Upper Darby High School - Oak Yearbook (Upper Darby, PA)

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 ARTS The Arts and Crafts course is designed to meet the needs of practical minded students who wish to have an education that will fit them for employ ment in a particular trade or profession immediately upon graduation from high school. The course has five divisions including agriculture, metal and wood skills, music, home economics, and art.

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E RCIAL The persons taking this course are qualified to become A-l stenographers. The hope of every girl, of course, is to become a private secretary. Other students elect Salesmanship. Here they are schooled in the rudiments of the selling business. They study Merchandise, Sales and Advertising, Commercial Law and Office Machines, Retail Selling, and other pertinent subjects. Those who feel that they wish to prepare for General Office work elect the General Business Course. At the end of the eleventh year, students are permitted to elect Distributive Education. Students other than Commercial ones may elect this course. These boys and girls, numbering usually between twenty'five and thirty, spend approximately half their time in class work and half in some actual job. Both their class room instruction and their on-the'job training is directed by Mr. Joseph Rhile. Upper Darby boasts one of the most inclusive and largest Commercial Courses in the suburbs.

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CRAFTS The student may choose any one of this group, and by so doing can be assured of getting useful knowledge in his chosen field. In addition to his specialized work, the Arts and Crafts student must carry a minimum of six hours of work in subjects which are directly related to his vocation. Required subjects included in the curriculum during the three years on the hill are English, general and American history, applied mathematics, economic biology, applied science, and consumer problems.