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

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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

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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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OUR FOREIGN STUDENTS BECOME HAMERICANIZEDN JAN WESTRA Now when the year here has almost ended, I remember how I wondered about America be- fore I left. I heard many opinions about American life and was eager to see how it was in reality. Although my stay only lasted one school year, I have formed a pretty good idea of the way people live in the new world. I think I have met the motto of the A.F.S. to talk and walk with people, although I defin- itely have done more talking than walking. It will take sometime before I can look back to this land of vastness and realize how great it was, and how it will affect my future. I have met lots of people, shaken all kinds of hands, and ridden in numerous cars. Fortun- ately, I have the opportunity to give speeches and show my slides, so that if you come to the gate- way of Europe you will be prepared. When I leave I will take back my memories of a wonderful family, a cool school, and loads of friendly and interesting people. Many of you told me that you will visit Europe someday and I am very sincere when I invite you all to visit me in I-Iollanol, lThat is if you all don't come at the same timell Lots of luck to all and keep smiling, Jan Westra I2 YOKO TAMURA I was born on the II of January, I948 in Nagoya-City, Japan. My father has his own school and has been teaching English for more than twenty years. I-Ie is also an interpreter. My mother is a house-wife. I have one younger brother and one younger sister. I enioy many things, singing, listening to music, arranging flowers, skiing, and volley- ball. I also hope to travel around the world in the future. In i964 I was interested in going abroad to America. I had always wanted to come. I found an address of the Bremerton newspaper and asked for a family to stay with. The Red Cross got me an address and I got a lucky letter from an American family. I left for A- merica on the 26th of August in I964. I think that Bremerton and West I-Iigh are very nice, and people, kids and students are very friendly. I am enjoying so many things and think that I am a very lucky girl. I like quiet places like Bremerton, because I used to live in a big and busy town. After graduation I plan to go to Olympic College. I now live with the Doctor James Carter family. Yoko Tamura