Brush High School - Sagebrush Yearbook (Brush, CO)

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BUSINESS Courses The typing course had a two fold purpose this year, first, to develop typing ability for personal use, and second, the transfer of learning to a machine. There was no homework with the course. Emphasis was put on the student's ability to find his errors, and the last weeks the course had the requirement that all pa- pers were to be handed in with no errors. The last few weeks were also spent working on manuscripts and business letters. Miss Gertge helps students when they run into difficulties. Class discussions are part of the bookkeep- ing curriculum. Mr. Mitchell Most of the students in the business department find jobs in Brush or the surrounding area, or they go on to better busi- ness schools. Below, Jim Newlin, Stan Grippin, and Don Osborn practice proper typing posture and technique.

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130 Are Enrolled in Mr. Robert Mitchell and Miss Patsy Gertge were this year's business in- structors. They offered the courses of typing, shorthand, and bookkeeping. The total enrollment for the year was one hundred and thirty. Bonnie Bassett studies latest shorthand methods. Class discussions and practice aids stu- dents in developing best form in typing and bookkeeping. Miss Gertge The goals of the shorthand classes are to learn to take dicta- tion, and to put dictation to work for them. In bookkeeping the students learned to transfer materials from ledgers to journals, to distinguish the difference between different types of ledgers, and to use the fundamentals of bookkeeping. They also learned basic filing rules, and the proper methods of setting up new files.

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HOME ECONOMICS Trains Future Homemakers Students listen attentively as the subject at hand is explained. Mrs. Staby, instructor Homemaking I class, second period Under the direction of Mrs. Staby, the Home Ec. classes learn home management skills such as sewing, cooking, table-setting, and housekeep- ing. In addition, they discuss social problems and etiquette. Child care and household etiquette are also very impor- tant in preparing for future homemaking. 1. to r. (below): B. Huhman, S. Reasoner, Mrs. Staby, N. Leach, M. Wankelman. (in foreground): C. Bane and J. Murrow.