Walter Hines Page High School - Buccaneer Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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commercial courses at Page The recognition of the increasing need for people in a free society to develop greater personal responsibility within the law created the business law course. Law is so interwoven in the fabric of our society that none can escape its influence; therefore, the students were taught the needs and essential prin¬ ciples of everyday law by Mrs. Nichols. Business English is designed primarily for seniors who are taking the business courses, including D.O. and D.E. Mrs. Bar¬ ham’s students reviewed and learned new material in grammar, spelling, business letters, reports, office manual, source papers, public speaking, and conversations. Book reports were a required part of Business English, the same as any other English course. Craig Navey concentrates on his typing problem. MRS. SARAH JOBE Typing Shorthand MRS. MARY NICHOLS Business Law Bookkeeping Typing June Wright attempts to balance her budget with the aid of the adding machines.

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MRS. PEGGY BARHAM Business English EBI Useful skills are taught in The business department of Page’s 1960-61 curriculum offered vocational training to interested students through six subject fields—typing, bookkeeping, business law, clerical office practice, shorthand, and business English. A constant pic-a-pat sound and an intermittant ringing of a bell distinguished the typing classes taught by Mrs. Peggy Bar¬ ham, Mrs. Elizabeth Collins, Mrs. Sarah Jobe, and Mrs. Mary Nichols. The students learned the fundamentals of typing, the care and operation of a typewriter, and various business letter forms. They constantly strove to increase their speed and accur¬ acy by daily typing timed writings. Tabulation and dictation were other areas covered in this course, and the importance of neatness was always stressed. Bookkeeping students spent many hours working with col¬ umns of figures under the direction of Mrs. Nichols. The impor¬ tance of copying figures correctly and handling business money was stressed as students learned about record keeping, tax re¬ cords, financial reports, and journalizing. The clerical office practice course, taught by Mrs. Collins, in¬ troduced certain new, related subject matter to the business stu¬ dents. Among the activities covered were the following: produc¬ tion and problem typewriting; filing; payroll procedures; per¬ sonality and human relations; and the use of mimeograph tran¬ scribing equipment, rotary calculator, and ten-key adding ma¬ chine. Shorthand students spent many hours scribbling signs and learning to read and translate them. They read the assignments aloud in class to become familiar with the translations, and were given dictation from the teacher, Mrs. Jobe. MRS. ELIZABETH COLLINS Office Practice Typing Linda Johnson takes dictation from Mrs. Jobe. Oops! That typewriter did it again. Becky Long corrects error in typing class.

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MR. W. WADE FRANKLIN Special Education With the aid of the Opaque projector, students review and discuss errors made on their papers. Special Education initiated at Page The Special Education program, under the direction of Mr. Wade Franklin, was initiated at Page High School at the beginning of the fall term 1960-61. This program is designed to meet the individual needs of students in English, history, and mathematics. In addition to the regularly prescribed courses in these areas, Mr. Franklin and his students have work¬ ed on special projects such as political debates, spec¬ ial reports, studies of people in history, and the study of numbers. With Mr. Franklin’s encouragement, students gave special reports on famous historical figures, such as Columbus, DeSoto, and Queen Isabella. Through these reports of people and places renowned in history, this group has traveled vicariously from the beginning of America up to the present. English and mathematics were studied with equal vigor in similar manner. Kenneth Hardin works math problem at the board, (above) Mr. Franklin helps Cordie Beverly with a problem during a math class, (below) 22