Streator Township High School - Hardscrabble Yearbook (Streator, IL)

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Kusiuess f6lcrim0 As was slaled above, General Business is required for all business sfudenls. Following 'rhis course, a siudenl inleresied in lhe clerical end oi business will lake subfecis such as Business Ariihrnelic, Bookkeeping I and II, Type lii desiredl, and Mer- chandising. Economics and Business Law may also be included in lhis program. A COMIUIID CASH JOURNAL num u usto vo su one A nusnchcns l6'usir1ess f5ecrc'tzzri110 All sfudenrs lalfinq lhe business course are recuired lo sfafs wilh Gerera' Busi- ness sheir Freshman year. This is io develop a general un- dersiandinq ol funda nen+al business principles and pray lices. Then, sludenls who are more inleresled in the sec- relarial, ralher lhan lhe cler- ical, phase oi business, will proceed wiih Typewrilinq I and II, Shorlhand l and ll. and Boolclceeping l and Il.

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Industrial Arts IndusTriaI ArTs sTarTs wiTh an inTroducTory course con- sisTing oT one compIeTe ses mesTer in draTTing, graphic arTs, meTaIwork, and woods worlc in order To familiarize a sTudenT wiTh The Tundamen- Tals oT each phase, so he will be beTTer qualified To choose his parTicuIar inTeresT. Then, as a iunior and senior, a sTudenT Tollows Through wiTh his inTeresT by Taking Drawing I and II, Graphic ArTs I and Il, or Woodshop I and II IpicTured aT IeTTI. A course in VocaTionaI Ma- chine Shop is also provided Tor junior and senior boys who are inTeresTed in pre- paring Themselves Tor The machinisT Trade. Agriculture The AgricuITure DeparTmenT sTrives To give TuTure farmers a beTTer undersTanding oT Their IaTer career. DiTTerenT Tarm en- Terprises are discussed in Agri- cuITure I To assisT The boys in se- IecTing a proiecT Tor Their own home farming program. Agricul- Ture II, III, and IV follow up wiTh an analysis oi These proiecTs and decide wha+ can be done To im- prove Them. Soil conservaTion, Iivesioclc improvemenT, naTionaI farm problems, and agricuITuraI economics are also a parT of a boy's educaTion in The Agricul- Ture DeparTmenT. Q xx s VY ,--X ,L nl

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I W , ,, -wg, f,-1, 611165 Well organized clubs and well planned aclivilies are desirable and encouraged af SMS. They are language groups, which in- clude lhe French, l.a+in, and Spanish Clubs, vocaiional aclivilies, such as l:u+ure Farm- ers, Fulure Teachers, Fulure Homemalcers. and Fufure Nurses: and organizafions made up of inlreresled sludenisz Dolphins, Girls' Alhlelic Associalion, Girls' Tennis Club, Thespians, WIZZ Jr., Tri-l-li-Yls, and Jrhe Science Club, which is picfured on ihe righlh ,A WW, ,,,, Activities Athletics SHS sponsors nine inferscholaslic sporis for boys oi all sizes and ages. They are football, cross counlrv, baslceiball, wreslling, swimming, fraci, baseball, golf, and lennis. The iob of man- ager is available Tor a boy who is inleresfed in afhlelrics bul unable To parlicipale aclively. Awards are given in each sporf according To age and achievement All leams are well equipped and have The same basic policies, each compefing in Jrhe Illinois Valley and The Norih Ceniial lllinois Conferences.