Appleton High School - Clarion Yearbook (Appleton, WI)

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Flying Fingers Geared for war best describes the com- mercial department this year. lt was literally swamped with war workg for example, in one busy week two stencils and three ditto copies, making a total of 2500 copies of cover sheets for individual folders, were typed for the local draft board by the office practice class. Copies of the requirements for the naval aviation can- didates and of the requirements to be met by applicants for enlistment as officer candidates in the United States Marine Corps were made. The juniors did their share in the typing of the war records for each Appleton High School graduate who is in service. Some of the senior girls helped with the gas and oil rationing. Their work was alphabetizing and filing cards and figuring oil consumption. lt is evident that all year the typewriters were pounded furiously on behalf of the draft board, ration board, state guard, and other war organizations. Not only was actual war work done, but the com- mercial students were also prepared to take their places in a country geared for war. Some students were placed directly in war work because of their excellent training. The military filing system, ab- breviations, and letter forms were studied by the boys. New war words were added to their vocabu- laries, and aero-nautical terms were studied by all the commercial students. Because of the shortage of typewriters, speed in writing was especially em- phasized. Special attention was also paid to a thorough knowledge of the numbers on the type- writer. ln short, the whole emphasis in typewriting was put on a more intensive program than formerly. Rough drafts and tabulation were other government musts. Since all government typing is done with six copies, accuracy is essential. 14 H Y ' Alirxl 04 Q p ul r -c. ,il ,'E 5E!2g A or , F .4 ff - o 'vllllilii 4 L :Egg Q Q ' I5 in -2 5. W Agllaz l:3 .g: Q Q J X 1 t ' ' Q Al 1 -gi A A ', X' 9.2555 if X - ..-................... ,- 2. ' 'ij' .3 'lzzit Y i f --- f-ia:i1l iiittttljmfzziaagam -4, .ggi ,' if , ,ef ,. ...C , it aa.1::,g::':,. ,rc gn,-., -- .-E 'f Yfglj, ft' , u-n2ltilH?!g.,:..g,Mf5gRN -:je19gqQ'0l'fff3,'-Si.. ., ii: 1 'j -EEEEEESZEDSUWSQD?'A'??am3!e'Q2f635U 3295 qi' . P, ii ' nivpmuz.-'n.v.u-'A:-yg'oJlA4e,,mss-hunk-ras .. 1 -- - ,At l'i1ili !lilni..,m,, .'H,v.9.o.lIe!-iigliboi-,,,.g'ia..m9,n.a' jj f l ' ,if ijyjylngjgu. iwillts.v1-'g'5e,9Au.9ylli.,- vw ? ' if Xt .Q :fl-,X .5f.'.v.'5g,.,,5'g.c Q . jf 4 lit ' Il :umm A . :::::::::5-f .a'-qgvivmil-9 , I . W, lgsgmluumi. ,-5,93-:lu.11-,.-Q2',Ay,v,Qvi1Q'w f A . . 1 -. . . ,. ...V .41 1, pp. i .. 2- '-f m:v !l!Cl'll! -. . Qliei-ff! ' munlml.-t-it... M , 12453121.1137 gn- 'ami ,:1?7f3'fgz32a1 ff qs -, ss:.m..', wwf X F55 N - t ,, t-...Ns -f. l-low will the forty-eight hour week affect the business world? l-low will rationing affect business? l-low will rationing influence my life? l-low can l as an individual help the war effort? These and many other problems related to the war were discussed in both the business principles and every day busi- ness classes. These classes discuss the problems that the student will meet in daily life and prepare him to meet all these situations adequately. Many social problems and financial problems are dis- cussed, and many interesting projects are com- pleted in these classes. Pupils discuss taxes, interest, banking, and many other financial problems that they will have to face every day. Many students who are not commercial majors take these courses just for the practical experience it affords them. BRUNO KRUEGER: Commercial head, Talisman, Commercial club, Quill and Scroll . . . ELEANOR TREDINNICK: Commercial, Talisman, Quill and Scroll, Commercial club . . . LAURA LIVERMOREZ Commercial, Commercial club . . . Page 27

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Bill Raney and Donald Letter are surveying the school grounds as an exercise tor their math class . . . Carl Dohr, lohn Wallen, Alan Mory, and Bill Schuh delve into the mystery of the slide rule. Ground Work Une ot the new war courses introduced this year in the high school was aviation science. lt is sometimes called pre-induction aviation. The course was handled by all tour consecutive teachers. The tirst three weeks ot this course were handled by Mr. Helble and Mr. Witte who taught a little ot the his- torical background ot aviation and the social aspects ot the new global geography. They demon- strated how aviation has attected the world in general. Then Miss Carter took over tor about eight weeks. She poured torth into the minds ot the stu- dents a mathematics review, mathematics ot naviga- tion, and trigonometry ot aeronautics. Mr. Cameron took care ot the next tive weeks and demonstrated Barbara Harkins and Helmut Kruger are calculating with a caliper. Page 26 the construction and operation principles ot air- plane motors and ignition systems. Last, but tar from least, Mr. Ketchum had the class tor the remainder ot the year. He split his course up into tour ditterent parts. The tirst was aero-dynamics or a study ot the physical parts ot the airplane. The second was the study ot the principal instruments used in tlying, and thirdly the study ot the practical uses ot meteorology. The last ot the course was the tinal completion in the study ot navigation, or aerial navigation. Through the integration ot science, mathematics, geography, and history, the 'aviation science stu- dents were able to grasp tully the scope ot avia- tion. To them tlying became not a mere thrill to be enjoyed as a novelty, but they discovered that the commercial and social aspects ot avia- tion were unfathomable. By means ot an over- view ot the whole subject, these students will be able to make not only intelligent pilots, navi- gators, and crew members, but even it they never enter the tield ot aviation commercially, they have attained an understanding ot the prob- lems tacing a world in which distances have been so greatly curtailed. Students who finished the course felt that they had had a thorough review ot all the funda- mentals in mathematics, science, and geog- raphy as well as learning a staggering amount ot new material. This course has been one ot the most direct contributions made by students toward not only the war ettort but also the peace to come.

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Mr. Krueger carries out the typewriters given to the government assisted by volunteers Ellis Batley, Duane Rector, Earl Ehlke, and Wesley Backes . . . The busy office practice class is turning out work for war agencies daily. Another contribution to the war ettort by the commercial department was the selling ot ten type- writers to the government. Because ot the acute shortage ot typewriters, the government gladly accepted them, and probably more will be taken in the future. The commercial department has done more than its share to turther the war etiort in many ways. Constantly striving to maintain the high place it holds in this liberal arts school, the commercial department has continually followed the career oi a student through and beyond high school. Every effort has been made to tind a position tor the com- mercial graduate. Well-rounded personalities and pleasing secretarial smiles come out ot the depart- ment and its tine commercial club. The training is divided in two sections, a general training group tor business theory, and a vocational division tor more technical and advanced study. The stress was on practicability in our com- mercial department this year. Placements in Apple- ton and Valley business circles ot Appleton com- mercial students have always been high due to this policy. Two tormer Appleton High School commercial instructors, Miss Eleanor Tredinnick and Miss Mar- jorie Stritzel, have lett the school tor work in direct contact with the war. They have taken positions in Madison as civilian radio instructors tor the Army Air Corps. Very capable replacements, Miss Frances Millis and Miss RoseAnn Rigney, were brought in tor them. With the addition oi so much war work to their every day duties, the commercial department ot Appleton High School is setting a splendid example tor education everywhere. Because oi the critical shortage oi typewriters juniors who are not majoring in a commercial course will not be able to take typing next year. This is a torerunner ot the many restrictions which the com- mercial department expects next year. However the department expects to have enough machines on hand to carry on most ot its business courses during the coming year. HERBERT SIMON: Commercial, Commercial club, assistant track, assistant debate . . . ROSEANNE RIGNEYZ Commercial, Com- mercial club, Talisman . . . NARTORIE STRlTZEL: Commercial, commercial club . . . FRANCIS MlLLlS: Commercial, Commercial club, back stage . . . Page 28