Whiting High School - Reflector Yearbook (Whiting, IN)

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Pupils Learn Importance of Sound Mind and Body The Psychology class hears Mr. Leo Mulva. parole officer on the state prison board, speak on the penal system and the different types of people inhabiting the prisons. Seniors in health class learn the basics of human anatomy. Miss Crutchfield answers Frank Stofko’s question on the respiratory system. 16

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Students Aim for Careers in Commercial World Typing classes prepare many pupils for jobs in business and industry. As pari of the commercial studies course, the shorthand class affords students a chance to prepare for future occupations. The punching of typewriter keys, the clicking of office machines, the buzzing of saws, and the rolling of the press are familiar sounds heard by the commercial and technical students preparing for future jobs. Typing, most popular of the commercial subjects, is offered as a two-year course and is aimed at teaching the student to type with speed and with accuracy. Taking dictation rapidly and transcribing symbols into longhand are the goals hoped to be achieved by the students taking shorthand, also offered for two years. Such valuable subjects as office practice and bookkeeping, in which a student learns the use of machines and how to keep records of business transactions, are offered to provide training for the business students. Classes such as machine shop, print shop, and wood shop ready students for future pursuits in such fields

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Um-pah-pahs and Do-Re-Mi’s Enliven Activities The girls’ choir spends hours practicing for such events as the winter concert. In health class students study personal hygiene, diseases, anatomy, and first-aid. Although this course is offered for one semester to seniors, it is available to underclassmen wishing to take it in summer school. Economics is the science of man earning a living. The students study the importance of land, labor, and capital, which are the three factors that influence the economical status and growtli of a democratic country. The aims of the Instrumental Music Department of Whiting High School are to develop an appreciation for all types of music and to encourage citizenship through school spirit, leadership, and service. Throughout the course of the year, the band has many activities: pep assemblies, civic and school parades, state contests, the winter and spring concerts, and the school plays. Learning psychology helps students to understand themselves and others, to become better thinkers and students, to understand the responsibility of citizenship in a democracy, and to prepare wisely for marriage and for a successful vocation in the years ahead. Mr. Humphrey directs Sandra Lubshina through her lesson during the band's individual instruction period. 17