Middletown High School - Optimist Yearbook (Middletown, OH)

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VV. C. NEEL BS. in Eel.. University ol Cincinnati NLE.. lVliaini University Business English. Counseling, Co-operative Office Education lvlr. Neel instructs his co-op class Liuring morning hours in Business English. First-hand experiences proved useful C0-OP GIRLS- have a great experience in high school. The girls in this unique plan attend classes in the morning and then in the afternoon work to receive on-the-job training in community husiness offices. Wir. Neel, the administrator of the program, in- terviews each prospective stuclent who fills out an application during the second semester of her junior year. He also contacts husiness establish- ments in the community for positions for his co- op stuclents. The students who participate are selecteol from these applications hy the adminis- tration ancl business eclucation faculty. The girls in co-op must maintain an over all average of HBH ancl he in the upper third of their class. These students must also show a high cle- gree of efficiency in performing their school suh- jects. The chosen stuolents must talce Business English, economics and government, Shorthand ll, office practice ancifor Accounting ll. Nlary Hensley checlis tabulation as Sheryle Greenwell prepares the first step lor clata in the City Building computer.

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MRS. RHODA SI-IULL B.A.. Ashury College Dean of Girls MARION DIXON Counseling. English MILLER AB.. lvlount Holyoke College and the deans offered emotional aid. DEAN OF' GIRLS, Mrs. Rhoda SI1uII, is one of the husiest people at IVLHS. Mrs. Shull exe- cutes her many and various duties in her new office on the first floor. Her services range from filing tardy permits and honor cards, and ad- ministering iirst aid, to the more serious social prohlems concerning truancy and police and juve- nile courts. She always has a sympathetic ear for all girls at lvliddletown. Nlrs. Eula Barnette is secretary for hoth deans and finds her first year at lVI.H.S. quite interesting. Mrs. MHTIOII Nliller, senior counselor, and Mrs. Ruth Flanagan, counselor of the sophomores, hoth teach classes daily in addition to their coun- seling duties. Their johs involve arranging the students' schedules for future years and lceeping in mind hoth a Well-halanced schedule and ade- quate credits lor graduation. 27 RUTH FLANAGAN BS., East Carolina College IVLA.. Ensi Carolina College Cogmseling, Physiology

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MAURKNE G. NICCALL AB., Oliio Universitv Sulesrvrfllrsllip, Merclmndfsing, David Krebs presides at tl-ie meeting of time distributive education classes as Mr. McCall Dislritzulive Education observes, to DECA students and C0-OP girls. THE DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION program. lieaded by lVlr. M. G. McCall, offers students salesmansliip and merclwandising in morning' classes. DECA students tlien Worlc a minimum of fifteen llours per weelc in a local retail estalolisli- ment. Students permitted to enroll in tl1is pro- gram are selected on tlie loasis ol' their sclmolastic records, friendly dispositions, and willingness to worlc. First semester officers were David Krelas, presi- dent: Sam Walters, vice-president: Cliarlene Denniston, secretalyg Patty lVlcQuire, treasurer: and Clierie Cain. sergeant at arms. Second semes- ter ofljicers were Tom Groves, Mike Combs. Sue Puclcett, Patty lVlcQuire, and David Krebs. Some of tlie sponsoring firms are A and P Stores, Den- ny Lumber, Rolaerson and Sons, VV. T. Grant Company, Leols, Nlontgomery Ward, Beclc-Tal- bert, Union Sanitary, and Sclmifivs Shoes. Sam Walters and Robert .lolwnson listen as Jim VVoocls. manager of l..eo's, explains tire treads and inventory procedures.