Sewanhaka High School - Totem Yearbook (Floral Park, NY)

Page 14 text:

LAN CU AGE OFFICE STAFF COMMERCE MATHEMATICS THE SEWANHAKA FACULTY pictured above, are grouped for the most part according to depart- ments. For this reason it seems advisable to state briefly some facts pertinent to each department. The Music Department has had continued growth both in numbers and popularity. More and greater interest in the foreign language classes has been in evidence since the department began stressing the cultural and ap- preciative features of the language studied. INDUSTRIAL ARTS HEALTH The Physical Education program has been en- larged to include Hygiene courses for Freshmen and Seniors. The Art Department has placed emphasis on Art Appreciation as an elective subject, with the result that the student now participates in both the creative and appreciative phase of the sub- ject. The Library Department has done more than ever before to help students appreciate good books. Classes were given training in library usage, and a great many new worthwhile volumes have been accumulated. Each year the Science Department is making rapid strides in adapting its subjects to a more practical application of scientific truths.

Page 13 text:

AN tricity and service and repairs of a simple nature. X Students in the Vocational Arts Mechanics course meet three periods a day and have an intensive study of the automobile in regard to its elec- trical system, the metals used, and the part that mathematics and chemistry play in its construction. The Industrial Arts Auto Mechanics offers an exploratory course relative to the construction and general re- pairs of the automobile. The purpose of the Industrial Arts Aviation course is to give Sewanhaka students a general knowledge of the aircraft world. The accomplishments of men and women connected with the industry have been studied. The uses of aircraft are analyzed, model planes are built, and experiments with a small wind tunnel are carried out. The final achievement is the construction of a small airplane. The Crafts course offered this year is the first industrial arts study to be open only to girls, the aim being to provide an opportunity to make attractive articles of leather, metal, and plastics and to develop an appreciation for hand made articles. General Metal is an exploratory course designed to give the pupil thorough shopwork, outside assign- ments, and related work in a series of experiences in metal work. Vocational Agricultural Science as taught in Sewanhaka High School aims to prepare students to enter the allied occupations and vocations of agriculture. FAC LTY HAROLD WRIGHT Assistant Principal CHARLES COOPER Dean of Boys OLIVE BUCKS Dean of Girls

Page 15 text:

SOCIAL SCIENCE ENGLISH With the added equipment of the Commercial Department a student may now prepare himself for practically all the business opportunities which present themselves today. In the English Department, elective courses in Journalism, Dramatics, Public Speaking and Creative Writing offer opportunities for self- expression. The Social Science Department has also added subjects and revised others. Story of Nations treats history as a world panorama. Economic Citizenship provides definite training for good citizenship. The greatest advancement this past year, how- ever, has been made in the field of Industrial MUSIC, ART, LIBRARY HOME ECONOMICS Arts and Vocational subjects. These include courses in Agriculture, Aviation, Electricity, Automobile, Printing, Metal Arts and Crafts, Woodworking and additional subjects in Home Economics. Though the Office Staff appears last that does not signify least importance. This year the new position of attendance officer was created with Mr. Oscar Brion fulfilling the task of maintain- ing good attendance. SCIENCE