Blackford High School - Reflections Yearbook (Hartford City, IN)

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General Business students expressed knowledge of Money problems, Including Rhonda Clark, also displaying her creative ability. ' Jobs ' were their goal At least one academic area can graduate a student pre- pared to hold a skilled job. This is the Business Department. Potential secretaries, typists, bookkeepers, and retail clerks exit from the nine business courses ready for wage-earning. Distributive Education teaches students retail sales tech- niques. After one year in the classroom, DE finds part-time training jobs for students during school hours for credit. Office Education Association, sponsored by Mrs. Irene Springer, is a club affiliated with the Business Department. Every year the students travel to Marion for the OEA region- al contest. This year, Brenda Reff the only state contender, placed second in the regional in Stenographies. Five new manual typewriters and five electric typewriters were purchased for the department. The department adds five manual typewriters each year to replace the old ones. This replacement schedule keeps the equipment modern. Seven teachers make up the Business Department, with Mr. Thomas Hale being the department chairman. Look what I got! Tyann McJunkin says as she shows her present to Brenda Reff at the OEA Christmas party. Not every bookkeeping calculation can be fig- ured on the first try. Mrs. Irene Springer assists Kurt Hardley in finding answer. 76 Business Department

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Mixing chemicais is not the easiest thing to do. Gary Irwin and Gina Ely concentrate on their creation in chemistry class. From crayfish to cats When freshmen come into the school, they usually talk about dissecting worms, clams, frogs, fish, crayfish, and cats. What department could they be talking about? The Science Department, of course. For the second year, freshmen were offered a choice of four science classes. These include Biology, Physical Sci- ence, Life Science, and Survey of Physical Science. Life Science teaches the study of all living things. Stu- dents frequently are in laboratory work in this course. Sur- vey of Physical Science has a broad range of teaching. The class is a mixture of Chemistry, Physics, Meteorology, Space Science, and others. It is a general broad science course dealing with everything except Life Science. The Science Department head is Mr. Don McAfee and includes four other teachers. Senior Mark Armstrong took top honors in the National Math Test this year with a point total of 65. Following him was junior Steve Rogers with 62 points. According to Mr. Jerry Shreves, Math Department chair- man, the Calculus and Trigonometry classes covered more material this year than in previou s years. In the past years, one half of the freshman students took General Math and half took Algebra. Now more freshmen are taking Algebra, 2 to 1 over General Math. The rest of the Math Department ' s teachers were Mr. Beaver, Mr. Newell, Mr. Dailey, Mr. Os- born, and Mrs. Trees, who was new in the department. Nobody trip me! says Rich Roark, as he makes sure that none of his Insects for Advanced Biol- ogy get away from him. It ' s not as complicated as it looks, says Mr. Beaver to his Algebra II class. Now, are there any questions? Math, Science Departments 75

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Making sure she doesn ' t watch the keys instead of the book, Ely Ganey concentrates on her typ- ing by using the system. Problems in bookkeeping preoccupy Rachel Barker as she strives to find a solution in her current assignment. Distributive Education sends many students to jobs. Cathi Clock arranges clothes for credit and cash at L.S. Ayres in the Muncie Mall. Business Department 77