Sharon High School - Mirror Yearbook (Sharon, PA)

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MR. STOVER MISS KERNIS MISS HAYES MISS FILER MR CURRIER MISS HANRAHAN MRS. STOVER Commercial Department The purpose of the Commercial Department is two-fold. First, to train pupils in business skills, methods and procedures, for occupational life. Second, it is becoming apparent that success in the complex activities of modern business requires not merely automatic skills but also understanding acquaintance with the processes of business. Schools cannot turn out full-fledged business workers. No matter how well equipped a school may be, it cannot hope to give a pupil all the skills or all the facts he will need. Graduates are accepted by business, but they are frankly classed as apprentices. It is believed, however, that the Commercial Department does graduate “Good Apprentices for Business.” The subjects offered in this department are: Typewriting I and II, Shorthand I and II, Bookkeeping 1 and II, Business Arithmetic, Commercial Law, Salesmanship, and Economics. GEORGE C. STOVER B.S.. State Teachers College, Indiana, Pa. Typing I. FREDA KERNIS 11. S., State Teachers College, Indiana, Pa. Typewriting I and II; Shorthand 11. FRANCES HAYES ITS. Grove City College, Grove City, Pa. Business Arithmetic; Bookeeping. RUTH FILER Grove City College. Grove City, Pa. Book keeping I. STANLEY CURRIER B.S., L.L B., Grove City College, Youngstown School of Law. Ancient and Medieval History; Voc. Civics; Com. Law. Salesmanship. MARGARET A. HANRAHAN B.S., Indiana State Teachers College, University of Pittsburgh. Shorthand I; Bookkeeping II. MRS. GEORGE STOVER State Teachers College, Indiana, Pa. Business Arithmetic; Typewriting I. Twelve

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MISS ARMOUR MISS COOK MISS WAGONER MISS SMITH English Department The rain was coming down in sheets as the two girls standing in the entrancee way of a large theater waved anxiously for a taxi. When the taxi drew up in front of them they were forced to run through puddles of water to get into the car. Once within the helter they chattered so animatedly that the driver could not help overhearing their remarks. “Isn't Maud Adams wonderful? I think Otis Skinner is a great actor, too ’ “Wasn't the girl who played Nerissa darling? I certainly enjoyed seceing the ‘Merchant of Venice’. Weren’t you glad that we'd read and discussed the play in English class? I think it must be impossible to understand a Shakespearian play unless otic has read it before seeing it. “I think so, t . Our English classes have helped us very much in that respect. Had they cared to do so, the girls might have mentioned many more waysHn which their English studies have been and will be of untold value. Every pupil is required to study English for four years, a fact which in itself ought to show the high regard in which the subject is held. Yet some people, even in the face of such evidence, dare to ask, “Why study English? Otic time a teacher promised a 100 j er cent grade to a pupil who could name an occupation in which a good knowledge of the English language was not essential. No pupil received the grade. Do your friends like to receive letters from you? Are those you write interesting accounts of your occupations,’or arc they simply trite remarks about the weather and your health? Not until we arc thoroughly familiar with the use of English, can we hope to attain the eminence of a g od letter writer. Are you an entertaining conversationalist? Are you familiar with the literature, old and new. that is discussed in the circle of which you wish to be an active member? One must cultivate a taste for good literature and be able to discuss in an interesting way the topics that should interest his associates if he expects to be a success in this world. If this were a debate, we would summarize this article by the following statements: 1. A good knowledge of English is essential to one's business interest. 2. A good knowledge of English will aid him socially. 3. Familiarity with the language and literature of the country in which he lives is helpful for one's own personal reasons. KOWENA MacBRIDE English IV; Grove City College, Eitt.B. MAUD BCAIRE ROBERTS English III; Allegheny, A.B. ELIZABETH McMUCEEN English IV; Thiel College, A.B.; Columbia University, A.M. J. I. RAINEY English and P.O.D.; Graduate work at University of Pittsburgh; Westminster, Ph.D. BESSIE ECKEES English HI; Ohio Wesleyan University, B.A.; Columbia University, M.A. MARGARET ISABELLE ARMOUR English I and II; Certificate in spoken English, A. B. M.A. Pennsylvania College for Women; University of Pittsburgh. DORRIS COOK English I and French I: Westminster. A.B.; Graduate work at University of Pittsburgh. H. LOIS WAGONER English I; Westminster College, A.B. ANNA GRACE SMITH English I and II; Westminster, A.B.