Westerville High School - Searchlight Yearbook (Westerville, OH)

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BUSINESS A prime example of the expanding curriculum at W.H.S. is the Commercial Arts Department. This year Office Practice, General Business, Business Law, and Business English were added to the curriculum. The typing students punch away at the keys, and the shorthand students attempt to transcribe their mysterious scribblings. The business teachers are kept busy directing this flow of en- ergy as their contribution to the effici- ency of the secretaries of tomorrow. In addition to helping her students shorten their hands and keep their books, Mrs. Bunce must cope with the annual staff as faculty yearbook advisor. LIBRARY Miss Pesta ' s efforts in typing class result in more efficient typing and calloused finger- tips. The comparatively new Westerville High School library is thriving and growing. The stock of books and periodicals is constantly enlarged. The focal points of each year are the paper-backed book fairs which make available a wealth of books in inexpensive editions. Presiding over the library is head librarian, Miss Elizabeth Passmore. Miss Passmore has her own incomparable style of maintaining silence in the library: Lover-boy, are you in here to study or talk? or, more bluntly, Sweetie, shut up!

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INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC Mr. Becker is chiefly concerned with tutor- ing the tooters. Mr. Forrest Becker has charge of the marching band, the concert band, and the orchestra. He also directs the instrumental music students from sixth through eighth grade. The marching band performs every halftime at football games; the concert band plays for various functions during the school year. Certain members of the band musically accompany pep rallies, homecomings, and assemblies. VOCAL MUSIC The Vocal Music Department, under the direc- tion of its new teacher, Mr. Marshall Turley, pre- sents many programs throughout the year. Vo- calists are distributed among the groups accord- ing to their class and ability. The Department consists of Girls ' Glee Club, Boys ' Glee Club, Choralettes, Mixed Chorus, and various special groups. Sing along with Marshall ' Drew — leader of the Crew.

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HOME ECONOMICS The Home Economics rooms in the high school create a warm, domestic atmosphere. The spaci- ous kitchens are often the source of tantalizing odors which waft through the halls. Learning to cook and sew is not the only goal in Home Economics. The course is designed to give a complete picture of the responsibilities faced by any homemaker. Mrs. Wagner and Mrs. Arthur convey the principles of homemaking in order that the girls will be fully prepared for their future positions as wives and mothers. Mrs. Wagner and Mrs. Arthur have the peril- ous duty of sampling the cooking products of the Home Economics students. P -j ' H2? ' m£ ' ' ■ 1 m ' HW— ' ; : ' 1 . S0H 11 ■ JM M J f f 1 . ,. . ,f J 1 1 A A - l k m 8 ■■■r Miss Passmore keeps a box of pins in the library in order to see if it is quiet enough to hear one drop.