Hughes High School - Hughes Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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Misw Skinner brings realiTy inTo her business courses wiTh The use of fiTTice machines. lfall wfav ini- Tis 1xrw', Cliail'-A Geiaci VV1lliamL.HaIl Lolia Harri, Saran Levine Pai. L. RiTchie , , , Th f-:: df ri- P, Siddal Friinues Skinner fSami.el Skurow The Commercial DeparTmenT aT Hughes is one OT The TinesT and besT-eguipped in The ciTy. lTs curriculum includea A .E:, f T Those subiecTs necessary Tor The sTudenT preparing To onTer ' The business world: Typing, shorThand, olnlice praiTicC, book- ! keeping, merchandising, and consumer educiilion. Typing l ' I and shorThand possess a TwoTold purpose, helping also Th: -T I I sTudenT in pursiuT oT a college career. ' X 1 .V,.,.: The l-Tughes sTudenT never lacks eguipmonl in his liuuine:.', Xxkx sTudies. lflecTrical and hand-operaTed machines help sTudenTf, To make rapid calculaTions: The duplicaTing machines. repro' duce TypewriTTen maTerials and drawings: and The diclaphono is used To give mechanical dicTaTion To The sTudenT. The sTudenT learns how To manage his money and his em- ployer's Through The excellenT course oTLTered in bookkeeping. Qhfice pracTice classes Teach The sTudenTs haw To work vari, ous machines They will use in an OTTice, They also learn The arT oT Tiling, a real aid in The employefs oTTice, The mere chandisinq course, under The direcTion oT Mr. Siddall, is Tor a seleded group oT 5.TudenTs who are inTeresTed in The buy' ing and selling oT merchandise. STudenTs Taking This course leave school aT noon on Three days during The week To work in downTown sTores, ln This way They gain TirsT'hand experi- ence in selling. The ProducTion STaTT is under The direcTion OT Miss Sarah Levine, head oT The Business DeparTmenT. The sTaTT is made up oT advanced business sTudenTs who do all sorTs oT cleric il work Tor Teachers and The oTTice such as: Typing and Tiling, cuTTing sTencils and mimeographing, and Typing programs, bulleTins, and bookleTs. 23

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trts see, Cincinnati must be somewhere around here. Melville Bytes Lonoro Fvllinqer Arthur Gray Lyte Grooms Joseph J. Heink Jessie Hollwock Ethel Johnstone Barbara tt, Leeper Mary Lincoln Joseph L, Prior Martha S. Bauer Jean R. Suttridqe We Study History in '60 But We Forge the Future The Social Studies Department at l-lughes gives the stu- dents an understanding and appreciation ot our democratic government and its leaders. Good citizenship and the prac- tical application ot social studies in solving problems is stressed. Students preparing tor college are given a good background in economics, sociology and history. The curriculum includes geography, history, and civics tor junior high students. Senior high subiects are world history, world geography, American history, American government, American problems, and economics and sociology. Interest in current events and toreign attairs is stimulated in the Fireside College and the Junior Council on World Attairs. The Fireside College, a current events club, is spon- sored by Mrs. Lenore Follinger. The Junior Council on World Attairs, under the sponsorship ot lvlr. Gray, helps to develop in students a desire to understand the happenings ot the world. lvlr. Arthur Gray heads the social studies department. l-le is well-qualitied tor this position, with a B.A. degree trom Indiana State Teachers College and a lvlaster's Degree trom the University ot Chicago. Mr. Gray has taught at l-lughes tor the last twelve years. A clear knowledge ot history, geography, and govern- ment is necessary it nations are to live in peace during the Sparkling Sixties.

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Music Adds Charm To Life 'lihe musical organizaTions aT l-lughes add much sparlcle To The pep rallies, ChrisTmas, EasTer, and Thanlcsgiving as- semblies, and The many ouT-oTAschool perTormances in which They parTicipaTe, The Big Red Marching Band, Junior Band, and Orchestra are fapably handled by Mr. GilberT CurTis, our bandmasTer. who also aids in The presenTaTion oT The annual musical pro- di.1 lion, 'iMerryfGo'Round. Junior Choir, Senior Choir, and Ensemble are under The em ellenT direcTion oTlv1r. Bige l-lammons. The blaclc and red robes oT The Senior Choir and Ensemble are a symbol oT The high sTandards and slcill Their owners musT possess in order To be in These ouTsTanding organizaTions. Ivtrs. Joan Cavally, who dire-cTs The Eighth Grade and The Freshman Choirs, also Talces on The managemenT oT The Freshman Girls' Glee Club. Since her arrival aT Hughes in I957, lvlrs. Cavally has made Freshman Choir as much an insTituTion oT The Junior l-ligh School, as Senior Choir is of Thu High School. San H, Cavally Gilbert F. Curtis Bige l-lammons eg -as T 9- T 24 Hammons' classes prove ThaT singing is Tun. Mr, Curtis assists Th 9 VOUVICJ saxophone players.