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

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Challenge Students In Various Courses BOOKKEEPING STUDENTS listen as instructions are given before work is begun on a new assignment. Work-study students spend a maximum of 2 or 3 periods each day at a job outside the school, gaining on-the-job experience. Mr. Bill Fry meets with the students involved in this program every Tuesday morning at 8:00. His instruction includes the importance of involvement and responsibility in work. TERRY HALSTEAD finds that the duplicator machine is handy to finish several copies of material at one time. PAM BALTES is shown at her job at George Risk Industries during the time she spends there for work study. 21

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Skills For The World Of Work Business courses offer students a chance to learn skills that will benefit them in the world of work. Training in touch typewriting and identification of machine parts are included in Typing I. Typing II is designed to increase skills. Advanced typing emphasizes speed, accuracy and an extensive knowledge of office production essentials. The Gregg shorthand theory is offered to prospective secretaries. After fundamentals are mastered, students get much practice in taking and transcribing dictation. Office practice is an individualized class containing units for advanced preparation in shorthand and typewriting skills. Business bookkeeping and accounting procedures comprise the bookkeeping course. A study of law as it relates to the business affairs of man is included in business law. Considerable emphasis is given to case studies. Economic principles and business experiences related to adult life are studied in economics. Business training students work on units of alphabetic filing, duplication, simple payroll, record keeping as well as the operation of the printing and electronic printing calculators. Miss Golson and Mrs. Sutton are instructors in the business department. JEANINE NORBERG and Beth Johnson make use of the many machines available to complete office practice assign- ADVANCED TYPING students proofread and circle errors ments. on material before it is handed in for grading. MISS GOLSON stands by to assist typing students with any questions they may have concerning their new assignments. 20

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Vocational Department Allows Students LARRY JANICEK and Steve Ebel use metal working equipment to finish an assignment in ag class. Vocational Agriculture I is an introduction to FFA and vocational agriculture. It includes classroom instruction on record keeping, production agriculture, parliamentary procedure, public speaking and contests. Farm mechanics, project construction and the use of power equipment are also examined. Similar to the first year. Vocational Agriculture II explores agriculture in more detail. The third and fourth years of vocational agriculture stress increased emphasis on management, leadership and supervised agricultural experiences. All agriculture classes are taught by Mr. Acheson. Safety demonstrations are performed and basic welding skills are taught in welding class. The course centers around arc welding and oxyacetylene welding. Mr. Acheson teaches welding. Industrial Arts I is an introduction to layout and design leading into the use of hand tools. A further study and development of the use of power tools is included in Industrial Arts II. Each student is required to construct a project involving as many various skills as possible with the available equipment. DOUG CARMICHAEL and Steve Ebel begin repairs on a carburetor during an auto mechanics class. GIRLS' AUTO MECHANICS INSTRUCTOR, Mr. Bashaw, acts as referee as his students enjoy the sport creeper racing. ONE OF Mr. Barp's shop students uses a saw to finish his project. 22 WORKING ON car repair is a major part of auto mechanic classes. Mr. McCombs instructs students on different techniques for repairing cars.