Streator Township High School - Hardscrabble Yearbook (Streator, 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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Home Sczfmwflics The purpose ol Tne l'lo'ne nofnio, Deoarfrnenf is lo prepare a 1 girl for her fuiure role as a e rvfgfhgr are nornernarerl Progressle coaraez of cooling ard sewihg co.ere3 'r Monnerpaling l, Hrmnr fnalrg ll ar: l-lonnemafiro lll. F ill, L'.'ng, wrfn is 'ce sarre as ln e Eccnornicf LV, iz maze aaiahie al, senor gr, N r or wiwcaf pe - ous e-perierce In hlornernafirg l ll ano lll. Hrfllege Preparafary This course spealcs 'lor ilsell in lhal if prepares lhose s+uden+s who are confine uing Their eclucalion afler gradualion from SHS, lvla+hen1a+ics, piclured on lhe lell, is cerlainly annong lhe rnosl essenlial courses in lhis preparalion. Olher subiecfs may include a language, fLa+in, French, or Spanishl, various phases ol science, lgeneral science, biol- ogy, chemislry, and physicsl, hislory, lworld and Unilecl Slalesl, social sludies. American Problems, geography, world lileralure, English lileralure, iournalism. speech, Engilsh l, ll, and III, and rheloric.

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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.