Sharon High School - Mirror Yearbook (Sharon, PA)

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 — r% Miss Filer Miss CieaencK Commercial Department The Commercial Department in Sharon High has been in existence only three years, but during that short time it has proved very valuable to the students. Seventy-three students have graduated from the Commercial Department in two years. The aim of this department is to prepare students to fill the needs of the business world. The many opportunities presented by Sharon firms have been a great aid in giving the student's some experience. During the three years that the Commercial Department has been a part of Sharon High, many of the students taking this course have won awards in Typewriting and received the certificate for good work in Bookkeeping. The students of this department have secured quite a few honors for Sharon High in the County and in the State Commercal Contests. Each year a team has been chosen to represent Sharon High in the County Contests. Several of these people have been sent into the State Contest where they won places in the various contests. The teachers of this department have worked hard to place the Sharon High Commercial Department high among secondary Commercial Departments. The four regular commercial instructors teach Bookkeeping, Typing, Shorthand, Commercial Law, Salesmanship and Business Arithmetic. Several other teachers teach one subject in this course. Charles R. Dubbs .........................................Indiana State Normal Ethel L. Mart ........................................... Indiana State Normal Margaret A. Giegerich Indiana State Normal Ruth A. Filer ..............................................Grove City College T went y -two

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fir. 'Raney Mas McPride Gllfieovs -A7iS Sdesrer Language Department An important part of a nation's duty consists in giving its citizens the opportunity of knowing the ways of foreign countries. What could be more helpful in this than studying the foreign languages? In Sharon High School three languages are taught: Latin, French, and Spanish. All three are romance languages,—the last two being really modern Latin. Latin is useful in building up a good vocabulary because of the many English derivations from it. Besides being interesting, Cicero and Virgil give the pupil an insight into many and various philosophies of life. French is now considered a practical language. The League of Nations uses it as the International language, anti tourists in most European countries find it useful. As the subtleties of the great French classics are largely lost by translation, many cultured people desire at least a reading knowledge. The United States has a growing commercial relationship with South America which is a Spanish-speaking country. In addition to the commercial value of this language there is a satisfaction in reading Spanish literature in the original. O. W. Raney, Westminster College. A M., Ohio Normal University.B.S............Latin I1I-IV Anna McBride, Westminster College ......................................French I-II, B.S. Esther M. Forrest, Grove City College .................................Spanish I-II, Lit.B E. Vernece Sacger, Thiel College ........................................ Latin II, A.B. Augusta Gibbons, Allegheny Colege .........................................Latin I, A.B. Twenty-one

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£1 4 J iS Amon Iii the two High School offices records of all our school afiFairs are registered. Miss Adele Sarver is employed as Mr. Gamble's personal secretary and Miss Marion Gibbons, as bis stenographer. Miss Gibbons is also stenographer for Mr. Williams, who is secretary of the Sharon School Board. This office force takes care of the entire Sharon school system, including some things directly connected with the High School. They keep record of the grades of every student; they order all supplies and keep a record of their distribution; they issue and record employment certificates; they receive tuition money; and they keep a record of the cafeteria funds and the disbursement of them. The work transacted in Mr. Jones’ office deals particularly with the affairs of the high school. Miss McCormic is Mr. Jones' secretary, while Miss Grace Anion is his stenographer and Miss Mary Parker is the manager of the telephone exchange and recorder of attendance. In this office a record of the grades as well as a personal record of every high school student is filed; book records for various funds such as the Mirror. Athletic, Interscholastic, and other organizations are kept: publicity of the high school is given to the newspapers; school mail and school banking are handled; and eligibility lists are sent out to other schools. Adele Sarver. B.S........................................................ Frcdonia Institute Marion Gibbons .................................................................Seton Hill ilnetta E. McCormic ........................................Sharon College of Commerce Grace Anion ...................................................School of Modern Businss Mary E. Parker ........................................................................ Sharon T wenty three A