Berwick High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Berwick, PA)

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A filing project in office practice. FRANK TAYLOR BUSINESS EDUCATION The business education curriculum is both vo- cational and social in nature. It has been or- ganized to develop an understanding of economic life and a more intelligent use of business ser- vices and agencies as well as to prepare our young people for iobs in business and related positions. This department plays an important role in the educational program of school and community. Constantly under a program of modernization and improvement, the Berwick business educa- tion department is recognized as one of the finest in the state of Pennsylvania. Last year this department recorded the best score in the history of the Annual Business Edu- cation Contest held at Bloomsburg State Teachers College. The department also took first honors in 1950. A senior typing class PAUL KLINGER 1

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Opportunities are given students to practice those uses of language demanded by varied life experiences, for example: writing letters, making announcements, giving reports and making speeches, convers- ing and discussing topics of interest, giving accounts of personal ex- periences, making summaries, formulating opinions of books, and lis- tening critically. The speech correction classes are in charge of Miss Richards. The major purpose of these classes is the alleviation of speech difficulties. Devices used include mirrors, microphones, recorders, finger painting therapy, and others. 1-Nu? is. ELMER MCKECHNIE Sophomore English Economic Geography .pix .QA -A A sophomore class developing habits of clearness in speaking through oral A. M. MARGARET H. Rici-iARos presentation. English Speech Correction Q f i2n.....1A ' Speech correction class activities. HELEN R, RUSSELL Senior English 3

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L' ' There are l52 students enrolled in the busi- ness education course. ln addition to these full time students there are 84 students, who are enrolled in the general or the college prep courses, that take one or two commercial sub- jects such as typing, shorthand, or bookkeeping. Subiects in the business education curriculum are shorthand, typing, economic geography, bookkeeping, business law, retail selling, office practice, and business English. A business education enables all students to understand and perform the inescapable business aspects of life, such as banking, insurance, so- cial security, and taxes. For those who seek em- ployment in business occupations this course en- ables them to succeed in their initial employment and from it to advance to positions of greater responsibility. Business arithmetic and iunior business train- ing are taken by iunior high school students planning to enroll in his course when they enter ' ' h l.' - , r ,, senior high xoo ix U , f k lt Vl 1 ' rj 'V V lllllll il I l i J 7 l ll it ,ill ,X y. pi ll kg in-'L vi ,i 1 li lt lil X t l i ll l 1 1: ' lf ' ' Ai 'L lxlll If .l lfvll-yi ni. i NIR, lvl all 'fo record payroll and social security taxes