Belleville College - Dutchman Yearbook (Belleville, IL)

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Business courses icere Those students who were interested in business en rolled in the various courses offered in this field. The business curriculum followed by the students prepared them for secretarial work, positions in sales and dis¬ tribution, accounting, junior executive and super¬ visory positions. This field is one of the few in which two year terminal programs were offered: however, stu¬ dents desiring a higher degree of education could trans¬ fer their credits to a 4-year college. The basic business courses were of interest not only to those who planned to major in business, but to any¬ one desiring a general knowledge and understanding of business from the standpoint of the consumer. Mr. Howard Belcher correlated the offerings of the depart¬ ment. Rich Waigand, Dave Tell and Roger Weiss struggled to com¬ pile a trial balance in accounting class. our hey to the future . Miss Ruth Mueller, B.A., M.A., Mrs. Elizabeth S. Oelrich, C.P.S., B B.A., M.ED., seated, and Mr. Carl Ross, B.S., M.S., Mr. Howard Belcher, B.S., M.B.A., Mr. John Frew, B.A., M.A., and Mr. H. L. Lawless, B.S., M.A., standing, taught us many phases of business. 20 Miss Ruth Mueller explained to Janet Compton and Phyllis Schuchart the proper way to use a mimeograph machine.

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Round and round went Dennis Mensinger as he learned in physics class what made the gyroscope really move) created interest. Mr. Fred A. Lauder, B.S., M.A., Mrs. Mary Risser, B.A., M.A., M.T.; Mr. Richard Mills, B.S. Ed.; M.S. Ed., seated; Mr. Charles Pruitt, B.A., B.S. Ed., M.S. Ed., Mr. Robert Sforza, B.S., M.S., Mr. Farrell Wilson, B.S., M.S., Mr. Robert Hall, B.S., M.S. Ed., and Mr. William Keel, B.S., M.A., taught in the field of Science. Students in anatomy class listened attentively as Mrs. Mary Risser explained the human bone structure. 19

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Sharon Travous, Connie Kosick, Harold Belton, Patty Toth, and Richard Ishmael located the important mountain ranges on the globes. Through geography we learned about the customs, occupations and dress of people in foreign countries and about the types of soils and ores on the earth. We studied the types of governments, the history of our government, and the previous happenings in Europe and America. Sociology and psychology made us aware of the emotional differences between people. Mr. Al¬ vin Nebelsick, the head of the social studies depart¬ ment coordinated its courses and activities. June Starr, Bob Meyer, Jim Garrett, Etta Buchanan, and Larry Wesolik examined Mr. Limper’s lithoid specimens. Social Studies extended our wisdom. Our Social Studies Instructors were: front row, Mr. Harold Limper, B.S., M.S.; Miss Lenora Kriege, B.S., M.A. Second row, Mr. Sam Eubanks, B.S., M.A.; Mr. Carl Dawes, B.S., M.A.; Mr. Alvin Nebelsick, B.S., M.A. 21