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

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NGLISH courses in Trenton Central High School are designed to provide three major phases of workispeech, literature, and composition. As sophomores the students are introduced to various fields of literature through a series of lectures. A1- though the sophomores are not eligible for honor courses, they are placed in cali- brated classes on recommendations from their junior high school teachers. juniors and seniors are eligible for honor courses in English, the purpose of which is to encourage outstanding talent in journalism, oratory, and creative writing. . The aim of the English Department this year has been to modernize the English curricula, incorporating these aspects of the world situation which have a legitimate placejin the classroom. The instructors sought to impress upon the students a reali- zation of the fact that upon them will fall the tremen- dous task of writing a lasting peace. The reading of newspapers, magazines, and oral and written compo- -4ffh1'f S- Hancock sitions based on pamphlets released by various federal D agencies, all emphasized the significance of the move- ment to defend and preserve Democracy. By following such a program the English Depart- ment fostered those language talents which, in a world of swiftly changing ideals and institutions, will play so important a role. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one, but the general counsels, and the plots and marshaling of affairs, come best from those that are learnedf' l24l

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I n 0 EARED to wartime needs and requirements, the commercial courses have been in- creased to twenty in number. ln previous years eighteen regular courses were offered. The additional war courses were pre-induction training with typewriting and signal corps work with typewriting. During the latter part of November, the School-Store Cooperative Selling Plan was inaugurated. The registration and assignment of positions to students in the downtown stores was directed by Don T. Deal, head of the Commercial Department, and Ward B. Gedney, Director of the School Store. The students carried on the work of the depleted sales forces in lS3 different stores, where l,l39 pupils were em- ployed. The Accounting, Secretarial, Cooperative Selling, and General Business Cur- ricula ht students to enter business. During the second semester commercial senior boys and girls having the Don T' Deal proper qualifications were sent to different business D offices to relieve the shortages of employees in secre- tarial, accounting, and clerical Helds. The work was supervised by the teachers who were guided by the sug- gestions of the employers for the students, improve- ment in efficiency. 1 A For the first two weeks the students, after com- pleting three periods in school each morning, reported to various assigned offices throughout the city each day and on Saturday by request. The following two weeks, the students returned to school to resume their studies and others took their places at the oflices. This pro- cedure of alternating between school and ofhce work enabled the students to apply the theory of their studies to actual practice. l23l

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5301121411 Qnpazdmmf 'Z ANGUAGES have achieved a new and greater importance since the War began stated YVilliam J. O'Brien, head of the Foreign Language Department A num ber of boys who were students of Trenton Central High School have Written of the opportunities they had to use French, German, Spanish or Italian While stationed in foreign lands. The languages included in our program are: Latin French German Spanish and Italian. Aside from their use in communicating with foreign neighbors these lan guages have a dehnite cultural value. During the advanced years of most of these courses, the pupils read the literary Works of the outstanding authors of the language which they are studying. W'illiam J. O,Brien J Armed Forces. Spanish is rapidly becoming the most popular for ' eign language offered. This popularity is due to our , ever increasing friendly relations with the South and Central American republics and with Mexico In addition to the regular language courses a six weeks' course in French Italian and German was of fered to boys this year. These courses Were taught dur ing homeroom periods to acquaint the boys with phrases Which they Would find helpful if they should be sent to foreign lands after their induction into the