Belleville College - Dutchman Yearbook (Belleville, IL)

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Madge Ream Jack Stokes James Pleasant Gertrude Jones Janice Simonson Nothing beats a good book and o banana — except maybe a banana.

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Rhetoric studi es produce essays and tired fingers Demonstration spct ' ches, criti¬ cal essiiys, excerpts from The I laid and The Canterbury Tales greeted us as we began outclasses in spec ch, English, and litera¬ ture. All of us were quite aw ' are that our native language wasn’t exactly true to form and could use a little extra pdishing. Most of us had already labeled our im¬ provement in the art of commu¬ nicating a lost cause. I lowever, our earnest and sincere teachers set about to improve our vocabu¬ lary, to help us learn to speak Ix-’fore a group, to hraiden our scope of g(H)d literature; and, in general, to help us develop into better, more enriched individ¬ uals. Encouraged by their desire to teach us and their effort to help us, we devoted ourselves to the hard task of organizing our thoughts and presenting our work in a clear, orderly fashion. 28

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Typing, tabulating keep business students busy 1 he relation between the business and econ- oniie worlds presented the first ol a long list ol problems which had to he conc|uered in gaining a workable know ledge ol business. Also included were juggling numIxTS, shaqx ' ning pencils to a fine point with one’s tec’th, and crediting one side of the account while debiting the other. Students felt great accomplishment when they realized that business math had taught them how ' to stay ahead of insurance jxdicies and tax forms. Shorthand and typing were, of course, available for those interested in finger exercises, while art enthusiasts found that the graphs and charts of economics made delightful pop art. Problems in ta.xation, retailing, marketing, advertising, sales- mansbip, business law, and principles of insur¬ ance were also offered, proving that BJC had a well-rounded business program. Herbert C. Sieg Thelma Phillips Elizabeth S. Oelrich Robert (Iilligan Terry DeCoster does finger exercises on posting machine. The most accurate statistical information at our Immediate dis¬ posal guarantees that buttering up the president will result In a raise.