Highmore High School - Hisodak Yearbook (Highmore, SD)

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Commercial Arts Pursue Skills Mrs. Gauer taught part of the com- mercial art classes. Typing I and II, Office Occupations, Accounting, Basic Bookkeeping, and Shorthand were in her busy schedule. The Typing I class learned the basic typing skills while Typing II students did more advanced business letters and tabulation drills. In Office Occupations they were taught steps of filing, suplication, transcriber, and office assistant. They where they acted as a secretary and typed letters, envelopes, interoffice memos, travel authorization sheets, referal slips, itineraries, and other forms that go along with being a secretary. Another thing learned in Office Occupations was how to run the different adding machines and dito machine. Accounting and Basic Bookkeeping classes learned concepts of Accounting and Bookkeeping with a unit on income taxes. The students in Shorthand developed skill in dictation and transcribing. Mr. Jarebeck also taught a class of Typing I and II, Accounting, and Busi- ness Law. He also had gradeschool health classes. Jaquelyn Neuharth taught General Business, which covered comparitive economic systems, and a unit on in- come taxes. Interest, credit, banking, and insurance are also a part of the class. UPPER RIGHT: Becky Vleck practices her Short- hand skills to become speedy and proficient. MIDDLE RIGHT: Mike Oligmueller spends a lonely make-up hour to catch up on the work he has missed. BOTTOM RIGHT: Mike Klebsch checks for directions on how to do the next problem, as V Mike Kutz keeps on working. Accounting seems to take a lot of pencil work. 22

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Fine Arts Sharpens Talents The swing choir, under the direction of Miss Victoria Kuehl performed at various concerts. They had the priviledge to perform at the annual Bowling Banquet on May 13. They also had a lot of fun at- tending the Aberdeen music contest. John Weidenbach and his band students performed very well at their music con- certs this year; including the traditional Band Festival. They also attended the Aberdeen music contest and had some students do very well in the Miller con- test. The Highmore High School Band had the priviledge this year to perform at the State B Basketball tournament held in the Sioux Falls arena. The Art classes, which were semes- ter courses, were taught by Mrs. Jaquelyn Neuharth. The first 9 weeks of Art I cov- ered color and design in various ways. Also the basic color schemes were learned. Perspective drawing; one, two, and three points are taught in the second 9 weeks. Art I is required before taking any other art courses. In Art II, skills of figure drawing, and sketching, using pencil, pen, ink, pastels and charcoal were tried. They also did an oil painting. Art III uses various crafts and basic pro- cedures. Art IV is a semester of ceram- ics. The basic hand built methods and using the potter's wheel were covered. UPPER LEFT: Keeping everything together with the right beat is band students Chris Johnson and Pam Mason doing their thing at a basketball game. LOWER LEFT: With her hands flying, Tina Beastrom wedges and shapes the clay for Art IV. 21

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Vocational Courses View Careers In its second year. Vocational Agricultural classes I, II, III, and IV were taught by Mr. Lehman. Vo-Ag I deals with crop production. The stu- dents study areas of planting, harvest- ing, caring for, storing, insects and diseases of grains. The students also spent time building tool boxes using only hand tools. Vo-Ag II covers feed- ing, managing, diseases, breeding, and selection of all classes of livestock. Vo-Ag III is divided into forages and pasture management, welding and metal projects, electricity, irrigation, and farm structure. Vo-Ag IV learns machinery management, farm taxes and Ranch Record keeping. Mrs. Gloria Haiwick was responsi- ble for all Home Economics classes. In Home Ec I the students learned the basics of sewing, cooking, and housing. Home Ec II does more advanced sewing while Home Ec III students tried their best skill at cooking. Home Handicrafts classes created dip n' drape dolls, macrame, and wood fibre flowers. Home Ec IV, Bachelor Living boys, ex- perimented with the main areas of cooking and sewing. Miss Erna Taylor served as Guid- ance Counselor assisting students in planning for future education and ad- ministered ACT, ITED, GATB, Kuder Interest Survey, and Lorge Thorndike tests. UPPER LEFT: Miss Taylor and Scott Peterson dis- cuss his plans for the future, after he has com- pleted his requirements. 1 MIDDLE LEFT: Home Ec student Patty Phillips J helps occupy some of the kindergarten stu- i dents while others made Christmas cookies. a BOTTOM LEFT: Mr. Lehman displays 1 welding techniques to Dave Aasby and Tim Whipple. 23