University High School - Uniki Yearbook (Honolulu, HI)

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Howard Creason and Lani Goodness show Gail Okawa the steps involved in screen- printing. Fine arts class members work steadily on their stained glass projects to get them ready before Christmas. Pixie St. Denis needs Mr. Imai's help. Expose Themselves To Music, Art, Art courses at University High School offer an opportunity for the individual to develop a well-rounded background and to display his creative ability. Arts and crafts, industrial arts, and Fine arts are some of the courses offered. Students may undertake projects such as silk screening, enamel work, landscaping, figure sketching, window staining, and painting compositions in tempera. uszcally inclined students make up the advanced and which Mr. Floyd Uchima conducts. Music for enthusiasts at University High is an enjoyable course consisting of two main divisions, band and chorus. These enable students to increase their musical background and to take part in music presentations. This year a Christmas Concert, pre- sented jointly by the band and chorus, was broadcast over radio station KGU. Stu- dents of both classes also participated in V the Annual Music Festival. I7 7 Excited seventh grade ehoristers get organized to perform a few numbers at the Christmas assembly. -

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Dzcksy Scott proves her geometry problem to julie Wall and Herman Gauggel. Mechanical drawing students tediously complete their detailed sketc es. Become Acquainted With The Business, Mathematical Worlds Mathematics is an enjoyable, though time-consuming, subject at University High. It is composed of general math, algebra, business math, geometry, and trigonometry. This year college algebra and the Uni- versity of Illinois Committee on School Mathematics method have been added to the several courses offered by our school. UICSM is a modern method of teaching high school math. The commercial program at University High aids students in preparing for their career in this complex business world. Courses which are offered in this program are oflice practice, typing, and bookkeep- ing. In these courses many skills in typing, operating business machines and keeping books are gained. The student banking system is an outgrowth of this program. Freshmen in their first year typing class find Barbara Yee, with the aid of Miss Nancy Kan- ty zng an absorbing art, try to keep time bara, operates the Student Bank as Lorene to teacher's count. Chun and Harry Tanaka make deposits. .4-f- '

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World History inspires Milton Miyamoto, Bar' bara Oyama and Nathan Miyake. The Right-to-Work Laws seem to be the disputed subject for these American History debators. History And Foreign Language Courses, American and World History are re- quired courses for college entrance. These subjects enable students to understand the causes and origins of complex current af- fairs. This year, the World History class went on an excursion to see the Cinerama picture, The Seven Wonders of the World. Stephen Bess, james Singleton and Barbara Kon eagerly await the answer to a question in Spanislii I class. QQQBPX a..-Qu-f ' flu Foreign language classes, consisting of Spanish and French, are elective courses which many students at University High find profitable. Their main purpose is to teach and make enjoyable the basic funda- mentals of foreign language. Under the close guidance of able prac- tice teachers, students industriously try to learn these languages which are sometimes necessary for college entrance. Gary Hayashi, Lorene Chun and joseph Kawa mura, first year French students, concentrate so they can follow a French recording.