Bloomington High School - Annual Yearbook (Bloomington, WI)

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COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT The Commercial Department of Bloommgton High School offers the following subjects Beginning Typing Advanced Typmg Shorthand Bookkeeping and General Business During the past three years the students of the Commercial Department have worked for GREGG WRITER AWARDS The GREGG WRITER tests are designed to create and reward better student effort by prov1d1ng cert1f1cates and pr1zes as pro gress is made in the stenograplfuc course The Order of Gregg Art1sts CO G A J 1S the largest shorthand orgamzation in the world The first shorthand award offered to beglnners 1S the Iumor Membership in the Order of Gregg Artists Th1s award 1S glven for satlsfactory writing of the short hand penmanshlp as published 1I'l the GREGG WRITER The following have received their certificates Mary Ball Marg1e Hochausen Norma Cliff Barbara Budworth Mary Ellen Kuenster Mary jane Rogers Mary Evelyn Bark Phyllis Ertel W1lma Esser Marie Hahn Arlene Hermsen Mary Neises and Irene Ward The next step ln the awards program is to have students qualify for the Short hand Speed Awards beginmng at 60 words a mmute The tests are counted for five minute takes on unprepared material The fcllowlng have passed their 60 word a minute Shorthand Speed Test Mary Ellen Kuenster Margie Hochausen Norma Cliff Mary Jane Rogers The following passed their 80 word a minute Shorthand Speed Test Mary Ellen Kuenster and Margie Hochausen The Competent Typist Program is one of the most effective typing speed de velopment projects devised It is the only plan of which we know that offers a.n aw ard based on definite speed building practice very effectual in obtaining maximum student effort The following have passed the Competent Typist Test for a 10 mln 58 net Mary Ellen Kuenster 53 net Beverly Long 44 net Mary Jane Rogers 51 net Barbara Budworth 34 net, W1lma Esser 50 net Dorothy Kluesner 67 net Elizabeth Scott 40 net Robert Kottke 33 net, Mary Ball 33 net, Mary Neises 43 net Eileen Mergen 37 net Irene Ward 41 net, Robert Nut1 30 net Patricia Ham llton 42 net William McLane 39 net, Doris Metcalf 44 net, Doris Martin 30 net Paul Myers 30 net, Myrna Metcalf 32 net Roger Csterhaus 31 net The requirement to pass the Junior O A T Membership Certificate is that the student copy the test as published in the GREGG WRITER accurately neatly and attractively The following students have passed this test Norma Cliff Margie Hochausen Mary Ellen Kuenster and Mary Jane Rogers Students who have won the C T Progress Certificates at 30 and 40 are eligible to write the test for the Senior OtA T Certificate This test embraces tabulation rough draft or some other pra ctical typing problem that a competent typlst might be expected to handle Norma Cliff passed this test 3 , ' - , : 7 0 J 7 i 9 3 D ! 7 I ! y 0 ' 3 , , , . : , . ute test with not more than 5 errors: Norma Cliff, 41 netg Margie Hochausen, I 1 3 1 I 2 5 , ' - , 3 , S 9 3 7 . 7 . ' J J 3 ! I ! 5 - I 5 7 ' . I . P S i . 9 S 7 ' I I . 3 f 1 D ' . . . y 9 '