North Side High School - Legend Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Typewriters and adding machines provided the necessary equipment for Mrs. WiJma Ashes Employment Preparation class. This one- semester course, offered to seniors only, did not provide employment; however, they did discuss important business issues, such as inter- views and grooming. Sophomores Cynthia Kennedy and Joy Olry utilize their advanced skills as they type. Continual practice is necessary as seniors Tina McNeely and Ann Oldham take dictation from a tape recorder in Advanced Shorthand. After these dictations, they typed their notes and received their grades.

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Enrollment creates big business boom The Business Department grew sig- nificantly and became one of North ' s largest departments. Enrollment in business courses increased nearly 30% compared to previous years. Employment Preparation, a new of- fering, dealt with seniors who had completed all of the available business courses. Although it didn ' t provide jobs, this course gave students the op- portunity to brush up on clerical skills required for post-graduate employment. Only four beginning typing classes existed this year, compared to the pre- vious year ' s nine. More students took typing in junior high; and con- sequently, came prepared for ad- vanced typing at North, commented Mr. Dale Goon, teacher. Sixteen different courses constituted the business curriculum. They also in- cluded retailing, data processing, busi- ness law, consumer education, record- keeping, business arithmetic, accounting, and business management. Larry Walker, sophomore, receives helpful instructions from Mrs. Jackie Hutmacher concerning trie procedure of setting margins on an electric typewriter in advanced typing class. Advanced shorthand students learn to build their speed by taking dictation from a tape recorder with the help of earphone sets. Even the advanced typing students make mistakes. Here Sophomore Denise Harris applies the techniques of typewriting erasing. 26 Business

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Students participate in classroom, groups Students in the Music Department participated in classroom studies as well as in many vocal and instrumental groups. A new course involving 25 students, the Electronic Music class utilized a new lab equipped with complex elec- tronic instruments. Another class examined music from the standpoint of an audience. These Audience classes viewed music as an art related to other cultural arts. The Music Theory class studied the detailed aspects of music, commented Mr. John Hill, instructor. They exam- ined the functions of voice and in- struments in musical compositions. Other students participated in the 10 musical groups. All performed at con- certs throughout the year. Practice, practice, and more practice— that ' s what the band has to do every day, with Mr. King ' s direction to keep up the image of the Marching Redskins. There is more to the NiSBOVA contest than just marching. Mr. Stubbfefiefd and Sophomore Anita Witherspoon demonstrate a must- neatness. Perfect alignment, which Majorette Joyce Carlson attempts, is also important. Finally, the judge makes his decision.