Torrance High School - Torch Yearbook (Torrance, CA)

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TORRANCE HIGH SCHOOL indicates games, one could say recreation occupies the larger percent of the program- which is very essential in the high school routine. Torrance is fortunate in having a large and well ventilated gym with adequate facilities, all the modern equipment is on hand including apparatus, balcony bleachers, equipment and apparatus rooms, basketball courts, handball courts, and volleyball courts. The out-door facilities are equally as appropiate. This includes a marvelous playing field surrounded by a Well graded track and having high-jumping, broad- jumping, and pole-vaulting pits within its outer border. There are also out-door handball, basketball and volleyball courts. Torrance High has been often congratulated upon its excellent phvsical education and athletic equipment, facil- ities, and environment. Business Department Whether it is because of that much repeated word, depression, or because of something else, the business subjects were very popular this last term. Be that as it may, more students were taking a business course this last semester than ever before. The heads of each department are: Business Training, Miss M. Jones, Typing, Miss Vaubel and Miss Weaver, Bookeeping, Miss Weaver, Shorthand, Miss jones and Miss Weaver, Comptometer, Monroe, and Bookkeeping machine, Miss Weaver, Business English, Miss Mills, Stu- dent Store, Miss Jones, Business Office, Miss Weaver. Not only are there positions open for girls, but many oflices call for boys who have had business training. No matter if one is going to college or to work, a knowledge of some business methods is essential to making a living. English Department The students of the English Department in Torrance High School this year have been engaged in four activities. 1. Manipulating the rules of grammar and composition to improve their style of speaking and writing. 2. Venturing timidly into the realms of new words to enlarge their vo- Cabularies. 3. Adventuring joyfully with the delightful characters of fiction to increase their understanding of life. 4. Evidencing joy in pioneering undauntedly into the elective course of Senior English to appreciate more deeply their great heritage of English literature. The instructors are: Miss Mills, Miss Burnham, Mrs. Kelly, Mrs. Engel and Mrs. Morse. Girls' Physical Education Through physical training the Girls' Physical Education department aims to develop a sound nervous system, to give social development, character training, and a desire for health. Miss Klein and Mrs. Morse are the instructors. Page Sixteen

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THE TORCH, NINETEEN THIRTY-TWO eietleirie?-E ! E ! ZnInZeZn!rrZeZn!nZrr2sr':-w'-i' '''ninirrinininieinisfIss?EoinEoin?IfZeleiwisei-E ZfIe!eZe!+!-+Z+s!++5 ! 3''IKM''E ! Z' Vocational Auto Shop Years ago when the automobile game was young, it was the general practice for a mechanic to know how to back a nut off of a bolt and take the part being re- paired over to a bench, hammer on it for a while, maybe bend it a time or two, then replace it by putting the same nut back on. The mechanic many times did not know what was wrong with the part he was repairing, and was taking a chance on hammering and bending it, trusting to luck it would work. This type of mechanic in the automobile world is the well known grease monkey . The purpose of the vocational auto shop class is to eliminate the above from the automotive field. Mr. Austin, instructor of the vocational work in the high school, after com- pleting a mechanic arts course at Santa Monica High School, owned a garage for sev- eral years, worked for other concerns, and also attended a trade school. With this experience Mr.Austin knows just what the boys taking this course should be taught in order to be better than the grease monkey type of mechanic. Our high school shop is well equipped to give its students the necessary amount of model work needed. Students must complete their model practice work on the shop models before working on cars which are brought in every day by indi- vidual students. Five boys of the midterm graduated from school with majors in vocational auto shop and are qualified to enter the automobile trade at various stages, These are as follows: Norman Barck six hundred hours,Jacob Gall nine hundred hours, Richard Mason twelve hundred hours, Willie Agapito and Sadao Wadamoto each with fifteen hundred hours of shop work. This term the shop work progresses as any general repair shop during the vocational periods. The class now consists of the following boys: Simon Schipper and Robert Hannan fP.G,'sj, Francis Dean, Carl Eiesel, Elmer Riley, Albert Curler, Andrew Cline, Herman Hamman, George Figueredo, Chikara Kazama, Bruno and Emielio Adamoli, Susumi lshikawa and Massaki Shimatsu. Boys, Physical Education The program set up by the Boys' Physical Education attempts fundamentally to coincide with the basic aims of physical education, namely: a long life, physically lit, morally sound, mentally alert, hygienically clean, and a good citizen. However, overshadovving all of these basic aims the program attempts to give the boy goofl wholesome recreation so as to enable him to relax and to be placed in an environ- ment which relieves him from the more formal routine which he must experience in his academic classes. The program attempts to emphasize recreation and good wholesome fun-equally as much as it emphasizes the basic aims of physical educa- tion. The activities of the physical education procedure are based to a certain extent upon the recommendations as prescribed by the physical education department of the Los Angeles school system. This outlineis divided into five main divisons: self-test- ing, game fundamentals, apparatus, games, and beautiful living. As this procedure Page Fifteen

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THE TORCH, NINETEEN THIRTY-TWO 'Mrr2rr!++2++I-'I'tieittietleieielfIeieZeI+-I+Z+!+!rIrXfffft!eIr!e5ttZreZe!eEetitritieieleIeinIrie-Inie!r!rZeI+!+!eIe!eZ+Ie!m!eZeEeittietie-Z' History Department The History department finds itself busy with large classes, full outlines, and interesting work. Earnest students realize that history is not only a cultural subject that will assist them in their understanding of literature, music, and present day problems, but that, rightly studied, history will help them in their own life problems. History repeats itself, and the problems of individuals and nations are much alike. Therefore lessons may be learned from the mistakes, the accomplish - ments and the triumphs of past people and peoples of history. Instructors, Miss Mabee, Miss E. Jones, Mrs. Young. Home Economics Department The Home Economics department offers courses in clothing, food, nutrition, and home management, the aim being to train the pupil in the art of home making. There are about one hundred and fifty pupils enrolled in the department. A weekly display of garments made in the clothing department, besides many unusual exhibits, has been arranged by a student committee from the clothing de- partment. The committee for the first semester consisted of Olga Jaunsem, Katherine McNeil, Isabelle Burdick, for the second semester, Pal Marie Henry, Ethel Ward, and Alice Gall. To those earning scholarship in the nutrition class is given the Red Cross Nutrition Certificate. This year twelve certificates were given. The instructors are Miss Willson and Miss Coller. Language Department Latin Ad astra per aspera, to the stars through difiiculitiesj' might be written as a brief and complete story of Latin in Torrance High. And we do not claim to have reached the stars even now, though our aims and hopes are high. The study of Latin was begun seven vears ago as a sort of extra-curricular activity for three ambitious students during the noon period. From that small beginning a department has grown, more and more joined the ranks, enlisted even in Caesar's legions, and fought his wars. Now there are three or four classes every semester, averaging from fifteen to twenty students. Very few plan to take more than two years of the subject. The aim is to give as wide an acquaintance as time permits with the language, customs, daily life, background, and history of Rome, a Working knowledge of derivatives and a greater understanding of English grammer and language. Teacher, Mrs.Morse. Spanish The direct method that was started two years ago as an experiment is now adopted throughout the school system. No book is needed. The method is entirely conversational. The results have been seen in increased vocabularies and greater facil- ity in the use of the language. The teachers are: Mrs. Boynton and Mr. Wright. Page Seventeen