Benson Polytechnic High School - BluePrint Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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Fr-ee Environment Provides Success The art department operated as an open and free experimental classroom. Thanks to lVlr. Donald Richardson, department chairman, this was not just any ordinary boring class. Some of the things that they did were printing. silkscreening, bookbinding, modelmaking and bead making. This department gave students the opportunity to accomplish tasks on their own, with some guidance, rather than receiving spoon fed lessons. TOP: Steven Funk gets instruction on article from teacher, Mr, Donald Richardson. FAR RIGHT: George Covington poses for students. BOTTOM MIDDLE: Mr. Richardson shows students how to do an art assignment. LEFT: Art room students are all hard at work drawing while Mr, Richardson lends a helpful hand. s4...,4-an 4-W'-

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Business Ed Keeps Cln Typing The business education department offers accounting, business law, general business and typing. Accounting is available to juniors and seniors for one semester. lt is a valuable subject to acquaint the student with a basic understanding of the bookkeeping cycle. lt also familiarizes the student with data processing terminology. Business law was offered for one semester to juniors and seniors. This course was taught to help the student live in the everyday world, and to learn his rights and obligations. General business for freshmen and sophomores, was a basic business course that aimed to further an understanding of our business system. lt stressed the importance of money and banking, credit, savings and insurance, in addition to other economic aspects of our society. Typing could be taken by sophomores, juniors and seniors in any of three ways that fitted into their schedule: a one- semester plan, a two-semester plan and a new shop sequence course of nine weeks, four times a year. This broad program of typing enabled all students to avail themselves with this valuable skill. ln the near future a new course will be offered, consumer lpersonall finance. This course will be a new Oregon graduation requirement for the class of 1978. ABOVE: The typing class learns the different keys of a typewriter from Mrs Hamilton, UPPER RIGHT: Steve St. Clair works on his assignment in typing. LOWER RIGHT: Mrs. Tonsfelt talks to her business law class. FAR RIGHT: Larry Christensen, Jim Kelley, and Ken Nelson look at their copy while typing their assignment.