Silver Lake High School - Golden Eagle Yearbook (Silver Lake, KS)

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ACADE utomatic Word processor enhances routine computer skills t's been rumored that shorthand is a hard classg it is. MRS. MARTY NEE- LEY: It's a hard class be- cause the students must learn an entirely new alpha- bet. Although it is a hard class, I have never had a stu- dent fail shorthand. It's a very demanding class. You have to study every nightf' Neeley is again teaching shorthand after being away from it for a couple of years. What is shorthand? It's learning to write in brief notes and being able to tran- scribe it on a typewriter. The class is a full year. The students spend the first se- mester on theories, learning the basics of shorthand. During the second semester, the students are required to transcribe their shorthand on the typewriter. The requirement for a passing grade is a minimum dictation of 60 words a min- ute with a 95 percent accu- racy transcribed on the typewriter. NEELEY: 5'Most of the students will reach from 80 to 90 words a minute. ROBIN RUECK: I think it will be useful for my college classes, and it's fun. It's hard sometimes, and you really have to work at it E SOUTH PASSAGE WAY' BUSINESS tags t s Slaving business women. During a class lecture, slave day participants freshmen Shelley Renfro and Sta- cey Wright take notes on balancing bank accounts. Photo by Connie Robbins. Hard at work. As part of his as- signment in Accounting I, junior Kevin Renfro fills out a balancing sheet. Photo by Renee Strong. ACADEMIA as Eraser. Using his spare time business law, senior Loren Dek erases the board so Mr. Lore Ziegler's aide, senior Briget, I-Iarter can put up the next assigl ment. Photo by Jenni Jarmel. I I Wrists up, hands flat. Listening I Mrs. Marty Neeley, freshmen Kil I-Iewett and Christi Ward and j nior Teresa Rohn learn the corr typing posture, Photo by Melin Shell. AY: BUSINESS

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X' A N5 X 1 as X 5 . ag s F. Ass Q- .NWXI K X put. In contemporary living ju- game stresses the importance of nu- good choice or a bad choice. Photo nr Arnie Ruecker plays a nutri- trition tothe body. First Biten lets by Jenni Jarmel. n game called First Bite. This Ruecker know if he has made a SOUTH PASSAGEWAY: HOME ECONOMICS 6 1 ACADEMIA SCH OLARS KAREN MANHART: Home economics has helped me tremen- dously. I have learned to follow di- rections for cooking. In sewing I have learned how to miter corners on an apron. Photo by Tammy Kruger. KIM STRINGER: I enjoy mar- riage and family class because there are a lot of neat things to do. Photo by Tammy Kruger. KATHY CLARK: I enjoy home economics because it teaches me things that I need to know for the future, like sewing and cooking. Photo by Gail Etzenhouser.

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W,,,,,,,.a, 5 W Ma awe f new addition. Sitting down to the many new pieces of equipment electronic typewriters. Photo by : her assignment in Typing ll, the typing and business classes re- Connie Robbins. or Dawn Smith warms up on ceived. Other new equipment in- word processor. This was one of cluded seven new Canon AP 300 SOUTH PASSAGEWAY: BUSINESS ACADEMIA SCHOLARS if-eisssat, if .sf CORI SMITH: At first, Typing I was hard because we had to learn everything, but now it's easier. Photo by Jenni Jarmel. LISA THOMAS: The assign- ments in general business gave me an understanding of business trans- actions. Photo by Connie Rob- bins. TAMMY YINGER: Gener al business has helped me understand what I will need to do when l'm my own. Photo by Melinda She Ol'l ll,