Erasmus Hall High School - Arch Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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0 ,419 6 , 229 y9v.s 5 .-.fi joseph Celb C hazrman An entry ln the wrong column could prove a finanual disaster Mrs Sarah Block mstructs student rn proptr procedure whxle the class works out rts own fiscal problems Wll Street IS just xrnund tht Lorntr to tht st zt nlous huslmss ml thlne wlzlrcls checking the lilClltl0fl of soma proht prohlt ms Accountzng Somewhere amld 1 jungle of skxfscrapers there IS 1 dark and mysterlous land mhablted hx 1 dark and IIIVSt6I'l0ll5 crcaturc tht businessman Some hght xxas throxxn on h1s domtun hoxx ex er bv the Instructors ln our Account mg Department Those of us xx mtmg to enrlch our knoxx ledge of busmess toolx idxantagc of 1 varletx of courses Booklxeepmg and dLC0lll1tll'lg proxlded us xvlth msxght mto the world of credlts and deblts Merchandxsmg explamed tht problems faced bx the consumer whlle business law lrlsfllled ln us an llI'ld6I'St1.lIKllI'lj.Z of the cod: of commercial lxfc The 0pt'I'ltl0I1 of c,.1lcul.1tors and other such ofhu Eqlllplllt nt xx IS covered In the course deallng xvlth husl ness mlcluncs College hound dexotees of the business professlon took accelerated course ln booklteepmg md accountmg Hmshmg the reguln txxo and 1 half xc lr course IH one xear Some of us txen lt irned to speak and understand the strange largon pu vadlng that land of peptlc ulcers W ho knoxxs9 Perhaps todax s gradu ltes xxxll head the gl mt corporatlons of tomorroxx . ...V I 2 .,,r r lf 5 A ' ' ' g . ' '. il . 5 I . . O . ' 1 ' A- is-.1 1 -, 'B-i . . ' was . . . .. . fi ' ' 9 'f' '-f ' '- - Jam 4 . . 2 5-. . 2 K . . 6,6 . H V .' 4. 7 7 . . - gr -, r a , ie- . . I 05:4 :V ' A . 9 7, I 5 Ft , L. ,Q , . . , B. ,i ,. ,, x 6 P 1 . A . oo '93 1 ' ' ' 'f ' ' . an 9 f 5 ' 'V . Q Q . , . . . . . . . - . , 4 x v 1 . ' 1 1 . -' ' 4 - , Y 'I . 1 u 1 u n.: . 2 v D un A ' . . 1 . . J . '.. ' r yi: . ' 1 - I . ' ' U- Q' ' 13. , 1 1- f 2 an L L I 1 u ' . P V ' i I l , ' ir v 1 f 'vu - -1 ' lv . I s' si 1 - 4 - ' 'f m-- ' . A ' ' f' . . v' , , ,. V' . .. I t . '. 1 I Y t .

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Secretarial Studies 'I Miss Winifred McMahon Chairman Daily, the clatter of hundreds of typewriters heralded the approach of Erasmus-bred secretaries toward the business world. Those of us under the jurisdiction of the Secretarial Studies Department found that efficiency and reliability in business routine were stressed. In the stenography classes, we learned to decipher the baffling series of squiggles and lines known as short- hand. Rapid-fire dictation was no longer impossible to record on paper. Comprehensive courses in secretarial practice combined shorthand with our newly developed skill in typing. Those of us who were especially fast and accurate found a challenge in the special clerical practice class. In addition, accelerated courses in typing and stenograpliy were available for students who were pursuing an academic course of study. Future operators of switchboards, adding machines. and the like were also provided for. They received thorough training in the manipulation of the various business machines and found, as had the secretaries, that Erasmus had prepared them well for the business world. Strange small lines and stranger smaller circles are the bases of this lesson as Mrs. Muriel Hendricks teaches her class the fundamentals of stenography. A secretarial practice class takes speed dictation as a matter of course. ,9 ,.2,0 were 9 .2 er

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Industrial Arts A primitive Caveman fashioned an ax of rock 1 il tl 3 l i 11 c ius megan the pursuit of industrial arts. Klan llllS come a long way since that rock, with complex tools and machines Hlling the earth. lt was the hope of our Industrial Arts Department that we would develop a knowledge of some of these tools and make better use of them. Under the guidance of its staff, a new citv-wide drafting course was cstah- lished. The new area of studs' was added to an alreadv well-rounded c11r- riculum consisting of shops in wood, metal, and electricitx' as well as niech 1 ani- cal drawing. Those of IIS who majored in industrial arts gained a familiarity with numerous industrial processes and with the equipment of modern industry. To our dismay, no course was offered i11 the operation of pencil sharpeners and can openers. Despite this shameful omission. the department flourished and achieved, with flying colors. its goal of demonstrating the occupational and avocational possibilities of tools and machines. Left tn right: Nlr. huzz saw. jose all ITLQ. -' 4 l Clarence Martin Chairman Nathan Brooks lI'll'Cl'lillllL'2ll draining Lliss XI rtou liskr vi 1 1 isuo inc Richard Cicciari with vm