Trenton Central High School - Bobashela Yearbook (Trenton, NJ)

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Commercial Department O Fiizrt Row Cleft to riglitjflllisses Eleanor R. Duruan, Bella Kaplan, Mrs. Nl. l'e-itzman, Bliss Catherine A i l'i'lx Cale, llliss Lucy Ciricolo, Mr. Don Deal, Misses Laura ll. Fell, Catherine Read, Nellie H. Terry, Mrs. A. M. l ll fliihott. Stwoizif Rott'-Messrs. A. lf. Sclioeuer, K. N. Gralizim, H. I, lYhite, Scott hlosovich, Charles li. l U llillegass, A. G. Sexton, NVzard B. Gedney. Walter Crouse, Frank Crouse, Allen B. Dakin, Miss Mary Lapin. HOSE students who Wish to take part in business activities after gradua- tion may prepare themselves in high school by taking any of the four major curricula offered by the commercial de- partment. The accounting course, de- signed for pupils who desire to become accountants or bookkeepers, is open only to those pupils Who, as sophomores, maintain consistently good averages in bookkeeping. Likewise, students who earn marks that are average or better in the Hrst year of their high school Work may take the secretarial curriculum, and get proitable experience by acting as secreatries for leaders of organizations, department heads, and advisers of the school. The course offered in selling involves theoretical salesmanship, practical sales- manship, and marketing. Students who take this course operate the school store and Work in Trenton department stores at bi-Weekly intervals. For those pupils who are desirous of obtaining a position not requiring a knowledge of bookeeping or stenogra- phy, the school offers the general busi- ness course. ln this course pupils study the Hling of correspondence and other records, the use of calculating and du- plicating machines. During the past year the students en- rolled in consumer education cl a s s e s presented an exhibit of the work, using th e theme, llWhat E v e r y Spender of Money Should Know. Don T. Deal

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English Department Q f . , ' ..s. I Friar! Rau' ileft to rightj-Misses .Xcltlie XVeber, lflizzibetli Bodine, Barbara Liirlwig. Vereua Lusclier, Julia Barata. Mrs. lflsie Saile. Misses Betty Dillon. lfleanoi' Ingoldsby. Scfmnl Razr'-Mrs. .X. Duff, Bliss Alice llunboxv, Del Roy VVhite, lflmer Johnson, Artliur llzmcnck, Morris Saivlfonl. Keimetli Murpliey. Bliss Martha Collier, Miss Olive Brown. Herman Foss, Ffilllli Clark. Tliird Rfmtflfrasmo Ciccollela, George Rolge, liernarnl Forer. llarry Miclielsoii, Tliomas Peoples. fllorris Nlicll-riff, Charles A. Tlogzm, .flZJ.vw11CU- Mr. Matliewscn. INCE a modern, progressive school must train its pupils to be efficient and effective in many types of language activities, the English department of the Trenton Central High School offers a Wide range of interesting experiences in Writing, speaking, and reading. For sophomores there is a series of lectures about different phases of literature. Eli- gible sophomores may take a special course in creative Writing. The Laureate I, Spectator I classes are composed of those juniors Who show ability in cre- ative Writing Speech classes a r e designed to suit the needs and interests Arthur S. Hanock of those students possessing oratorical talent, drama classes are open to pupils who desire to learn the fundamentals of acting, business correspondence is se- lected by the junior business students, While all others take the regular English course llEa and llEb. The Press and Bobashela classes, Spec- tator II, and Drama II are offered to senior honor students. Those preparing for college-entrance examinations re- ceive aid from the College Board classes. The remaining students study contempo- rary literature and survey. In both of these classes the students study American and English literature, but the survey course emphasizes historical background, and the contemporary literature stresses the study of modern Works only.

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William J. O,Brien Foreign Language Department First Rau' fleft to rightl-vlfarl Ste1l'y,.Miss Irene Ernst, John lxirkpatrlck. Second Row-Frank Borgia, M. La lfountam, John lxelsey, Dr, Yiktor Saliary. INCE American democracy is com- posed of many peoples, the knowl- edge of foreign languages is conducive to unity and fellowship in our com- munity. Therefore, five foreign lan- guages, considered of great cultural value, are offered by the language depart- ment. These include: Latin, French, Ital- ian, Spanish, and German. Latin, a good basis for the study of modern languages, is offered for four years while French, the most popular language, is studied for a period of three years. In this study emphasis is placed on reading and con- versation. German is also offered for three years. In this course the best literature of Germanic writers is read. Newspapers and magazines in the German tongue are also utilized in the instruction. Since the present Good Neighbor policy of our government toward the South American republics portends a great demand for a knowledge of Span- ish, this subject has grown in popularity among the students. At present Spanish is a two-year subject. The first year is de- voted to study of grammar and vocabu- laryg the second year to Spanish conver- sation and literary classics. A newcomer to the language Held is Italian, which may be studied for a per- iod of three years. The course has many interesting learning activities which in- clude the reading of current Italian newspapers, magaines and books.