Camelback High School - Shield Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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Keypunch, Gregg Mean business BIG business depends upon unity between the secretary, executive, fundamental busi- ness skills and machines. Office conditions and machines are always being altered. In keeping up with these changes, high schools and colleges around the country are adopting new techniques in their teaching programs. CHS ' s business department offers introduc- tory and advanced courses in all phases of business. Newest of business preparatory courses is the keypunch machine. The depait- ment introduces the keypunch to a man) stu- dents as possible; offering special student- a chance to train during a six week peiiod. A background of training with the more common business machines is aNo gi en. ledgers Financial management is established in bookkeeping classes. A greater degree of rea- soning power is developed along with the en- couragement of bookkeeping and accounting as a career. Commercial law introduces the student to the more legal aspects of personal and com- mercial business. Shorthand and typing course objectives are to prepare students w ith a skill plus knowledge that they can use in the immediate future: whether for their own personal use or as a vo- cation. hetliei or not a student ])lans to fuitliei hi- high school business couises. iin- enablf him to find employment on a higher le%el tiian those ' -tudent ' - without specialization in fields of employment. MISS BARBARA G. BECK- STEAD, general business, typing, sponsor Sparteens. au- thor of article in Journal of Business Education . . . MISS ALICE BRINTON, short hand, notehand. typing, at- tended Gregg Methods Work- shop at Arizona State College . . . PALL M. CORNETT, bookkeeping, general business, sponsor Sophomore Class, var- sity baseball coach ... MRS. HELEN B. DOVER, typing, business English, sponsor Sen- ior Class, attended summer classes on data processing, worked on a general business workshop for Phoenix Union High .Sihool District. Processing data for permanent records with the IBM keypunch method is used more and more in big busi- GEORGE F. DUNN, business machines, system busi- ness consultant, secretary of Business Educators As- sociation of Arizona, member of National Business Education Assoc . . MRS. ELVA O ' QUINN, depart- ment head, shorthand, transi ription. secretarial office trjining alt. ikImI (.ic Method- Workshop at A.S.C. ness today. Carolyn Hagel learns basic techniques in Mr. W ' illard W urtz business machines class. . . . DAVID L. WERTZ, business machines, typing, sponsors Freshman Class, attended AY workshop at A.S.U. ...JOSEPH L. VAN ZILE, business law. general business, attended summer school at A.S.U. . MRS. MVRY WILLUMS, shorthand, clerical (i(Tu c tiainiiii; -rHin-ni busiiic-s ixpciience lucit idin

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MISS BARBARA JEAN BENNETT, general art. sponsor senior council Girls ' League, group leader of foreign language summer school in Home. Italy . . MRS. DOROTHY K. GIL- LESPIE, speech, attended summer school at the University of Colorado ... JAMES HARVEY, department head, speech, sponsor Masque and Gavel, member hoard of directors of S tate .■Speech Teachers Association, author of sopho- more speech unit . . . RONALD A. HOLLO- WAY, instrumental music. Teachers spend summer in Rome, study art A course in photography is offered to those students interested in learning to take, develop and print their own pictures. Carl Noren and Rick Harper gleaned practical experience by act- ing as photographers for the Blade and Shield. GRANT B. JENKINS, vocal music, harmony, sponsor of Camelhack Singers . . . DAVID L. SMALLEY, drama, stagecraft. s|ion or Masque and Gavel . . . MRS. HAZEL S-MITH, vocal music . . . MRS. GINA WINSTON, art. interior decoration, art- and crafts, sponsor Art Club, par- ticipant in .Arizona Designer Craftsmen shows, attended Art Festival in San Francisco. W E ELOPING a greater appreciation of the Arts in everyday living and as a skill professionally are the dual purposes of the fine arts section, states James Harvey, de- partment head. Courses in drama, art. pho- tography and music are offered for this purpose. Students ' participation in contests has been so encouraged that eight students were awarded gold keys in the Arizona Scholastic Art and Photography competi- tion, four students won awards in state and national speech competition, and 13 stu- dents were chosen for all-state band and chorus. Janet Rotliman. recipient of the outstand- ing actress award and summer participant at the fine arts camp at Interlochen. Mich., was honored for her musical and acting abilities. S ith accompaniment by Van Cli- burn. Janet took Luci Johnson ' s place at a special concert on the hite House lawn. Europe ' is this year ' s by word for the department ' s seven teachers. James Harvey and Miss Barbara Bennett are planning to spend the summer in Rome studying Art history with a group of students from this .school. Other students plan to spend their time in Switzerland. England, and Denmark studying French. Shakespearean history and German, respectively. Closer to home, the fine arts ' teachers have aided in the selection of the school ' s art collection. Along with participating in the school Music Arts Festival in the spring. a community program, the department has found time to produce plays, concerts, art showings and numerous bits of effect in all school assemblies. 28 ACADEMIC

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Industrial Arts -Home Ec...from soup to nutsi EATING crepes suzette at 10 o ' clock in the morning . . . attending a fashion show on school time . . . teaching children while you ' re being taught . . . these statements wouldn ' t sound strange if you were taking a Home Economics course. The objectives of the division are, states department head Mrs. Maxine McCloskey. ' to develop appreciation of the democratic processes in our society, strengthen family relations in all areas of home and family life and to recognize and use the objectives of the PUHS system and the State Depart- ment of Vocational Education. In achiev- ing these goals, the department and its stu- dents are involveti in a number of activities. Baking and delivering cookies to Boys Ranch, giving a Christmas tea, taking a field trip to Cudahy meat packing center and preparing special foreign food dinners are some of the activities of Home Ec food classes. During the study of child growth, the Child Guidance classes organized and par- ticipated in two play school groups in morn- ing and afternoon classes. The four and five-year-olds were volunteered by parents of students and friends who were familiar with this yearly program. Make It With Wool, ' a national contest, had five entrees and five winners from Camelback. In preparation for the contest showing. Mrs. Ellsworth ' s advanced cloth- ing class invited mothers and friends to a preview of their new creations. Members of the Human Relations classes participated in panels for P.T.A. ' s Adult Family Living Group and the Parents Without Partners. Valuable activities of this department, speakers in various specialized fields visited classrooms. (TOP) Before taking this Home Ec course, the girls were doing only a seii-sew job when it came to making their own clothes. (BOTTOM ) The circuitry of a radio receiver is explained by Mr. Doug Davis in his second period electronics class. WILLIAM J. ANDERSON, department head, drafting, sponsor Junior Class, wrote article for Journal of Industrial Arts magazines . . . STANLEY N. ALF, raetalwork, general shop, drafting, vice president Epsilon Pi Tau, attended workshop on electronics, drafting and curriculum development . . . MRS. DORIS BARNETT, home economics, child guidance, sponsor Future Homemakers of America, attended workshops on re- vision of ho me ec guides . . . RICHARD M. BOONE, woodworking, freshman bas- ketball and baseball coach, sponsor Freshman Class . . . DOUGLAS B. DAVIS, electronics, drafting, sponsor Radio Club ... MISS CAROL ELLSWORTH, home economics, clothing, human relations, sponsor Future Homemakers of America, finished masters degree at Columbia University. 30 ACADEMIC