Halifax County High School - Haliscope Yearbook (South Boston, VA)

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Mrs. Freeda Akers Typing; Shorthand Business Math Radford College, B.S. Miss Frances Aiken Typing; General Business East Carolina College, B.S. Mrs. Dorothy C. Cheatham Bookkeeping; Office Practice Typewriting; Shorthand Transcription Mary Washington College, B.S. Chairman, Business Education Department Mrs. Mary Jane Fletcher Record Keeping Elon College, A.B. F.B.L.A. Advisor Miss Sylvia West General Business; Typing; Shorthand Longwood College, B.S. Practical experience and training for clerical and secretarial work after gradua¬ tion are the two valuable assets which stu¬ dents in business education courses receive by their academic work. In addition, the girls in office practice and shorthand classes render much service to their school. The advanced typists work for the STAR and the HALISCOPE as well as for the other school departments while the advanced shorthand students take dicta¬ tion from Mr. Swanson and other faculty members. The standard bookkeeping course, offer¬ ed only to seniors, is preceded by a general recordkeeping course which offers the stu¬ dents training for general clerks, book¬ keeping procedures for small businesses, and bookkeeping practices for personal use. The Business Department also offered night classes in typing for the adults of the county and had so many people to take ad¬ vantage of this opportunity that the group had to be divided into two classes. This group was almost double the number enrolled in a similar class offered last year. 25

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Mary Carol Lacy takes dictation from fellow business education student Kathie Slate. Mary Carol will then transcribe her notes on the typewriter. S uc en s in business Cxfucation Serve Learning to mimeograph is an important part of the office training class for advanced business students. Here Ruth Whitefield runs off a stencil. Jean Crews and Jennie Lee Midkiff work at typewriting, the most popular class in the department. 24

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Mrs. Glenn Edens Art Atlantic Christian College, B.A. Mr. John G. Mentzer Choral; English University of Utah, B.A., M.A. Chairman, Eighth Grade Sponsors Mr. Jimmy Tussey Band; Choral Catawba College, B.A. 9K, US1C Mr. John Mentzer leads members of the Eighth Grade Chorus as they sing for an assembly. Painting and sculpture, the art courses offered at Halifax County High School, are divided into many interesting divisions. The student artists this year had the opportunity to develop many skills in oil painting, still-life painting, pen and ink drawing, clay sculpture, tooth pick sculp¬ ture, straw sculpture, collages, mosaics, and charcoal drawings. Many of these were displayed to the student body in the show case in the Art Department. Art was offered to all grades, but eighth graders were allowed to take it for a half year. The other students were re¬ quired to study for a year to receive their art credit. The Music Department at Halifax County High was divided into two sections for this year. The choral division of the department was divided into three different units. The Concert Choir and the mixed Glee Club were the advanced groups. Three eighth grade choral classes spent time in re¬ hearsals and performed for the Junior National Honor Society inductions. The band was divided into three units. The Senior Concert Band performed at many functions and learned mechanics of marching. The Beginners’ Band and the Cadet Band learned the fundamentals of music and marching. For the first time, the music depart¬ ment staged two assemblies for the student body to create more interest in this de¬ partment. 26