Archbishop Walsh High School - Buchmann Beacon Yearbook (Irvington, NJ)

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-iq- v i. .,., 'ir'-mummy 1'-xg Q- : E On Thursdays, girls acting as teachers' secretaries prepare masters and stencils. , Seniors demonstrate the new DDC laboratory machine which helps them increase their shorthand speed. I. iv-f cm1l'3tfi Eli T Chris DePalma and Kathy Mueller let their machines do the adding as Kathy Rittershof er checks the figures. The Business Department offers two years of training to iuniors and seniors who are interested in entering the business world. In the iunior year, the business students are introduced to the fundamentals of stenography, typing and bookkeeping. Senior year offers classes forthe perfecting of the art of stenography and typing. Office practice enables the girls to broaden their knowl- edge in such fields as filing, mailing, telephoning, and machine operating. Senior business women are appointed to act as secretaries to the teachers. This experience is invaluable in their preparation for actual services. Hints on poise, dress, and other essential business requirements are incorporated into the program. Firms such as the Prudential and Bell Telephone are visited during the year. I9

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Zuszhess gs ffe yjacfgone qf Oczey Mary Rose Cascaes dictates Steno as the girls strive for their 100 WAM. Machines work wonders, and the girls find this true as they check their finished product.

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anyuaye 5 cz gf Xpresszon r C. l-tociei, D. Smith, M. l-lanily, and Mrs. Maria Valdes enioy a medley of Spanish songs accompanied by typical Spanish musical instruments. P. Ryan, K. Gunther and Mrs. Goat follow K. Gunnings sight translation of Vergil's Aeneid. 20 wiv' ' Sr. Paulita recounts her experiences while in France to K. Reilly and P. Golda, while S. Saunders and D. Trynosky read the French literature she brought from France. The Language Department at Walsh prepares the student forthe world wide communications through the offered pro- grams of Latin, French, and Spanish. Latin introduces the student to the classical civilizations. The novice encounters basic vocabulary and grammar. Back- ground material on the ancient Roman culture is supplied in the form of translation passages. Second year translations consist of the writings of Julius Caesar. The third and fourth courses cover the finer points of syntax, the poetry of Vergil, or the orations of Cicero. Two methods of teaching French are used at Walsh, the traditional and the audio-visual system. The traditional meth- od follows a text. The audio-visual series, Voix et Images, uses everyday conversations to familiarize the student with idio- matic expressions employed in spoken French. Spanish is a link between the United States and her neigh- bors to the South. Better relations can be formed by the re- moval ofthe language barrier. Through a four year course in Spanish, the Walsh student acquires the ability to converse in this language.