The Dalles Wahtonka High School - Steelhead Yearbook (The Dalles, OR)

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I934--4-Q H. L. Swan, American and World History: Miss Susie M. Fry, Social Science: Frank Heckman, Economics, Social Problems, Civ- ics, Miss Margaret Gates, World History: Beryl Hodgen, Civics: Miss Edna Lois Maxon, Geography. PRINTING DEPARTMENT The Printing class was, as last year, cut down to half a day. This year the type for The Tillicum was set 8 on 8 . That is, the space between the lines was taken out to make room for more stories. Wallace Buch- anan has been the Printing instructor for the past eight years. This department is operated under the supervision of the State Director for Voca- tional cducation and is subsidized by the Ftderal government under the Trades and Industries division of the Smith-Hughes act. MANUAL TRAINING The past year was a busy year for the Manual Training department, m-ore students being enrolled than ever before. However, fewer large projects were made. The junior high boys were taught to use tools and learned th-e fundamental processes. High school boys worked with hard woods and had the use of the machinery. Correct de- sign of projects was considered as impor- tant as good workmanship. Cost for mater- ial high school boys use which is paid for by them, amounts to about five or six dol- lars per semester. SCIENCE DEPARTMENT General Science studies the co-relations between the sciences or gives a general sur- vey of all the sciences. In this subject 109 students were enrolled in the past year. In the Physics class there were 24 boys and one girl. The first semester took up the study of energy and its relation to matter, and the last semester followed thc study of light, heat, magnetism, sound and radio. Chemistry is the study of substances and the reactions that take place between them. Biology differed slightly from last year, the difference being laboratory work. The latter part of the year the classes went on bird hikes in the early morning, taking field glasses and studying the different birds and their habits. J. A. Wells is Chemistry, General Science, and Physics instructor, and James T. Lum- ley teaches Biology. . MUSIC DEPARTMENT Due to a lingering illness, C. H. Endicott, regular instrumental music director of D. H. S.. was unable to attend his classes in band and orchestra the greater part of the second semester. Kenard Sexton, former Dalles Hi student and graduate of Whitman college. substituted for Mr. Endicott, taking over the regular instrumental classes. Public ex- hibitions of the band were: All pep rallies, two Bonneville dam parades, Legion Frolics, all football games here and at The Dalles- Bend football game at Bend. At the beginning of the second semester, the Singing class put on several concerts, also one at the Armistice assembly in the high school auditorium. They climaxed the season April 6 with the operetta, The Belle of Bagdadj' in which members of the sing- ing class took the leading roles. Orchestra- tions for the music were provided and the high school orchestra played the overture and chorus accompaniments for the oper- etta. YVal1ace Buchanan was instructor of the Singing class. MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT This year it seemed that there was mulch more enthusiasm in Mathematics than in the past few semesters. In the first year Algebra classes there were 60 students. Two classes of Geometry ll, one class of Solid, and one class of Trig alternated. The Algebra and Geometry texts were changed this year, the Algebra book prov- ing much more satisfactory because ofthe more interesting approach to the subject. The first tiwo weeks the students made graphs. In the new Geometry texts, after each subject was completed, there was a series of short tests which proved beneficial to the students. Miss Helen Whitcomb is Mathematics in- structor and has taught this subject in The Dalles high school for the past six years. FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT The Foreign Language department this year offered Latin and French. Due to pop- ular demand, French was added to the course of study after being withdrawn for the past three years. The course of study was somewhat different than heretofore, as it workeid for a sound grammar foundation and an a.c.cura.te pronunciation as well as a go-od reading knowledge. The class lasted one semester and con- sisted o-f 22 students including both upper and lower classmen. Spanish would have been offered, but too few students enrolled to make it a paying proposition. There has been no change of note in Latin this year except that there is but one class and it has dwindled down to 11 students. Miss Margaret Templer was the French instruc- tor and Miss Mabel Davids taught Latin.

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I934s THE FACULTY Front Rows-Miss Marie Keeler, Miss Dorothy Eakin, Mrs. Grace Hathaway, Miss Edna Lois Maxon, Miss Vashti Johnson, Miss Fran ces Spike, Miss Mabel Davids. Sec-ond Rowfl. N. VVi1cy, Miss Margaret Temple-r, Miss Helen Vlfhitcomb, Miss liernicc Cofcr, Miss Mabel Spinning, Miss Margaret Gates. Third liowfllliss Alice Morris, I-Beryl Hodpqen, Miss Caroline Kunkel, J. A. VVells, Miss Arvilla Kretzer. Top RowfMiss Bertha Atkinson, YV. C. Stanton, Frank Heckman, Glen H. Ely, XV, R. Buchanan, H. L. Swan, J. T. Luniley. DEPARTMENTS AND CURRICULUM There were three new members on The Dalles high school teaching' staff this year. Frank Heckman was engaged to teach Ec- onomics, Social Problems, and Civics. Miss Dorothy Eakin was a new addition to the staff, coming from the Portland school sys! tem, where she served as a substitute. Miss Eakin n-ow teaches English I and lll, and Journalism II. James T. Lunilcy, who form- erly taught in Heppner. was newly em- ployed this year to teach Biology. ENGLISH An entirely new course of study was adopted by the state of Oregon this year, which c-hanged all organization heretiofore used in teaching English. Semesters 1, 3, 5 and T take up the study of grammar, and 2, 1, 6 and 8 are devoted to literature, which includes drama, poetry, prose essays, and the development of the novel. All English grammar and literature books have also been changed. English electives this year were Journalism I and Tl, taught by Miss Dorothy Eakin and Wallac'e Buchanan, Dra- niatics and Public Speaking, taught by Miss Marie Keeler and Miss Bertha Atkinson, re- SDectivcIy. The English instructors were: Miss Bernice Cofer, Miss liertha Atkinson, Miss Mabel Davids, Miss Marie Keeler and Miss Dorothy Eakin. SOCIAL SCIENCE The Social Science department offers Civ- ies, Economics, XVorld History, United States History, American History and Geo- gwaphy. Unless a student majors in History, Xkforld History is not requircicl, but American and U. S. History are compulsory to all high sehool students. Social Science is required for all incoming Freshmen for the purpose ol' giving vocational information. Civics is also a required subject for all high school students. lt was changed to a whole year eourse at the beginning' of the last school year, also new texts were used. These were obtained by the student for a fee and when the book was returned, the money was re- funded. Civics and Social Problems are both elei-tives. Instructors in the department included: S r-1 E E I.. I-I E A D

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l934s COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT This year Typing, Bookkeeping, Geog- raphy and Shorthand were offered. The bus- iness Practice subject that took the place of Spelling and Writing was dropped. Alto- gether there were about 400 stud-ents who took some form of commercial training last year. The Typing, Shorthand and Bookkeeping books were changed, affording little change in the general practice of th-e subjects, however. Twenty new typewriters were added to the Typing department. Miss Alice' Morris had five classes of Bookkeep- ing. Mrs. Grace Hathaway taught Short- hand and Typing, while Miss Caroline Kunkel also taught Typing. Miss Edna Lois Maxon taught Geography. MECHANICAL DRAWING The first three semesters in Drawing is a general course dealing with fundamen- tals of drawing and leads up to where students are able to make a choice of types of drawing. The first term draw- ing is divided into orthographic repre- sentation including type solids, sh-op and machine problems and geometric construc- tions. The second and third semesters take up pictorial representation, revolu- tion development, intersection, standard threads and bolts and application of sec- tions. The fourth term is a choice of the numerous types of drawing, For the past two years the Mechanical Drawing department has been under the supervision of Glen H. Ely. PHYSICAL EDUCATION An outstanding feature in the depart- ment this year was girls' gym. More girls turned out for physical education than ever in the history of the school. The games offered were: basketball, speed ball, volleyball, tennis and baseball. In addition some time was given over tc certain self-testing activities such as tap dancing and tumbling. On April 21 The Dalles high girls were hostesses for the annual Play Day feature, at which 17 schools from the Mid-Colum- bia district were represented. A total of approximately 400 girls had a part in the stunts that each school put on in the afternoon. Girls' athletics is under the supervision of Miss Marie Keeler. Ileryl Hodgen, in adldition to his duties as athletic coach, had charge of physical education for boys. Games and various kinds oi' sports comprised the woirk which was carrieid -on in the school gymnasium during the winter months and on Amotan i'ield in the early fall and late spring. HOME ECONOMICS The course offered by the Home Econ- omics drpartment can be either a major or a minor as the student prefers. Last year a Foods III class was added to the course and is taught one semester each yczir, the Work being based upon the meal plan. The 1'inal test for all classes is the preparation of some type of a meal and the student is graded accordingly. Crafts is a semester subject and last yefir there was a marked increase in en- rollment. The total number of students enrolled in the department this year was about 165. There are also three semesters of Sew- ing, one semester of Crafts, one semester of Home Nursing and one of Home Man- agement. The Home Economics department is instructed by Miss Vashti Johnson and Miss Frances Spike. LIBRARY The high school library now contains more than 2600 books. Of this number 350 are on the book report lists. Recent ad- ditions t-o the library have included up-to- date material on science, vocational edu- cation, home management, sociology? ec- onomics, international relations and recent history and biography. The library is now more adequate to meet the demandsof students and teach- ers than at any time in the past. Instruc- tion in the use of the library for Fresh- men and Sophomores is now being given in the new English course. The present attendance made it neces- sary to keep the library open every period of the day. The attendance and circula- tion show a constantly growing use of the library. Circulation for the month of February, 1934 was 1213, while that for the same month last year was 899. The library is now under the supervision of a full-time librarian-Mrs. Helen Shipe, who has filled this position since 1928,