Strong Vincent High School - Spokesman Yearbook (Erie, PA)

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Physical Education Mr. Cochrane, Miss Weinheimer, Mr. Kramer. M r. K r'arne1'eHfl3oy.s' Gym. Miss Weinheimer-Girls' Gym. The most necessary thing in life is physical fitness. Lack of interest, or unwillingness to participate in a school project may be overcome, but physical inability prevents even the enthusiastic student from serving. A puny body complicates service to one's self. The body must endure the constant drain of energy expended in strenuous school life. So two years of physical education are compulsory for graduation. 5:3 ln this department supervised by Mr. Kramer, assisted by Miss Weinheizner, Mr. Cochran, and Mr. Weibel, one period each week is devoted to gymnasium exercises and another to swimming. The student considers this recreational play and good fun, but he is really developing a sound body, character, and sportsmanship in an environment where the best health habits prevail. The rush of a class of pupils to the locker rooms, their haste in donning gym suits, and their eagerness to gain the floor demonstrate the popularity of this subject. The routine consists of exercises, calisthenlics, or apparatus work to promote muscular control, coordination, correction, strength, grace, and mental alertness: any popular game, a cold shower and school clothes again. Swimming attempts to make every student a swimmer by instructing beginners and advanced pupils in various strokes and ln dlvmg. Our fine pool is kept sanitary by excluding anyone with an open sore, a cold, throat infection, or any allhction which might contaminate the water and endanger the health of the others. With such physical education separate for boys and girls the development of body and mind keep apaee, fitting Vineentites to attain the best throughout life. Seventeen W

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r,,,, Commercial Subjects Miss Shalkham, Miss Warfel, Mr. Wick, Miss Shade, Miss lisler. Mr. Schenck, Miss Quirk, Miss Alllearn, Miss Forsberg, Mr. Hughes. Mr. Schenck's llooma-fliookkeeping. Miss Forsberg's RoomfTypewriiing. A large number of high school students elect the course in business training because they must pro- cure positions immediately upon graduation, and this is the only course which prepares the pupil directly for a definite vocation. This field includes a variety of occupations. For those desiring preparation in secretarial or office work, Miss Forsberg, Miss Warfel, Miss Shalkam, and Miss Esler teach Type-writing and Stenographyg Mr. Wick Commercial Arithmeticg and Miss Schade and Mr. Schenck Bookkeeping. Typing is a two-year course, the first year being devoted to learning the keyboard and acquiring speed, and the second to transcribing notes. In the two-year daily practice in Stenography pupils become proficient in taking dictation and transcribing short hand notes. Two years of Bookkeeping and one of Commercial Arithmetic furnish the student some knowledge of accounting. Half year courses are taught in Business English by Miss Quirk and in Commercial Law by Mr. Schenck. Graduates in commercial work should be successful business men or women. They should leave school with a better understanding of economic laws. Business training prepares students not only for efficient participation in productive activities, but also trains them to save money and invest wisely. Through business training students are given a desire and the ability to cooperate with others in both economic and civil activities. In pre-depression years positions were readily procured for a large number of graduates in this depart- ment. Business education not only supplies training for initial employment but also for the subsequent readjustment. Sixteen

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lnformal Snapshots Us on a Bus Oscar Tate Bearing Down A Rare Study in Concentration- Hutchins, Prescott Track lVIanager!Durbin Many Years Ago-W. Walker, Strayer This Speaks for Itself-Smith Smooth Sailing-English y Girl Reserves Initiation Snow time Aspiring Athletes-Lutterbaugh, Pifer, Green, Rosansky, Scherer Scientists in the Making-Fredricks, Gloth Homeward Bound Merry Christmas Baskets-Shep man, Wheeler, Stevenson, Coch- ran, Fitting, Ward The Training of an Executive- Strayer Eighteen