Somerset Area High School - Eaglet Yearbook (Somerset, PA)

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760 E4 lEN'lYIRlE.NCUlllJS HARRY SHULTZ, B. OF ED. DOROTHY SHoEIxI.aKER, B. S. ELIZABETH MILLER. B. S. OSHKOSH STATE nRExI-:L INSTITUTE CARNRGIE INSTITUTE TRACI-IERs' coI,LEo1-: or TECHNOLOGY The Industrial Arts Department Industrial arts is a course which appeals to something in most boys. It was opened at the beginning of the school year 30-31 and has been crowded from the first. The room fills with boys at the first sound of the bell and does not empty until the next class chases them from the benches. The work consists of planning and making various articles of furniture or some other in ood work. Each piece must be carefully planned and drawn before any work is started. Then the lumber is cut and fitted. assembled and painted or varnished. VVhen dry it is ready to take its place in any part of the shop or home. This department shows many boys a line of work with which, otherwise, they would not become acquainted. It enables them to choose from a larger field and to choose their life's work. llfany find in it a useful and worthwhile hobby that gives them many hours of happiness as they continue to make things. -..ggi 20

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da t. 7 . sg.. ltssirnaeirsiows This year the local Lions Club sponsored a concert by the Little Ger- man Band of radio fame. The proceeds which amounted to 3622.85 were presented to the high school band to purchase new inst1'uments. Some of the members have formed a Little German Bandv which played at the basketball games. VVe also have a course in music appreciation. It was added to the cur- iiculum this year. The subject includes a study of technique, composi- tions, and composers. An electrola is used very helpfully. Interest in this department is increasing steadily and it is probable that in the near future we shall have a course with even more opportunities than are available now. The orchestra figures in practically every high school function except dances. It furnishes music for school plays, graduation activities, assem- blv programs, and numerous other occasions. The members of the or- chestra have also been doing extra work for which they are receiving iegular credit. The glee club has been doing its part in presenting an operetta, ente1'- mg contests and furnishing chapel programs. It has been only in the last two years that we have had a mixed chorus. This year the club pre- sented Miss Cherry Blossom, a delightful musical comedy with a Japa- nese setting. , The Somerset High Band added to its long list of achievements when 'it w on the Class B championship of Pennsylvania on April 29, 1932. This honor was won by our band for the second time in three years. A l 19 Ee..-

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1760 ... C., lEN'll'IRlE Novus iGW:2s.i- .f, 5 N -1 4 '-.. ,... - 1 ... A SARIITEL T. Rowan, B. S. EDYVARD W. CLEEVES, B. S. Uxivnnsri-Y or IXIARYLAND conNm.L Uxivisasrry The Agriculture Department Thc agricultural course was added to the possible fields of study in Somerset High School, September, 1930. Our school authorities saw the sensibility of recognizing the largest industry in the county and offering special training for it in an up to date school. Agriculture includes. in addition to those fundamentals included in all courses, special training in the principles necessary to carry on farming, particularly in Somerset County. Each boy picks some specific project in which he wishes to specialize. It must be a worth while farm enterprise carried on a business basis with the idea of earning money by actual farming as well as learning farm cost accounting. Projects give the student a start in their chosen occupation. As a boy advances in school his project increases in size and scope so that when he graduates he is able, without any sudden change to follow his project as a full time farming schedule. ' The agricultural course is 0118 of the few that puts a boy in position to go into busi- ness for himself. 21