Albert Lea High School - Tiger (Albert Lea, MN)

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was-GTV-we 1 ' t'LET,S PRACTICE OUR TYPING faithfully, so we can stay at the top of the chartf, remarked Donna Hendrickson to two other speedy typers, Cheryl Johnson and Janet Roorda. Iva Loy Stenography Transcription Ollice Practice Marie Skjevcland Bookkeeping Typing Journalism Business Adviser Ruth Woods Typing Junior Red Cross In Business Education Courses Whether students planned to go on to college or to seek employment immediately after graduation, the business courses provided a good background. For the first time this year, business math and business English was offered to interested students. Business math included a study of arithmetic funda- mentals, taxes and business expenses. Business English covered the parts of speech and the qualities of writing good communications. Bookkeeping gave experience in keeping balance sheets, profit and loss statements, control of cash and many other important forms of business accounts. All girls planning to become secretaries could be found in stenography, where they learned the funda- mentals and brief forms of Gregg shorthand. DICTATING T0 FUTURE STENOGRAPHERS Sue Millet' and Chris Carlson to improve their speed and accuracy was done by Renee Johnson, a helpful classmate. 'vw Page 25

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Arthur Anthony Business Machines Business Principles Stenography Journalism Business Norman Bailey Diversified Future Business Leaders Adult Education is ' Adv ei Charles Fairchild Gene Erickson Typing Business Math Journalism Business and English Adviser Junior Adviser E OCCUPIED WITH ARRANGING a showcase as part of their retail sales classwork were Pauline Hayes and Kent Dugstad. Students Receive Clerical Position Trainin Page 24 Bringing experience and instruction to students who plan to enter the business world were the various courses offered in the business division. Business machines familiarized students with the machines most commonly found in an office, thus better preparing them for jobs after graduation. In business principles, students were taught how to draw up contracts and other legal documents. Characteristics of good salesmanship and prepara- tion for future occupations Were taught in the diversi- fied classes. Each member had a part-time job and obtained excellent business training. Speed and accuracy were the goals of all typing students. They gained experience in setting up effec- tive letters and performing many typing skills. NEW POSTINQ. MACHINES proved to be an interesting addi- tion to the business machines course taken by these operators, Darlene Schwemmler and Henry Deliaad.

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' 1 Shop Teachers Practice Construction Skills 3 Russell Esson Electricity Aeronautics Earl Jacobsen Industrial Drawing Photography Adviser Sydney Schwartz Advanced Wood Machine Wood Linus Seifert Metals Vocational Machine Shop OBSERVING THE PROGRESS of Jerry.Draayer on a drawing was another pre-engineering student, Rick Behr. Page 26 Learning a new skill and gaining valuable experi- ence were two benefits that were received from the industrial arts classes in the senior high school. Under the leadership of Mr. Russell Esson the stu- dents learned basic electricity and aeronautics. Mr. Earl Jacobsen taught a well-rounded curricu- lum of industrial drawing classes, including machine drawing, blue print reading, shop math, architectural and pre-engineers drawing. In his classes the boys learned the basic steps followed by advanced drawing. Teaching the fundamentals and advanced tech- niques of wood working was the job of Mr. Sidney Schwartz. The first part of his job was accomplished in the machine wood shop where students learned to handle tools. In advanced wood shop the boys made projects ranging from cabinets to cedar chests. Mr. Linus Seifert headed the machine shop classes where students learned the art of working with metals and using machines related to metal work. In the three hour advanced machine shop an extensive study of metal work was made and experience was gained from the projects made by the students. 5 awww.