Jefferson High School - Nautilus Yearbook (Lafayette, IN)

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Business Courses Prepared Pupils Jefferson High School offers comprehensive and varied commercial courses for advance- ment in the world of business. Bookkeeping is the most essential qualifica- tion for business operation. This course gave students a detailed study in recording the as- sets, liabilities, and profits of a well-ordered business firm. A study of shorthand was necessary for stu- dents who plan to carry on secretarial work. Transcription, offered along with this, ex- plained to the pupils how to translate their shorthand easily and quickly. Typing seemed to be more or less a favorite of many Jeff students. Basic fundamentals were stressed in Typing I while speed and ac- curacy were the main details emphasized in the courses Typing II and III. The business teachers are Mr. Kenneth An- drews, Mr. Ernest Cortner, Mr. James Stalker, Mrs. Mary Jane Boyle, Mrs. Geraldine Heath, Mr. George Newell, and Mr. Russell Bradley. As a part of her business training, Kathy Fox learns the proper method of manipulating a ditto machine. In Office Practice, Judi Drummer uses the dictaphone while Jackie Paris adds figures on the adding machine. Mrs. Boyle uses the overhead projector in an attempt to explain the fundamentals of bookkeeping to her class.

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Home Ec Develops Domestic Ability Interior Decorating, an addition to Jeff ' s curriculum, offers girls ideas to improve their future homes. The Jeff Home Economics Department set its goal at preparing students with the funda- mentals of living in our modern society. Class- es in clothing, foods, interior decorating, and family living were designed to instill in the pupils a knowledge of the latest methods of providing for a house and family. One semester of interior decorating, a new course this year, gave instruction in home de- sign and helped prepare students for similar and more advanced studies in college. The delicious aromas coming from the foods room caused many passersby to ask themselves if these girls in Foods I, II, and III might provide competition for the cafeteria cooks. Girls in clothing are proud to say, I made it, when asked about a new dress. How to sew and save money in the process is a valu- able skill learned in these classes. Family living provided boys and girls with a proper background and attitude toward future marriage and family life. Pam Traviolia discovers that she must follow the cookbook direc- tions very carefully for success.

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Our fine speech teacher, Mr. Hawker, vividly points out to one of his classroom discussion groups that the proper method of developing a speech is with liberal quantity of humor. Speech Classes Encouraged Oration Becoming acquainted with many different phases and types of speech were the objectives of the speech classes. Each pupil was required to record a poetry selection and an advertis- ing announcement, and an evaluation was made to help the student improve his articulation, pronunciation, and manipulation and to help him develop mood. Speeches using concrete ob- jects and charts as visual aids were assigned as were speeches relating how to do something. Lists of forms of support for speeches were studied, and a persuasive speech was presented using these forms. Sophomores enrolled in Speech Development were presented with a more basic summary of speech. Besides the required speeches, these students were permitted to become somewhat familiar with the radio equipment. Since speech courses are required by many colleges and universities, students taking ad- vantage of this opportunity were rewarded greatly. In an illustrated speech junior Jack Pierce explains changes in defense spending over a twenty year period.