Portland High School - Totem Yearbook (Portland, ME)

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DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH The English course. perhaps more than any other, may be likened to a beautiful and symmetri- cal tree deeply rooted in the culture of the ages. So we consider reading and writing the trunk of the tree with correct sentence structure. spelling, let- ter writing, grammar. composition, interpretation, memorization, and rhetoric forming its branches, And the student, like the tree, grows mentally and morally as he adds to his fundamental knowl- edge of English the ability to enjoy the discussion of poetry. essays, plays, and novels. He learns to develop his personality through the reading of bi- ography and autobiography where he becomes, for a time. 'fone of a high company',, and to further de- velop that personality through informal class dis- cussions of those books he has read. or of homework assignments, or of experiences. He learns, too, to increase the charm of his speaking voice through practice in correct pronun- ciation, voice placement for tone quality, and in clear, courteous enunciation. . Through writing he learns to develop his imagi- nation and to express in clear, concise, and forceful English, thoughts either fanciful or imaginative. Thus at the end of four years, the student Ends firmly rooted within himself a love and appreciation for the beautiful in the world of literature and living. nw f5-. PAGE TEN

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COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT The Commercial Department offers ambitious and earnest students an excellent chance to train themselves for positions in the business world, where opportunities are constantly open for those who are prepared . Many of our former students have re- ceived good positions in the offices of business men in the city, and excellent reports from these men show fully the efficiency of this department. Many studies are oncered, including arithmetic for the freshmen, and a half-year course in business arithmetic for seniors, bookkeeping the second and third year, with shorthand and typewriting begin- ning the third year and extending through the senior year. Commercial linglish and law. accounting, and economics are also available. Penmanship is taught by Mr. Rowe and is of decided importance. An honor course in shorthand known as the selective group, is composed only of pupils who have shown exceptional ability in first year short- hand and who have attained high marks in English for the three previous years. The typists for the TOTEM and the Higlzliglzfs are chosen from the ad- vanced classes in typewriting, and the morning bulletin is also prepared by pupils who cut the sten- cils and run them off on the mimeograph machine each day, thus giving the pupils practical experience in the use of these machines and all other equipment. PAGE ELEVEN