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

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INDUSTRIAL ARTS When a boy finds work that helps him discover and develop his abihties, he is on the road to success and self-sufficiency. Many boys are finding in shop work the key to their own personahties. Some aid is afforded stu- dents in choosing an occupation, by trying their hands in various fields, but the aim of the depart- ment is not vocational. The reason for other studies is clearly shown in the industrial arts de- partment, as the application of mathematics in determining electrical energy, or the correct use of English in printing. Subjects included in this department are: mechanical and architectural drawing, electricity, cabinet and pattern making, machine shop, sheet metal, and printing. Master printers in action It looks good HOUSEHOLD ARTS It is the hope of the Household Arts department that its influence may be felt in many of the homes — not only to better the homes of today, but looking forward to the homes of tomorrow. In the Clothing department great attention is paid to artistic selection of clothes and home fur- nishings, while the Foods department encourages girls to become adept in the purchasing, prepara- tion, and serving of food. At various times dur- ing the semester luncheons are given, thus afford- ino the girls experience along that line. This results in efficient housewives, the develop- ment of personalities, and a better understanding betv. ' een mothers and daughters.

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f- .. Laborare — ludere — scire LANGUAGE dt The three courses in foreign languages offered at Park High are Latin, French, and German. In each of these something of the country and customs of the people axe learned as well as how to read, write, and speak the language as fluently as possible. In Latin fascinating stories of Caesar and Cicero are opened up to students, v hile in the other languages the students become able to carry on ordinary conver- sations, and develop accuracy in choosing just the appropriate words to express their thoughts. It is often the case that life friendships are developed through correspondence with European students of English. COMMERCIAL Let us take a trip through the com- mercial rooms. Heads are bowed and hands grip pencils as stenographers scribble 100 words a minute in an agony of sus- pense. Will those five minutes never end.- ' Wandering into the typing room, we see a small boy typing slowly in an effort to hand in a good paper. He has already made two errors. With the third one the paper goes into the basket. We can see students using calculators, type- writers, and filing boxes. Room 222 affords the students a chance to use the mimeograph, ditto machine and the dictaphone. Students pour over their debits and credits in the bookkeeping room. All this is but a step of the v, ' ork and experience required for the job in business which follows graduation. A congenial boss !

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= =i=x ■- 1 in irir ' ' i N J,,;; :: = r.S Second Schultes (maybe) MUSIC The music department has two orches- ' tras, an advanced and a beginners ' with an enrollment of fifty-one and fifty-two respectively. The advanced orchestra, called Orchestra A, boasts of a complete symphonic in- strumentation, and plays an important part in the school activities, including assemblies, class plays, and commencements. There are also two bands having the same ar- rangement as the orchestra. The Band A has a complete instrumentation with an enrollment of fifty-two, and the Band B numbers twenty-eight. The Band is particularly active in all athletic activities and also presents programs for assem- blies. ART Miracles never cease in our art de- partment. Students can die day after day, from the finger-tips up, without a casualty or turning the- standardized cold blue! They choose whatever color they please — to suit their personalities or costumes — harmony being forever strived for in our art classes. On other days, the setting quickly changes into a museum of living statues! There we see Mes- trovic ' s Indian horseman mounted upon a pranc- ing chair. In another corner The Wrestlers glee- fully try to bite chunks out of each others ' legs. Besides promenades into the woods, block prints, ink drawings, and a dozen of other projects, there is the manufacturing of lumpy clay marbles by the crafty craft student. Our cartoonists