Harding High School - Acorn Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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A guest speaker talks to the D. E. class. Mr. Crotts instructs one of his students in a hiisy 1. C. T. class. Vocational training in future jobs Miss Mahel Chandler, Mr. Douglas Crotts. The distributive education program at Harding is composed of juniors and seniors wdao are interested in working part-time while still in high school. The stu- dents come to school in the morning and work on part- time jobs in the afternoons in selling, wholesaling, and service occupations. A minimum of fifteen hours per week is required to receive school credit. In school, the student takes the regular required subjects and distribu- tive education, hie is given one unit for each class of D.E. and one for work experience. Some of the units studied in class are School and Busi- ness Relationships, Sales Development, Business Com- munications, Business Organization, Economics of Dis- tribution, Career Planning, Merchandising and Business Psychology. The industrial co-operative training at I larding was begun three years ago. The program is centered around placing boys and girls on jobs that require 2,000 hours of experience— in class and on the job— in order for them to be trained. Page Twenty-seven

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Red Cross volunteer shows girls in home nursing how to bathe a baby. Girls in home ec. work on clothes— ironing, sewing, and cutting patterns. Home economics makes good homemakers The I lome Economics Department is a vocational de- partment following the prescribed North Carolina course of study. Units in management, house planning, lurnish- ing and decorating, child der’elopment, home nursing, family relations, entertaining, selection and care of equipment, foods and clothing are studied. In most of the units, each gir l works alone and is allowed to progress as rapidly as her ability allows her to do so. In units which require two or more to work together, cooperation and initiative are stressed. The unit “More Blessed To Give” is the one just prior to the Christmas Holidays. This is truly a special interest unit with one or more girls working together to create something for someone else. 1 hese units have a basis for the selection of house experiences— work carried out at home. Thus the stu- dent’s ability to cope with the problems of homemaking are evaluated by parents, students, and teacher.

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The business department at Harding offers helpful and valuable courses for all students. Typewriting 1 is helpful to all students. In Typing I, students learn the fundamentals of the course. In Typ- ing 11, pupils put to use their knowledge of typing skills. Shorthand is a must for anyone interested in a secre- tarial career. Students taking this course learn various symbols and brief forms. Dictation and transcription are an important part of shorthand. Business courses provide Our photographer interrupts Mrs. Smith and her shorthand class. Mrs. Laura Morris watches her Typing II students peck away. Mrs. Lettie Smith, Mrs. Ella Mae Morris, Mrs. Laura Morris. Page Twenty-eight