Sylvan Hills High School - Bruin Yearbook (Sherwood, AR)

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ABOVE: Mrs. Duce, BOE, and Typ- ing teacher, makes sure her students can take dictation as she checks their writing. LEFT: Mrs. Fraser gives Patti Jo Tucker a few pointers on how to keep her assets in line.

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MRS. JULIA FRASER: General Business, Bookkeeping. MRS. JEAN HALL: Shorthand, Typing II. MRS. ALBERT HALL: Typing I, Gen. Business. MRS. LUCILLE MILLER; Coop. If you still want to take that sec- retarial job after you graduate, the business department at Sylvan Hills is one of the best to prepare you for such a job. The courses contained in this department are planned for those students who want to go into occupations as file clerk, stenogra- pher, etc. Typewriting 1 covers the basic skills of typing of how to break all your fingernails without really trying. Typewriting 11 is a continuation of Typewriting 1, for students who wish to continue typewriting for greater vocational skill. Shorthand is a study of the theory of Gregg Shorthand which is what those unintelligible hieroglyphics actually are. Business Office Education, af- fectionately known as BOE, is de- signed to train students at the twelfth grade level to further de- velop their skills in business and office occupations. This course has advanced shorthand, advanced typewriting, and others. It stresses the importance of good work hab- its by putting students in actual office situations, and encourages understanding of the free enter- prise system. General Cooperative Education, or Co-op, is relatively new here, having just completed its second year at Sylvan Hills. It consists of two parts: a class in school that supplies information on job needs, and work at a training station in the afternoon and or evening. It has its definite advantages: Stu- dents receive two units of credit for the program, and are freed from school after half-a-day to work a minimum of fifteen hours per week. Bookkeeping is the practice of keeping a record ofbusiness trans- actions, aiding the student to dis- cover if he has the aptitude, the interest and the ability to become an accountant - in other words to sec if he really wants to work that much to take that job. I 16

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I Music and art broaden students’ scopes Whether playing a brisk march or a soft flowing suite, the band functions as a group. The class time is spent on sight reading new music and polishing music already learned. During concert and marching season many extra prac- tices are called and always needed At football games or concerts, - the band provides the setting: A fight song for the big game or a quiet escape through a summer concert. 9 118