Ruskin High School - Mirage Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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 lr. VI mincer in 1948. and after 28 yearn of tearhinft in 1977. ft»ignmcnt receive hair pulling reaction by Becky Redman. “One moment please and I’ll connect you,” says Marie Brown, operator 404. “Three copies to type and the typewriter isn't e en plugged in!” exclaimed Bobbi Taylor. “That couldn’t Ik the answer!” says Beth O'Connor. Business Education 29 —

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Minding Our Business Despite the lark of experience, business was booming for the 1976-77 beginners in business at HUS. There is little comfort, however, to be bad from the old cliche “Practice makes perfect.” Even the second and third year business students experienced some difficulties. As in the past, the business department offered a wide selection of courses. Among them were the following: Bookkeeping, Recordkeeping, Accounting I and II, Typing I. Personal Typing, Clerical Practice I and II which include the operation of office machines and office simulation. or their equivalent Senior Clerical Practice which is a two- hour block of the concentrated study of office procedures. Shorthand I, Secretarial Practice w hich concentrates on ad- a need dictation speeds and transcription accuracy. Business Law which probed into the role of the student as an active citizen of the community, and Office Occupations which provided a work-study program. Since its humble beginning in 1948. Ruskin’s business department has grown and changed considerably. Mr. Wri singer, the head of the business department, “WAS” the department. He was the originator of the present in- terworking unit, which now contains seven teachers with up-to-date knowledge and modern machinery to accom- modate the demands of the business world today.

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Liberated Females Invade Industrial Arts Classes “Sparks flew last year, when the female enrollment in In- dustrial Arts hit a new high. 1977 brought about a two-fold in- crease in the class enrollment of females. It wasn't until the 1972-73 school year that girls dared to break sex stereotypes, established at the origination of the department, and enroll in Industrial Arts classes. In the near future, “knock on wood , the female enrollment should equal that of the males and it will be closer to being a liberated department. Who can tell what will come from these hold and brave trend starters; maybe some of the best engineers and architects the world has ever known (female of course)? Mr. John Beeson Mr. Jim R. Bodenhamer Mr. Paul llall “You just wouldn't believe the kind of day I've had, simply the pits, a Mr. Beeson.