Abilene High School - Orange and Brown Yearbook (Abilene, KS)

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Machines, Techniques Aid Business Careers Ten courses in business training were offered to students by the business depart- ment. These classes prepared students for personal or family record-keeping and fu- ture secretarial or management positions. Personal typewriting, a semester course, was offered to students with crowded sched- ules to enable them to efficiently oper.ate a typewriter for class homework. Forty typewriters were available for pupils enrolled in Typing I-II. After mas- tering the touch of the keyboard, consider- able time was given to the development of speed and accuracy. Operational techniques of the calcula- tor, transcriber, adding machine, and elec- tric typewriter were acquired in the office practice class, while dictation and tran- scription were stressed in the senior sec- retarial tr.aining class. Realization of the importance of keep- ing better financial records was one of the objectives of the personal bookkeeping course. The development of neatness, ac- curacy, and an understanding of the prob- lems of a business enterprise was an inte- gral part of the bookkeeping course. Many phases of business life, including money, banks, credit, wise-buying, and tax problems, were discussed in general busi- ness. First semester of the shorthand course was spent learning strokes and brief forms, while dictation and transcription were em- phasized during the second semester. Both personal and business selling tech- niques were practiced in the salesmanship class. Drawing up contracts, buying and selling goods, insurance, and property, as well as history of law, were discussed in the semester business law course. 3? Lucretia Butts. B.S., fK. S. UQ, Business, Drill Team, Pep Club Fred S. Jarvis, B.S., M.S., u Pittsburg Siaiel, Busi- O ness, Ir. Class C Clubs Iohn Morando. BS., M.S., fpiiisburq Siatel, Business, Basketball, Football Keyboard concentration is the key to a per- fect iime-wriiinq if the facial expressions of Donna Sprinkel and Mike Whitehair provide the clue. -si-ff 3 r 1 ,i, 1... .,..

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One pinch of sodium chloride should finish this off! muses Clinton Chase as he con- ducts an experimenttiorlphysics. . 0 i 4 Robert D. Chatham, B.S., M.S., Clffmporia Stcitel, Science, Math, Science Club, Cross Country, Pres. ACTA -Y- Riel ski-rr H. Dennis, B.S., lFt. a , r a ball, Wrestling, Track 12 Hays Statel, Science, M th F. Cl ss, Foot- lflfsifii QIFT-3-751 Equations, Urganisms Offer Challenges Striving to meet today's challenging de- mand for scientific and mathematical knowledge, the Abilene High School cur- riculum included a variety of courses in these fields. Provision of a firm foundation in the study of natural phenomena was the pri- mary purpose of general science classes. In contrast to previous years, no text was used. Chemistry students analyzed the structure and composition of matter during chemical reactions, while the principles of conservation of mass, momentum, energy, and charge were examined in physics. A new greenhouse area proved a bene- ficial addition to the biology department. Both biology and advanced biology furnish- ed the students with a better understand- ing of the patterns of life and the living organisms. Basic mathematical fundamentals of percents, equations, and ratios were stress- ed in general math and Algebra I-II. Learn- ing to prove theorums w.as an integral part of geometry, while Algebra 3-4 students ex- perimented with ratios and quadratic qua- tions. The graphing of curved lines and the study of the properties of angles and tri- angles vvas prevalent in the senior courses of college algebra and trigonometry. Im-nes R. Grimes, B.S., M.S., lEmporia Statel, Science, Science Club, Sr. Class Harold G. Edberq, B.S., CBethany Col.J, M.S., IColo. Statel, Math, Soph. Class, Golf Charles B. Tice, B.A., KC. of EQ, M.S., Clfmporia Statel, Math, lritramu- rals, Sr. Class

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Bernadette Hawkes. BA., fK.S.U.J, Phys. Ed, Health, Fr. Class, Pep Club, Drill Team, Gym- nastics Iudith Peterson, B.S., fPittsburq Siatel, Home EC., FHA, lr. Class Edward S. Hankins. B.S., Pittsburg Statel, Phys. Ed., Health, Athletic Director, A-Club, Foot- ball, Basketball, Tennis Ray L. Salyer. B.S., CK.S.U.l, Biology, Drivers Ed., Football, Basketball, Track Shall we measure this hem for a mini- dress? inquires Kathy Linder of home eco- nomics classmate, Diane Sleichter. sa, Muscular tone and balance creased throuqh daily calisthenics in the physical education classes. Instruction, Activity Fills Fitness Program Vigorous activities in the forms of team and individual sports, indoor games, obsta- cle courses, and calisthenics helped to de- velop able bodies in the physical education courses. Required of all freshmen and soph- omores, the ability to work with others was emphasized. Improvement of the student's physical, emotional,and mental health was aided in the health classes by studying or- ganic and functional diseases, and acquir- ing an understanding of the basic struc- tures and functions of the body. Thirty hours of classroom instruction and .at least six hours practice driving were required of all driver training students. The skillful techniques of operating an auto- mobile with special emphasis on defensive driving were taught by films, lectures, and actual driving in the dual-controlled car. Each of the seven areas of homemaking were studied in three courses of Home Eco- nomics. Clothing, foods, social maturity, and consumer buying were emphasized in the classes of Home Economics I-IV. Family living, which served as preparation for fu- ture domestic positions, included explora- tion .of the purpose of family life, its place in society, budgets, and interior decoration.