Blackstone High School - Ivy Yearbook (Blackstone, VA)

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ADMINISTRATION KEEPS BHS FUNCTIONING SMOOTHLY Mr. Hugh L. Blanton Division Superintendent, Nottoway County B.S., William Mary M. Ed. University of Virginia Mrs. Booker receives one of the many first semes- ter book orders from Teensie Farrar. Mr. Warren L. Thweatt Principal B. S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute M.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute Mrs. Harriet Booker Secretary to Mr. Thweatt

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COMMERCIAL COURSES GIVE JOB TRAINING Mrs. Hilda B. Cassell Mrs. Virginia W. Cobbs Mrs. Cornelia I. DeBusk B.S., Radford College B.S., University of Alabama B.S., Mary Washington College Teachers Home Economics. Teaches Physical Education, Teaches all Commercial Courses. Sponsors F.H.A. and Sophomore U.S. History, Government. Sponsors the RAM'S HORN. Class. Sponsors Cheerleaders and Freshman Class. For students wishing totake a business course, the Commercial Department offers three subjects, two of which are given for two years. The courses are Typing I and II, Shorthand I and II, and bookkeeping. These courses provide material which gives the students a good background for business school or else prepares them for work after graduation. Students in the commercial classes are assets to their school in many areas such as, compiling and producing the school paper and printing material for various school functions. These activities also help the students gain a working knowledge of commercial activ- ities. Mrs. DeBusk gives dictation to the shorthand class. Typing I Class takes one of its first timed writings.