B.S. Mary Ida Riedell, B.A. DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION CLUB LEFT TO RIGHT: Rhoads. A. Hardy. M. Hordy. Curl. Hutchings. Howo. Zone. Elliott.

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SCIENCE Five science courses ore offered. The foculty in- cludes: Miss Church, generol science: Miss Luckhaupt, biology: Mr. Little, chemistry and senior science: and Mr. Ariens. physics. All students take generol science the freshman year. Electricity, engines, machines, and weather ore studied. Field trips to the telephone office, water plant, and sew- age disposal plant are taken. A student interested in the study of plants and ani- mals may continue by taking biology. This covers the relation of plants and animals to each other, source of food manufacturing by plants, and harmful and help- ful animals. In the junior year a course in basic chemistry is of- fered. Soop making, cool, tar, petroleum, and alcohol are studied. Mr. Little teaches the senior science classes also. In the final year, Mr. Ariens instructs the students in the study of the physical side of science. Supple- menting the study of electricity, light, machines, and the mechanics of heat and sound, are laboratory ex- periments. Otto Ariens, A.B., M.S. C. J. Little, B.Ed. Fannie Luckhaupt, A.B. Miriam Church, B.S., M.S. Now do you know whot mokes o butter- fly tick? Don't get too many volts there! Ready for that science qui$?

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Students of Miss Hoos' fourth hour typing doss concentroto on o ten- minute timing. Distributive Educotion students oppty selling techniques in the Christmos rush ot locol stores. Toke a letter, ploaso. Working on those weekly budgets! Service with o smilo in the Christmos rush. Miss Risser's future bookeepers figure over- head and profits. Twenty-three