THE DOMESTIC SCIENCE AND
THE DOMESTIC ART DEPARTMENT

Miss Pace and her girls found that they could do better work after they moved from the old building into the new and well-equipped rooms of the new high school building.

Cooking and housekeeping were taught to the girls until Christmas. During the first half they cooked and baked many good things. After Christmas, Miss Pace and her classes moved up on the third floor, where she taught them Domestic Art. In this department many dresses and things necessary for girls were made.

The American Red Cross has found a great deal of aid in the department.

THE COLLEGE PREPARATORY COURSE

Osawatomie in the past has offered a College Preparatory Course , and will continue to do so in the future. This year Osawatomie High School offered four years of foreign language, two years of German and two years of Latin German is becoming unpopular in nearly all of the high schools of the state. Osawatomie is patriotic and they decided they they did not want anything that related to the Germans. This coming year they are going to offer three years of Latin so that they will still have a College Preparatory Course. The College Preparatory Course is a valuable course in any high school.

THE COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT

The Commercial Department is rapidly becoming a foremost department in all schools. The course as given in Osawatomie High School consists of Commercial Arithmetic, first year; Bookkeeping, second year; beginning Shorthand and Typewriting, third year; while the fourth year gives finishing work in Shorthand and Typewriting. Of course, our school cannot turn out competent stenographers and bookkeepers but it does give all fundamental training supplementary to a course in a Business College.

Miss Roseberry who has charge of the Osawatomie High School Commercial Department is to be congratulated for her success in this department, for she insists upon a thorough knowledge of all work formerly studied before she takes a class into new work.

When (in the beginning typewriting classes) a speed of forty words per minute has been reached, the student who has attained this speed is awarded an Efficiency certificate. These certificates are sent out by all the typewriting companies. It required quite a bit of work and control on the part of the student to get one of these.

THE NORMAL TRAINING DEPARTMENT

The Normal Training Department of the Osawatomie high School was organized in 1910. The object of this course, as set forth in the law, is to furnish better trained teachers for the grades, and especially for the rural schools.

The subjects that were offered under this course in the first semester of this year were Agriculture, Methods, Management, physiology, and in the second, Psychology, Agriculture and Civics.

In the Senior year two semesters of American History, Physics and Reviews are required. The Reviews consist of twelve weeks each of Geography, Grammar and Reading.

The Normal Training students have made frequent visits to the grade rooms, taking notes as to the methods the different teachers use. Reports of these visits were made the next day in class.

Those of the Senior Class that graduate from the Normal Training Department this year are: Harold Allen, Lulu Durrant, Marguerite Roseberry Frances Harvey Ermine Arner and Hazel Arbogast.

THE MANUAL TRAINING DEPARTMENT

Mr. Matherly is at the head of this department. Since our new building has been built our Manual Training Department has begun to grow and the work is more interesting to each student. We have a fine equipment of machinery in this department and the advanced class who used the machines have made many useful things.

The two Freshman classes are worthy of note, too, for they have made many things. Among the things made are, cedar chests, pedestals, library tables, ironing boards, shoe polishing cabinets, book shelves, step-ladders, porch swings, chifforobes, and a violin.

Many more useful things have been made but the above will give the reader an idea of our work in this department.