San Diego Vocational High School - Artisan Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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This department has devel opedia complete fW0'Year course in combination metallic arc and 0XYBCGiylene welding hich is being offered in half-day and evening c a ' A SSGS. The instructional staff pre- al facts of welding in a concise manner which will enabl the e student to use these processes success- fully and economicall sentsthe fundament L Motion Dictures . Slide films, field trips and related 5UbJ6CiS are presented as an integral e activities of e students are under the constant SUDSFVlSi0n Of highly qualified instruc- tors. We feel there n ,ng Course being offered in the state. Dart of this course. Th th is o finer weld' SECRETARIAI. BGOKKEEPING This course is recommended for bookkeep- ing machine operators and students wish- Ai1uLgg advance their knowledge of double- f entry bookkeeping. lt includes the usew 'Uf actual business papers and a practice set applicable to a mercantile business kept on the accrual basis. SHCRTHAN D This is a two-year course in which lhe student is given excellent training in the fundamentals and advanced shorthand application. The students maintain high degree of interest and enthuSiaSm as they are encouraged to advance 8 their own rate of speed. A dkctation speed of ll0-l2O words a minute is at tained by the majority of students upon complehion of the course-

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is Sd I SOCIAL SCIENCE This department is concerned primarily with developing the student's ability to grasp principles in view of known facts and to discriminate between opinion or propaganda and actuality. Individual projects acquaint the students with basic concepts of history, civics and sociology as they relate to trade areas and to the world about them. TY Pl NCS The typing department contains several six-week theory classes as well as speed building instruction. The theory ln- cludes basic knowledge of the keyboard, manuscript and legal documents, essential office formsi letter writing and tabu- lation. An advanced one-semester class is given inistatistical typing, office training, ditto and mimeograph machines. VOCABULARY This is a one-semester course. The stress is placed on learning the pronun- ciation, syllabication, and spelling of words in common use today in the busi- ness field. There is also a specia section on words used in Civil Service Examinations. The words are first learned as a spelling lesson and the letters are dictated using the assigned words in connected form. Students find that their writing and speaking Nocabu- lary increases exceedingly. llnterest M this class is high. The students find that the course helps them in other classes, especially shorthandg typing and other English courses.

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