Great Neck North High School - Arista Yearbook (Great Neck, NY)

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Business Education Provides Link to World of Finance J. Balassone L. Stack Few departments at North can boast such a wide variety of courses as business education. With courses of vocational, academic and elec- tive natures, this department encompasses such subjects as accounting, business law, manage- ment, typing and shorthand. This large range of courses, with a possible future addition in advanced placement accounting, necessitates that each of the department’s four teachers be able to handle several different courses. Most of the classes are enriched by guest speakers, trips and films. The availability of electric typewriters, dictating machines, calcu- lators and duplicating machines has enabled the department to provide realistic office conditions.

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Industrial Arts Goes Co-ed Industrial arts is a department that often goes unnoticed at North. Many students falsely as- sume that it is merely an extension of ele- mentary school shop, and that it is a field lim- ited to boys. The presence of a female student in a wood- working class this year disproves the latter as- sumption while the former is based on ignor- ance alone. Industrial Arts extends over a broad field of subjects and is generally taken by stu- dents for vocational purposes. Most of the stu- dents enrolled in these courses hope to use their skills later in life. Specific courses, such as mechanical drawing, are often taken by stu- dents who hope to make engineering their col- lege major. Others simply take industrial arts courses out of pure interest. Whatever his rea- son for enrolling, the industrial arts student knows that his course has as much practical value, if not more, than any other course at North. Mr. George Petrakis, bead of department G. Denzer 27

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mm Drivers Education: Crusade for Caution Supposedly the purpose of drivers ed is to teach juniors and seniors the art of safe driv- ing. The only prerequisite for this course is never to have been behind the wheel. Just how many people fulfill this requirement is dubious. When the driver completes a perfect parallel park on his first day on the road, one begins to question just how novice this novice is. How- ever, interspersed throughout this mass of motor maniacs are the few who rightfully qualify for the course. These are the students whose hands shake every time it is their turn to drive. These are the culprits of tangled seatbelts and lost seat adjuster knobs. These are the unfortunates who just can’t remember which pedal is the brake and which is the accelerator. No matter how little his confidence or unsure his skills, the drivers ed student is in good hands. Some- how, through the efforts of either Mr. Griffin. Mr. Pierzga, Mr. Ring, or Mr. Fisher and with a little perseverencc, the student acquires his blue card and becomes a licensed driver. T. Pierzga 29