Berkeley High School - Troubadour Yearbook (Berkeley, MO)

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'I Q' A N :alex y -- sr, Louis county TECHNICAL SCI-IOCDI. Sixteen Juniors and Seniors from Berkeley High Attend Our County Technical School Electronic Data Processing. The St. Louis County Technical School, located in the Berkeley School District, is offering six areas of voca- tional and technical training to two hundred and eighty juniors and seniors from eighteen county school districts during the l962-63 -school year. Berkeley High School students have taken the opportun- ity to prepare themselves tor industry and the world of work during the past tive years that the technical Electronics. bf 'QQ-1. - -ng, Tool Design. school has been located in our district. The courses offered through the Cooperating School Dis- trict's program are: Machine Shop, Sheet Metal, Ma- chine Drafting, Tool Design, Electronics and Date Pro- cessing. Gur technical school is the only public school in the State of Missouri oltering this training to high school seniors. The computer center has equipment valued at Sl67,000. 5 --., balsa---...,,,, rt' 5' '44 B3 f Machine Shop.

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Physically Fit Coordination and muscle development of Larry Kuhlm-an and Bob Freeman are in- creased by rope climbing. Mr. Roscoe Branch, a sports-minded teacher, is teaching physical education and drafting this year. In the drafting classes they study graphic constructions, lettering, dimensions, Mr. Branch checks the boys in his gym classes using President Kennedy's Physical Fitness Program. sections and notes and from what they learn, the students go on to make the actual draw- ings. During the school year he coaches the B team in basketball and he also referees games. He has taught for nine years at Berke- ley High School and six years in the Flat Riv- er, Missouri, schools. Mr. Branch is also a sponsor of the Junior Class and supervises primarily the candy ma- chines forthe Class. During the summer vacation, Mr. Branch acts as assistant manager at the Holiday Hill Pool. He referees football games during the fall until basketball season starts. He enioys golf in his spare time.

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Mrs. Louise Blake, business education teacher, is in her thir- teenth year ot teaching, the past six being at Berkeley, She is a graduate ot Southeast Missouri State College and is pres- ently working toward a Master's degree at Southern Illinois University, which she hopes to complete this summer. Teaching clerical practice, shorthand, and typing, Mrs. Blake also serves as copy adviser to the annual stalt. Mrs. Blake is also an active member of Pi Omega Pi, national honorary business education fraternity, and serves on the pro- gram committee tor this organization. Music is her favorite pastime and she especially enjoys playing the piano. Mrs. Blake discusses details of an assignment with her typing cl-ass. A view of Mrs. Linn's sixth hour typing class. Mrs l-'nn mflflfs the TYPWQ Cl0SS9S Mrs. Emma June Linn, a graduate of Southern Illinois University, has been teach- ing school tor twelve years, seven ot these being at Berkeley. Dropping out of teaching the past few years, Mrs. Linn returned to Berkeley This year teaching on a halt-day basis. Her classes include typing and health. Mrs. Linn has also taught shorthand in Berkeley's new Adult Education Program. She will begin work towards a Master's degree at S.I.U. this summer. In her spare time, Mrs. Linn enjoys crocheting and going to basketball games. This past summer she traveled to California via Route 66, returning to Missouri by Route 40. 56