West High School - Cat Log Yearbook (Bremerton, WA)

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'VENT' Gail Ono, maiar domo, represents The insrrumenral aspecf of music, and soloisr Karolyn Flynn The vocal... l ...and The band plays on. AT WesT This year There are four insTrumen- Tal and four vocal music classes offered for one hour each day, This Time is spenT mosTly in rehearsal for conTesTs, concerTs, and oTher pub- lic appearances. A new group.This year, The Freshman Choir, Trains prospecTive sophomores for choir. Choir is The biggesT iT has ever been and received a superior raTing at conTesT. ChoraleTTes is also a new group. lT is composed of selecT girls, who give performances aT many public acTiviTies Nlodernaires consisTs of chosen boys and girls. They also give performances. They received a superior rafing aT conTesT. FirsT Band parficipafeg in parades, aT fooT- ball games, concerTs, and aT conTesT, aT which They recei-.ed ci superior raTing. Second Band Trains sTudenTs for FirsT Band. Orchesfra made a Trip To VicToria This year and gave many con- cerTs, The Dance Band played for dances all over VVes1ern VVashingTon. MUSIC AND COMMERCIAL CLASSES HAVE MANY STUDENTS The aim of The Commercial Depa rTmenT, Thaf of preparing sTudenTs Through a sufficient amounf of Training for immediaTe employmenT in offices offer graduafion, becomes a realiTy each year, as pracTically all of The advanced commercial graduaTes do find full-Time iobs. A wide range of subiecTs is offered by This deparTmenT for nearly every aspecT of work in The business realms. Classes include Typing, sfenography, office pracTice, bookkeeping, busi- ness maTh, commercial law, and consumers econ- omics. Two years each of bookkeeping, sTeno- graphy and Typing are offr-'ed The ofhers are one semester or one year courges. Success in The business world comes to aspir- ing young sTudenTs Through The commercial classes. A secrefary musT be a good TypisT and sTenographer and offen a firsT-raTe bookkeeper. Many boys realize The benefiT of These classes in making a success in The business world, account- ants have To be skilled in The arf of keeping books. Commercial law is advanTageous To any- one in Today's business world. lO Typing and bookkeeping ore only Two of The many com mercial courses offered.

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ART-CREATIVE ABILITY, Art developes a student's creative abilities. A well disciplined body has a well dis- ciplined mind. With this in mind the Physical Education Department tries to develop the body through physical fitness exercises and skills. Fourteen physical fitness tests are taken by the boys in P.E. The fifty yard dash, the mile run, the half mile run, sit-ups, and free exer- cises are included in these tests. Sophomores also take a standard first aid course the second and third quarters along with two quarters of P.E. Girls' first aid includes health, the stud of physical and emotional growth. The first nine weeks, sophomore girls are offered gymnastics, free exercise, and voll-ey ball. They have tennis, archery, and softball during the fourth quarter, Freshman girls take speed ball, table tennis, and stunts in addition to the sports and games taken by the soph- omores. The boys have various sports which in- clude: football, bombardment, basketball, soft- ball, track, and wrestling. AND P.E.-PHYSICAL Projects and assignments of the West High Art department this year have put emphasis on the relationship of art to everyday needs, with special attention given to making the student aware of the aesthetic possibilities of his surroundings. ln basic art, the main obiective is creativ- ity, but appreciation and experimentation are stressed, A student learns the balancing and mixing of colors, basic design and sketching. They also work with paper constructions-mo- biles, cut paper sculpture, and mask making. Other proiects are mural painting and wire sculpture. A course in oil painting, and three dimen- sions is offered to advanced students. They are able to display their talents and abilities in the field of art by placing their proiects in display cases in the main building. Procedures usecl at West attempt to stimu- late the imagination and mature the student mentally as well as aesthetically. Sophomore First-Aid classes learn how to save lives on Resuci-Ann. 9

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Girls develop clothing skills in odvonced sewing. Every girl in WesT High musT Toike dT lecisf Two semesTers of l-lomemoking, The girls leorn cibouf rcooking ond sewing. No mciTTer how modern The households become, o girl sTill needs To be oble To cook ond sew. In sewing, The sfudenfs sfudy clofhing ond Texfiles, child core, household mdnogemenT ond home furnishings. ln cooking, They sfudy nufrifion, how To live wifhin or buolgef, preporo- GIRLS STUDY HOMEMAKING Drafting students work hord To perfecf their drowings. Cooking proves To be fun ds well as hcird work. Tion of American ond foreign foods, and socicil monners. In bofh These closses, The girls ore expecfed To hove o proiecf. The dim of The depcirfmenf is To Troiin girls To loecome homemcikers who con mcincige Them- selves, Their fcimilies, ond Their homes, for The hoppiness ond beTTermenT of oill members, ond also devoTe more Time To communify ocTiviTies. WHILE BOYS TAKE SHOP Mony vocofionol closses ore offered To The boys of WesT High School. These ore drciffing, ouTo shop, mdchine shop, wood shop, ond roidio shop. For boys who plon To become on ciuTo mechanic, Three periods doily ore offered. ln The oufo shop The sfudenfs rebuild cors, repdir en- gines, ond ledrn The bosic Techniques of c1uTo repoir. Again This yeor, The oufo shop provided free insTdlloTion of secif loelfs, which The sfudenfs ond foculfy hos purchosed Through Sfudenr Council. Rodio sfudenfs ore inferesfed in elecfronics Troining. In Woodsop They ore oible To moke mciny useful cirficles for Themselves or Their fomilies. Droffing is The firsT sfep in moiny vo- cofionol opporTuniTies. Troining received in These closses ofTen dllow sfudenfs pcirf Time work in These fields. Auro Shop is on opportunity To Train for o future occupotion. il