Edmunds High School - Hi Ways Yearbook (Sumter, SC)

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A J Haley Charles Mooneyhan and Emery McElveen concentrate mtently as thelr fmgers fly through an un trlcate exercuse Commerce Students Prepare for Busuness World The Commercual Department at Edmunds offers courses In typmg bookkeepung and shorthand Typing as offered un a one year and a two year course as preparation for stenographuc work A one semester course IS also gnven to those wlshlng to know the fundamentals of typung for personal use ment IS one and two year courses are book keeplng and shorthand The first year course of each IS very helpful rn regular stenographuc as well as bookkeepmg occupatlons Edmunds IS one of only a few schools whuch offer the second more advanced preparatuon for future bookkeepung Donald Bnrdsong Muller Wullroms and Gwen Addrson gif rg? check thenr fngures closely as they practxce for future bookkeepmg dunes Also included in the Commercial Depart- 24

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4, , 4: 4-A ,,.,-v 1 i ..r v,q1,1-n'.'u, sv a'W1VK D. O. class in session: Front raw, left to riqht: John Bar- Russell, Wayne Beasley, Billy Thompson, Edward Smith, wick, Elizabeth Kolb, Becky Epting, Don Birdsong, Joyce Charles Johnson, Brady Wilson, David Purvis, Arvin Tisdale, Robert Mauldin, Melvin Turner. Second row: Davis, Jack Dewitt. Absent when picture was made: Timothy Gaymon, Doris lrick, Kay Stafford, William H. B. Shorter, Nancy Morgan, Give Students Theoretical and Practical Training D. O. students are given a schedule of processes which they should complete by the end of the designated D. O. training lusually 2 yearsl. The Diversified Occupations program, a part of the State Trade and Industrial Edu- cation section, sponsored by Mr. W. E. Han- cock, is an important part of Edmunds school life. lt is a program in which the students, teachers, trades, and industries cooperate to give the students guidance, supervision, related training, and actual on-the-jcb-ex- perience while they are still in high school. Daily work and reports on studies each has made in relation to his D. O. occupation are recorded in a notebook. x D. O. students shown on the job in panel above are on a truck ata filling station, Timothy GOYlTWOni VSDCUY- left to right: Joyce Tisdale, checking a potient's tem- ing a radio at a radio shop, and Edward Smith, pre- perature at Tuomey Hospital, John Barwick, working paring for any emergency that might arise at Tuomey. 23

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'n.e fu- 74' -5 i in Dlscussmg problems of mterest to sensors are left to nght Mr Walter Gnllam Jessamme DuBose Martha Mouse Mlss Catharine Bass and Carol Phllllps Through Teacher Gundance Students Plan Future The admmnstratlon and faculty have n mated an extensuve guidance program for the purpose of provldnng students with unfor mation to asslst them In adyustlng to hugh school an plannang thenr courses of study un choosung a college career Teachezs. are provided wnth nnformatuon whuch wull help them to know better the abs I 25 tnes Interests and backgrounds of students The counselors Muss Catharnne Bass Mr Walter Gnllam Mrs Margaret Edens and Mrs Mary Wells talk wuth unduvuduals and groups answering questions holding duscus suon sessions and offermg advice The success of thus program depends upon the students trust and response 'P '1' J I 'N 'vl- Q. 5 J 8 V ,. R vf I . , s M, M Y ,ff fe f-13 'l A, 4,1 4 Ti L . l . . l I l : ' l ' l ' 1 I - 4 l - , , . -1 , . ' I ' I 1 1 I ' . , . . . .I.- 1