Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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Miss Hauch demonstrates Shorthand BOOKKEEPING One of the most important subjects in the Commercial Course is bookkeeping. This study teaches the pupils intending to become future businessmen and busi- nesswomen the workings of large corpor- ations. Listening to dramatizations telling of the establishment of a corporation is one novel way by which they become acquainted with the theories of such an organization. These classes study comparative bal- ance sheets and income statements, the forming of a corporation, the stock market system, and the opening of financial books. After this preparation, they are ready to work on the books of the cor- poration. They use instruction sheets which give advance assignments and directions for each problem. They also learn to keep books for a partnership. noting the differences between the two types of firms. The students then are given actual books from a corporation or part- nership and are required to balance them. SHORTHAND No, it isn't Chinese symbols or Egypt- ian hieroglyphics, but rather a type of writing familiar to many of you high school students and one which I am full of. It is commonly known as shorthand and I am a shorthand notebook. I have been carried around school and written in almost to excess. But during this brief moment I am free to look back over the events of the year. V The junior students became better ac- quainted with the shorthand symbols by taking dictation and then reading it back. The senior students worked on a secre- tarial course. Many pupils learned that practice pays when the Gregg Company sent awards for work well done during each six-week period. A few of the pupils received their final certificate, the Certifi- cate of Attainment. To do this, a pupil must have won ten awards during the year, five in shorthand and five in typing. Oh! Oh! Here comes my owner, again ready to go to work. 22

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SALESMANSHIP This is the latest creation, patterned after the styles pre- dominant in the World of fashion this year. Could this speech come from a millinery store, a depart- ment store, a clothing store, or a shop of some kind? It it doesn't, just what is it? One of the pupils of a salesrnanship class is demon- strating her sales ability. In this class the correct methods of approaching a pros- pective customer, producing the articles to be sold, and giving a speech which will sound convinc- ing enough to sway the customer into buying the article are taught. Demonstrations are held in class during which the pupils practice their accomplishments on each other. Very chic! Cant run! 21

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TYPEWBITING A good typist is not born, but is the result of constant practice. This theory is the standard rule governing our student typists. The pupils desiring to be stenographers must constantly practice their typewriting in order to attain both speed and accuracy. When they pass special tests given by the Gregg Company, they are given a- wards for speed, accuracy, and artistic arrangement. Typing not only prepares the com- mercial student for jobs, but it also improves him both physically and men- tally. His posture is scrupulously re- garded so that he may breathe deeply and freely. This regular breathing less- ens strain and therefore reduces the possibilities of fatigue. Also if one is a pianist he gets muscular control of his fingers through constant typing. The typist must have his mind attuned to his fingertips, causing him to strike the correct letter at the correct time so that he doesn't type the thinking fund, instead of the sinking fund. But to become stenographers pupils must also learn to cut stencils and operate the mimeograph, to employ correct telephone technique, to prac- tice business etiquette, and to practice interviews for obtaining positions. Thus we see that pounding a type- writer is not all that one must do in order to become a success. Miss Hughes Beginners ,I I .sau .Q .XQ Salesmanship R or Iob Hunting? ,snail-'t '