Booker T Washington High School - Washingtonian Yearbook (Norfolk, VA)

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N Students Gain Experience in Operating Stewart CQ, Beverly Bailey, Brenda Hayes, and Stewart Carr find their classes in IBM key punch and sorting quxte enjoyable . 90

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Difficulties Are Given Special Assistarlice .sr QQ 5 Mrs. Billups, Mrs. Porter, Mrs. Saunders, Mrs. Alfred, and Miss Davidson work diligently to mal-ce sure that the summer program in reading goes along smoothly. im Mrs. Watts, speech therapist, assists Barbara Hinton with the correct pronunciation of words that she finds difficult. 89

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New IBM Machines To keep place with the innova- tions in the field of business, the Business Department, during the past summer, had data processing machines and sorters placed in one of the classrooms. Students were able to get much experience in using these machines, so much in demand in the Work world. In addition to regular class- room instruction, many business students obtained after-school and summer jobs which provided the necessary experiences to make their classroom activities more meaningful. Business teachers encouraged and made provisions for students 1 4,,U,,a- 5 F5 ff' 5 5 VI Mrs. L. B. Jones Miss A. Letchworth Mrs. A. C. Perkins OM u V 'R to take government administered tests. The tests results were used to extablish job qualifications of applicants . Much emphasis was given to the importance of accuracy, neat- MH- M- R- Reed ness, punctuality, business de- corum and business ethics--essen- tial qualities for a successful career . Mr. B. L. Polley I Rita Williams and Diane Hunter strive to improve their speed. Eventually they hope to type as fast as Mrs. Letch worth, their instructor. 91