Berkeley High School - Troubadour Yearbook (Berkeley, MO)

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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

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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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Many ot our teachers come to Berkeley from surrounding states. Mr. Kenneth Crabtree, tor instance, is a native Oklahoman. He came to Berkeley tour years ago after receiving his B.S. in Education at Northeastern State College in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Mr. Crabtree teaches bookkeeping, typing, and secretarial practice. He also assists the annual staff as their business consultant. Being a member of the National Business Teachers Association and teaching night class- es at McCluer Sr. High keep Mr. Crabtree busy, but he always finds time to enjoy his favorite pastime of listening to stereo records. During the past summer, Mr. Crabtree spent much time at Missouri University where he be- gan working toward a Master's degree and plans to spend this coming summer at the Uni- versity in Columbia. . . . The Backbone of Industry John Hackney, Gary O'Day Francis Burns and Janet Paule complete bookkeeping problems using office machines as an aid. if