Wakefield High School - Echo Yearbook (Wakefield, MI)

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HOMEMAKING CARLSON, ODESSA B. S. Michigan State College,Vocational Horae Economics, Gogebic Junior College,Nor them Michigan College of Education, Michigan State College(Graduate ’Work). Vocational Homemaking, F.H.A. Sponsor. Miss Carlson's 7th and 8th grade classes are busy learning the rudiments of homemaking. All classes are taught good grooming, balanced meals, child care, first aid, and home nursing. A Christmas unit is presented every year. The Homemaking classes are a very important part of our school and help make the future homemakers of America better ones. The Homemaking I, II, and III classes take up more advanced phases of home economics such as clothing construction, house care, foods and nutrition, vocations, and consumer buying. Food preservation is emphasized.

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KOFPI, ARNOLD J. .S. Northern Michigan College of Education, 'rnirebic Junior College, ThL’orsity of ‘.Vi scons in. Typinr I II, General business, Bookkeeping. Senior Class Sponsor, Athletic Dernrtnent ticket 3alcs, 7-3 Football, Elementary Basket 'all, Tatler, Echo. SKICEE, ELEANOR 3.A. Collere of St. Scholastics. Shorthand, 7th k 3th G ade Girls Physical Education, Cheerleaders, Freshman Clas3 Sponsor. The Shorthand I class under the supervision of Miss Sieger is using the Functional Method of Gregg Shorthand this year. Their aim is to master the Gregg Theory and to read and take dictation rapidly and fluently. The Shorthand II students are really learning how to be good secretaries. Office etiquette and practice are emphasized. Mr. Korpi s Typing I class is learning the essentials of typing. Those that plan to make typing their vocation take Typing II, where accuracy, not speed Is emphasized. In General Business, under the direction of Mr. Korpi, the students learned about life in the economic society. They also took a trip to the First National Bank of Wakefield. Mr. Korpi13 Bookkeeping class learned about our economic life and they also had realistic practice with actual materials and situations that happen in offices. Towards the end of the year they went to Ironwood to visit a few of the prominent business places.

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ENGLISH AND MATTSON, ANNA B.A. Carroll College, Superior State College. English 11 12, Journalism, Speech, Echo, Tatler, Forensics, Senior Class Sponsor. PIERICK, ROBERT B.A. Loras College, B.S. Wisconsin State Teachers1 College. English, Latin I and II, Latin Club Sponsor. An intensive program of correlating English was taught from the seventh through the twelfth grades by Miss Kelly, Mr. Pierick, Mrs. Johnson, and Mrs. Mattson. Special units were carried on in spelling and letter writing. Literature in the eleventh and twelfth grades was correlated with the history classes, while literature in the seventh through tenth grades was related with social studies. Latin I and II had intensive drills in vocabulary, declensions, and conjugations. English vocabulary is stressed and the grammar is carried over to English