Highland High School - Highlander Yearbook (Anderson, IN)

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Domestic Arts and lnilustrial kills Obtained in ocational Training Bookkeeping teaches students how to figure whether a company makes a profit or a loss in its business transactions. Shorthand enables Lassies to record dictation in a more efficient manner. Ink-smudged fingers, ledgers and checkbooks became familiar to the bookkeeping and short- hand student as the year progressed. a,sldkfi . . . throw is a phrase drummed into the minds of all be- ginning typists. Scots learn the initial techniques of typing by practicing production methods including timed writings, letters and statements. Business English, math and law acquaint Highlanders with the con- cepts of everyday commercial transactions. General Business introduces all phases of commerce from the means of communication to the writing of checks. Consumer economics gives the students knowledge of eco- nomic systems applied in business. For those individuals who desire to be intelligent and efficient home- makers of the future, a home economics course has been created. Giving Scots an opportunity to express themselves manually and obtain mechan- ical skill is the obiective of the industrial arts and vocational agriculture courses. Some understanding of what Lasses will encounter in the future is ained from studying in the home economics course. Sewing, child 9 care cooking and home nursing are included in the areas covered by . . k. this Idepartment. Skill in these fields enables Lasses to make homema ing their career. Miss Shierling lingers to contemplate the myriad of etchings she has placed on the chalkboard during a business lecture Mr. Whitehead intently watches Steve Klus change a tire on the drivers' educa car while Paula Wier gazes at the task she hopes she will never have to perform i ' '- W tion

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T square in place and pencil in position, Steve Wells attempts to complete his mechanical drawing work before the bell ends the fourth-period session. 22

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Strong, young hands steadily guide the drill to the desired position as the daily shop routine noisily continues. Maturing Citizens Demand Competent Education for Universal Challen es Scots receive a background that will help them tit into the world of labor, which is the basis ot our industrial society. Drawing and design are a basic part ot every industrial arts course, shop class gives High- landers an opportunity to express their creative ideas through carpentry. Agriculture is defined as the growing ot crops and the raising of animals in order to satisfy man's needs. Without it, lite would be im- possible tor almost everyone. Highland ag boys learn new management and farm accounting methods, means ot controlling livestock disease and classifications ot seeds. To determined, future citizens a good high school education is essential in meeting the growing demands of today's challenging world. Decisions of what course to take and possible benefits ot that course must be macle before taking initial steps. With competent, well-planned preparation the easily. Maturity, whether it taltering steps ot maturity will come more comes in the laboratory, the gymnasium or the library, will be transported to the young adult in the guise of a high school education. With the necessity of education interred in them, today's teens shall become tomor- row's alert, intelligent adults. Sophomores Carol Brinduse, Janice Wyatt and Jackie Strunk perform culinary tasks in order to be better prepared for their potential roles as the homemakers of tomorrow. 24