Wilkinsburg High School - Annual Yearbook (Wilkinsburg, PA)

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K ATIIARIN11: R. Mc14',xRI,AND XVILLIAM A. PRICE Art Art , If ' C. K. VVICKER C. FRANCIS YILTTER lllefh. D7'U'ZUi7lg Aff, fllefh. Drzzwilzg ART . . . The art department furnishes ex- tensive training for the young artist. The three year course covers designing, color har- mony, water color painting, oil painting, let- tering, poster work, etching, and block printing. Much Work for other departments, such as mak- ing stage sets and posters to advertise the Hi lVays, plays. and sports events is done here. The classes each year look forward to visiting the International Art Exhibit at Carnegie In- stitute. This is an annual trip. Open House Night is important to the art department, for it is then that all the work is exhibited. After graduation. many students from this department choose art as a career. WII,I.IIx3I J. BERRY Bass B. ROGER Clllllllllfffilll l,zI'zcf ASVAOIYAIIIIIZI GRAYIJON M. CAMI-BELL BIERLIN M. CIIUTE Economic: Typing MECHANICAL DRAWING . . . For future engineers. draftsmen. and architects, the course in Mechanical Drawing is indispensable. It lays a firm and excellent foundation both neces- sary and beneficial to these professions. Draw- ing geometric Iigures and designs is the work of the beginner, later drawings of machine parts and architectural designs are made by ad- vanced students. The work completed by the students is exhibited in the halls during Open House Night. In national competition held by the Scholastic last year, three students in this department won notable awards, one first prize and two. honorable mention. Although it is usually considered a boys' subject, many girls find it Worthwhile. ART IZ?

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JOHN E. BROWNING J, IIERBERT CREIGH I'lzy.ricoZ Edzzcrztion Pffyfical Education l l DAVID M. K, SHUPE J, GLENN SMITH fhyxicol Education floaltfz HEALTH . . . Because health is the most im- portant thing in life, much attention is given to it in school. To teach the students how to care for their health in order to get the most out of life is the purpose of this subject. The care and preservation of the body are the main topics of discussion along with the prevention of disease and what to do in case of illness. This year home planning and social requirements were added as topics for discussion. Not only the study of the physical Care of the body but also the many environmental factors which contribute to the general health of an individual make the course of vital importance. HAROLD B. GRIM EVANGELINE JAFFLRS Basketball Physical Education Elma D. CALLAIIAN DR. W. L. THUNHURST School .7V1W,ve School Doctor ATHLETICS .. . Every student in high school is required to take at least two periods of gym a Week. The boys spend much time in playing basketball, volleyball, mushball and attaining skill on the parallel bars and with dumbells. Dancing, fulllbllflg, basketball, musli- ball, volleyball, and shuffle board are important features of the girls' gym classes. The boys' Gym Club and the girls, Leaders Club are organizations for those who especially enjoy gymnastic work and Wish extra work in this field. Two public demonstrations of this gym work are given each year in the Gym Exhibit and Field Day, at which all kinds of skill in gym work are displayed. Health Examination lf21l

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Bookkeeping E231 Kiairn.-x M. COVIL Sfzorfhami fffrfary XYILLIAM J. GRAHAM f . CW 'f' f Sm: L. REDCLAY Qffff fJ6'6 ' T ffE'Zi'7'ffi71 ff f 7' 1' ewritilzg 3 as 3 COMMERCIAL . . . The underlying social spirit of our times is insisting upon increasing purposivenessg in living up to this spirit the commercial department has done its share. Stenography, typing, bookkeeping, and office practice are the major subjects of this course, others are salesmanship, economics, commercial law, and commercial geography. 'l'he course offers six semesters of bookkeep- ing starting With elementary bookkeeping and nnishing with cost counting and bankingg four semesters of typing are offered. Shorthand is taught also for four semesters, including a semester of transcription. Oflice practice has recently been added to the curriculum and al- ready it is undispensable to a commercial stud- ent. Here one learns how to use duplicating machines, bookkeeping machines, dictaphone IIOVVARD T. GRIFFITH Hoaizkeeping BIARION C. L1NDsAY lfookkeepizzg RIYRTLE IZ. THOMPSON DIARY E. VVOOIUVVORTH Ojiaa Practice TjVPl3'ZU7iiff7lg and ediphone machines and he also studies fil- ing, clerical work, and office relations. Salesmanship, economics, commercial law, and commercial geography are each one semester subjects. They give the students a better un- derstanding of the business World. Salesman- ship aims to teach the student tact in business relations, economics, to tell how man gets a liv- ing and to suggest how he may obtain a better one, connnercial law, to acquaint the student with necessary fundamental laws of the business world, and commercial geography, to teach the geographical resources of the World as well as foreign connnerce and industries. This interesting as well as practical course is an excellent preparation for a vocational career which follows graduation.