Kimball County High School - Longhorn Yearbook (Kimball, NE)

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Business Students Are Challenged Students who wish to train for the world of work or for background for college will find the business department offering a variety of elective courses planned to meet the individual needs in specific areas of training. Miss Golson teaches the office practice. Typing I, shorthand, and advanced typing classes, and Mr. Hall teaches bookkeeping, business law, business training, economics, and Typing I. A two-period block in office practice allows each student to become well acquainted with all the basics of general office work. The department has many up-to-date machines which students can expect to find when they go to work. Elective courses in business challenge students to become familiar with many techniques. The courses are planned so that each student perfects his technique before undertaking a new one. MR. HALL is conducting a discussion period during his class in economics. Leo O'Hare raises his hand to become involved in trying to clarify the topic being discussed. TOM BARTELS checks figures with his adding machine tape as part of an assignment he is doing for his bookkeeping class. OFFICE PRACTICE students work on individual assignments. Here Mrs. Weber, student teacher, assists a student with an assignment in filing. 24

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Practical Experiences In Many Areas STUDENTS NOT only plan meals, purchase their groceries, cook; they also dine on their finished product. Joanne Smith and Wanda Heidemann enjoy eating the food they have prepared. Students with vocational interests have a variety of courses from which to plan their curriculum while in high school. These courses all offer an opportunity to discover areas of interest and ability. Drafting I II classes are taught by Mr. Dunkin. Here students are instructed in the correct use of drawing instruments as well as interpretation of various types of drawings. The class is designed to meet the individual needs of each student. Girls as well as boys can take auto mechanics in KCHS. Mr. McCombs instructs a semester course for girls, and they learn the basic use of hand tools, tire service and repair, and the proper servicing of automobiles. The boys follow a more complicated procedure; they study the parts of a car in great detail, and they repair cars for people who furnish the repairs. Vocational agriculture is taught by Mr. Acheson. Here students learn the techniques necessary for efficient farm management, and they plan and construct equipment that is used in farming and ranching. Girls are admitted to vocational ag classes and several girls are involved in the course this year. Mrs. Seems teaches all of the vocational homemaking classes. Girls become involved in planning their weddings, learning to manage home budgets, the care of youngsters, cooking, and sewing. A semester of homemaking for boys prepares them for general routine homemaking that they might encounter through their bachelor days and possibly this training may result in their being helpful husbands. MRS. SEEMS assists Arlene Volkmer with a project she is doing in sewing. 23

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 By Individualization Of Technical Work SHORTHAND STUDENTS observe a demonstration given by Miss Golson during a class. New characters are written on the chalk board so the patterns to follow are more easily understood. TYPING I STUDENTS tabulate their errors at the end of a speed test. They are hoping they have improved their rate of typing. Mrs. Weber is supervising the class as part of her training. BOYS FIND office practice an excellent course to prepare them for any career they decide to follow. Dave Lancaster is concentrating on a lesson he has been assigned to do. 25