Central High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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Extreme left: Speech toachers, left to right: Mr . Mae El- me Tornquist, A. E. Keiber. and Miss Opal Munger. Jean Hawley. Jerry Fonigor, and Leon- ard Wolfson enact a play in Mist Mun- ger's dramatics class. OFFICER SPEECH TRAINING SPEECH AND DRAMATICS 'Ten'shun. The command is called out and the com- manding officer walks by for inspection. Before that com- mand could be given so that everyone in the platoon could hear it, weeks of speech training were needed, training to make us unafraid to speak up in class or train- ing to round out the tones of our voices — experience everyone needs. Poise in front of an audience is stressed, whether it be in class, on the job, or before a club meeting. Qualities of acting, makeup, and stage-craft are taught by Miss Munger and Mrs. Tornquist. Students use their ability to act in the several plays given through- out the year. Practical experience is gained by the sophomore speech classes upon completion of their study of after dinner speaking by giving a banquet and taking part in the program themselves. Mr. Keiber's students of public speaking go through rigorous training in declamations, debate, extemporane- ous speaking, and oratory. Victories in inter-state com- petition come natural to the Keiber-ites because of their thorough training. Marilyn Cook holds up a time card as Joanette Johnson takos part in a debate. Seated at the desk on the left are: Blanche Bicknese and Sheldon Sitrick, while Lawrence Deng- ler is soated at the desk on the right. 22

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GAINING RETAIL TRAINING — OFFICE PRACTICE A counfry of progress—America. Even during war- time, Americans have discovered new machines, new drugs, new methods of aiding business. The progres- sive business firms of Davenport are cooperating to provide a practical type of training for D.H.S. train- ees interested in future employment in the retail field. In the retail training program, trainees spend half the day in school taking the required subjects for grad- uation plus a few electives and the remainder of the day in a practical laboratory, getting sales exper- ience. Besides the usual compensation a sales person receives, credit toward graduation is also given for the hours spent on the job. This year office practices has been added to the work experience program. Three divisions — secretar- ial, bookkeeping, and general clerical practices — give the students a choice of study. After graduation, students have the necessary re- quirements for full-time employment and the necessary credits to pursue the same line of study in college. Patsy Milligan wait on a customer in a downtown storo. Dick Bertram worts in a detonse plant office. Miss Mildred Blair, ro- tail training instructor. 21

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CADET CLASSIFICATION VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE After graduation, what? With chances of the boys attending college at a minimum and the excess of war jobs open to graduating girls, the occupational trainees strive to find just where in the 29,000 occupations open to them, they can best fit. The 10th grade occupations classes, a follow-through from the ninth grade so- cial science course, learn how man makes his living by viewing the different occupa- tions and then analyzing a particular one. In the boys' classes, Mr. Calvert, director of vocational guidance, acquaints the boys with the similarity of the jobs in the service to lifetime vocations. Of the 600 army oc- cupations, about 440 of them can be trans- Members of Mitt Cotter's 10B occu- potions class are, left to right: Marcia Goldman, Bernice Koth, Patricia Dough- erty. Eloise Hoskins, and Jean Stutt. ferred to the lifetime vocations of civilian life. Approx- imately 200 of the Navy's 400 occupations are trans- ferable to civilian life. The right man for the right job at the right time — the slogan of the Army and the slogan of the D.H.S. vocational guidance office. In the girls' classes, Miss Cotter, vocational guidance instructor, helps them to analyze themselves to find out just what occupation to follow. Various tests, to measure their adaptability in certain vocations, may be taken by the trainees. These tests will show if the cadet has the necessary aptitudes for carrying on the vocation successfully. In Mr. Calvert's I0B occupations class aro, left to right: Seated, Duane Stiles, Bob Dittmer, and Rob- ert Carstens; standing. Bob Potersen, Max Crane, Jack Korn, and Jerry Wolcott. 23