Washington Park High School - Kipikawi Yearbook (Racine, WI)

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INDUSTRIAL ARTS The Industrial Arts Department provides a itanding: Theodore E. Beach, Howard C. Hotchkiss : Charles J Stimulating tryOUt period in a possible vocation; Haumersen, Jacob E. LaBonde, Harold R. Johnson. gives a foundation tor continued work in that vocation; supplies useful knowledge for the solu- tion of practical problems; and provides a laboratory for doing creative work. Each day seven hundred and fifty students utilize this opportunity by attending Industrial Arts classes. The department does many things by way of improvement about the school. This year cabinet-making classes constructed a movable stage planned by Mr. Beach for use in assemblies. The bank boards in the gymnasium can now be raised and lowered by means of a worm gear, due to the efficient work of the machine shop. Mr. LaBonde ' s work includes sheet metal in addition to machine shop. Since the print shop acquired a linotype Mr. Johnson and students in printing have printed the Park Beacon, formerly sent out of town. Elementary electrical courses are under Mr. Hotchkiss. In advanced courses, under Mr. Haumersen, theory and operation of transformers, condensers, dynamos, and motors are studied. Mr. Hotchkiss ' mam subject, mechanical drawing includes both machine and archi- tectural drawing. Above: Print Shop, Mechanical Drawing, Cabinet-Making. Below: Sheet Metal, Cabinet-Making, Machine Shop.

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Standing: Raymond P. Hawker, Richard Hallisy. ( !uy H Weaver Sitting: Florence Pennete.ither. Erwin Wall, Olivia Anna Baker COMMERCIAL In our highly industrialized world, commercial work is indispensable. It is a field in which there exists unlimited opportunity for the American youth bent on securing footing in the business world. That the Students of Park High School are awake to these opportu- nities and realize the importance of commercial work is shown by the large enrollment in the various subjects of that department. Last semester the number of Students who elected commercial courses totalled about 870. In order to accommodate them all, it was necessary to secure the use of class rooms usually devoted to other studies. Under the direction of Mr. Wall the commercial department offers courses that give thorough and efficient instruction in bookkeeping, Stenography, typing, office practice, com- mercial law, commercial correspondence, and business organization. The course in bookkeeping offers a student two semesters in that suhiect, and tries to lay a firm foundation if the individual wants to go farther into accounting. A novel method has been devised to give the students in the office practice course prac- tical training in that subject. Students are assigned to different teachers to act as personal secretaries, thus obtaining experience before leaving school. So many pupils want to take typing that some have to be rejected for Lick of room. As in the shorthand classes, tests are given monthly to ascertain a student ' s accuracy and speed. The one receiving the highest number of words per minute is crowned the champii in i if the month. Mr Wall ' s B

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Miss Adams and Miss Teuscher in the Practice Dining R HOUSEHOLD ARTS Household Arts consists of a study of roods and clothing under the supervision of Miss Adams and Miss Teuscher tespectively. The clothing courses progress from dressmak- ing and textiles to costume designing and, finally, a study of home living, standards of family life, and elements of running a household. As one of the practical projects in this depart- ment, the girls made flags for the International Carnival a year ago. The interior decoration class furnished the teachers ' rest room and the department dining room. Boys of the Manual Arts department wear each day heavy aprons for which they can thank the girls on the second floor. Under the auspices of the Foods department Hi-Y banquets, senior banquets, luncheons, and dinners have been served, and cookies and cakes have been made for the Red Cross. Miss Adams has charge of this course which proceeds from a Study of elementary cook- ing, such as the preparation of luncheons, to advanced cooking for the preparation of full dinners and, finally, a thorough study of household management, home care of the sick, and dietetics. I Above: A Foods ( !lass Below: A Clothing Class The Weaving Roi m Making a Salad