Austin East High School - Yearbook (Knoxville, TN)

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-55, .fi- 'lil I . f .:,. E , R Business Students Acquire Basic Office Skills Affairs concerning business involve a great majority of the World's time, materials, and people. Every day Wall Street tycoons clock the highs and lows of the stock exchange While specially trained IBM personnel punch the programmed buttons that link manislife to the computer age. Whatever field a person plans to enter after graduation, marketable skills such as typing and shorthand can become his tools of trade. At Austin-East, students Who plan to attend business college or go directly to work after completion of high school are provided with preparation courses such as typing, shorthand, bookkeeping, general business, and distributive education. ln addition to acquiring textbook knowledge, students also may gain practical experience by working in the bank, selling supplies and assisting in the ofice. With such a myriad of skills at their fingertips, students may bring even closer to reality their dreams of becoming prosperous entrepreneurs or dexterous secretaries. r .fi Hoping that her fellow students can read her version, Sandra DeArmond writes a shorthand assignment on the board. 'Ns

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W Most typing students finally learn that they can type more rapidly and accurately if they resist the temptation to Watch their fumbling fingers. . 4? A ,1 ii gf Miriam Kenimer finds that an adding machine is very useful when a bookkeeping problem involves several columns of figures. Making copies of tests and study guides is one way Annette Greenwood and other business students help their teachers. 34 . 'Ks lrfap Q Q- AN is ,gifts- 4 T is was aa K .uw 1 fi new if Q 5 , if L ,945 Xe if 5, . ie ? :ss -f i '15 fi I infix s. 5 SL 235 sig an .L x . 'iii

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ocational Shops Gffer Job Training To add to its menu of learning, Austin-East serves a variety of courses in its vocational training program. A new slant to the usual high school curriculum, this program opens many doors for future technicians. After entering the vocational annex, one may go in any direction and find students diversely at work. While the auto mechanics are steeped in the odors of grease, oil, and car parts, the commercial cooking class is surrounded by lingering aromas of the day's diet. The smell of shampoo and creme rinse gives a hint of cosmetology. One may never have heard of building houses or their foundations Within a building, but in the vocational complex many illusions become realities. Mortared hands and fingernails are one of the by4products of brick masonry, While cabinetmaking and electronics produce plans for our tomorrows. With such a myriad of trades from which to choose, Austin-East students are able to prepare for a livelihood, be it commercial art or tailoring. Thus, one of the greatest benefits from the joining of Austin and East is the birth of this vocational program. Tearing down a wall and scraping reusable mortar off the bricks requires cooperation among brick masonry students Louis McClure, Thomas White, James Nance, Anthony Thomas, Charles Lomax, and Larry Glenn. 36