Petaluma High School - Trojans Yearbook (Petaluma, CA)

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(CprtifiratPS of flnifirintrij DOROTHY WILHELMINA ASCHERMAN STELLA DALESSI ESTELLA EDNA DORSETT THELMA SOPHIA FAHRENKROG ANITA GIAMPAOLI ALVENA SOPHIE INTEMANN HELEN LOWELL LUDDEN ELEANOR CAROLYN WROBIOFF

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v N EVER before, in the history of the world, has there been such a demand for practical business men and women as there is today For this reason, the Commercial Departments in our modern schools are commanding more recognition than formerly and are being considered a more important branch of the High School work. ‘ •=- f- ' i? There are no courses of study more interesting and fascinating than those given in this department. However, the work is not easy, and advancement depends almost entirely upon the earnestness and concentration used in practice. Nothing has been more clearly revealed to the students of stenography than the fact that high speed is the result of hard work. The philosophers agree that genius is only the ability to apply and concentrate all energies to one subject, and this is certainly true in the case of shorthand. It is only by exerting every effort that speed and accuracy may be obtained. How¬ ever, this fact only tends to make the work, more interesting and the satisfaction of having mastered it more complete. Bookkeeping also requires a great amount of real effort, but, if studied with genuine interest, it is very fascinating. Aside from the practical benefit received from the pursuance of this subject, it trains the mind to think and act quickly and also teaches accuracy. The Commercial Class of ’20 wishs to express its sincere appre¬ ciation of the valuable assistance given it, during the past two years, by the commercial teachers ? Mr. Way, Miss Dunning, Miss Diggs, and Miss Merritt. — 17 —

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Helen Ludden Anita Giampaoli Carl Neilsen Marie Arfsten Dorothy Ascherman May Silva