Springfield Senior High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Springfield, OH)

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WILLY Wants ct lob T ,pf I I I I I I I H The commercial department, headed by Mr. William Walsh, perpares students for business work after graduation. They learn the techni- que of various phases of office work and be- come skilled in these duties. The studies, typ- ing, shorthand, office practice, bookkeeping, salesmanship, cooperative sales, and advertis- ing, are taught by eleven teachers. Two comparatively new classes are included in this group: Q11 the office practice classes which take care of all accounts, paying out and re- ceiving money from all departments, Q21 the cooperative sales class is instructed for the first four periods of each day, and then the members work in downtown stores in the afternoon. In this way they gain actual experience. RACHEL M. STEWART B. S. University of Illinois Shorthand, Typing ELMER A. LEFFEL B. S. Bliss College Shorthand, Typing MILDRED E. BENNETT A. B. Wittenberg College Stenography CORA B. ULLOM B. C. S. Office Training School A. B., M. A. Wittenberg Stenography, Typing HAR OLD P. EGLINGER A. B. Wittenberg College Bookkeeping, Typing Office Practice HELEN E. DEATON B. S. Wittenberg College B. C. S. Office Training School Shorthand, Typing JAMES W. LEWIS A. B. Wittenberg Shorthand, Typing, Sales I A. EDMOND WHITE B. S. Akron University Bookkeeping, Typing L.

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WILLY Wants to Play cz Big Fiddle .mf PHILO G. BOTSFORD Bachelor of Music Ithaca College of Music Band and Orchestra ELLA F. GAVER B. M, and B. S. Wittenberg M. A. Ohio State Singing and Music Literature HARVEY FREEMAN Special Ensemble and General Music The music department is divided into three sections. The vocal section, composed of the choir, which, meeting everyday, studies for and participates in music contests and appears in various civic and school activitiesg chorus, which meets once a week for a period of group singing, and the music appreciation class, which studies the fundamentals of good music and literature are under the direction of Miss Ella F. Gaver. The band, under the guiding hand of Mr. Philo Botsford, plays at football and basketball games, gives concerts, and marches in various parades. The orchestra plays at school assem- blies and at graduation. The string ensemble, consisting of twenty-two players, takes part in contests and plays for many civic and school activities. This group is under the direction of Mr. Harvey Freeman. I I I I

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WILLY Learns Office Work I I I I 1 I :M HELEN S. HICKMAN B. A. Marretta College M. A. University of Pittsburgh Salesmanship, Retailing, Merchandise Information, Store Arithmetic M. L. LACY A. B., B. C. S. Albion College Bookkeeping I' ,H ,, Students in the cooperative course divide their time between school and work. In the mornings they attend classes in salesrnanship, retailing, merchandise information, store arith- metic, bookkeeping, office practice, and secre- tarial practice, while their afternoons are spent working in downtown stores and offices. This course gives the student a chance to apply what he learns in class and to get practical experi- ence in the work he intends to do full-time after graduation. WM. A. WALSH B. C. S. Kentucky University Office Practice Secretarial Bookkeeping