Bradford High School - Barker Yearbook (Bradford, PA)

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MB. IOSEPH SMITH B.S.g M.Ed. Three Hundred Pair of Manda . .. are always busy typing, taking dictation. or operating business ma- chines in the Business Education Department- Under the direction of Mr. Smith, five teachers strive to acquaint students with methods used by secretaries, stenographers, clerks, typists, and bookkeepers, so they might have a technical knowledge of the positions they will seek when school days are over. Graduates of the Business Education Department are in con- stant demand by the businessmen and concerns of Bradford, for they are always satisfied with their work. MRS. LELA JOHNSON MR. JOHN METZLER MISS WINIFRED 0'MEARA B.S. B.S. B.S. That means that to get the suit, your order Not so fast, Mrs. Johnson! With their pencils must reach us before the 25th..', Only the short- and pens flashing across the lines, Edith Bennardi hand students know that's what the characters on and the others tried very hard to keep up with the board mean. the dictation. Twenty

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Mr. Downing introduced many sophomores to plane geometry, a course concerned with the relations, properties and measurements of surfaces, lines and angles. Its continuation, solid geometry and trigonometry, were taught by Mr. Cummings, who also taught the techniques followed in the local oil laboratories. Both these instructors taught classes in Algebra II. Vocational boys were given a foundation in mathematics and science in Mr. Keller's general mathematics, senior science and biology classes. Miss Allen instructed the students of biology. In this course, sophomores were acquainted with the life processes of plants and animals and the body struc- tures each phylum has developed with which to carry them out. Chemistry. in which students learned the composition of materials as well as their atomic composition, is taught by Mr. Kusner. Related science, a course offered to vocational boys. and physics, a study of mechanics, electricity heat, light and sound are taught by Mr. Pflug. MR. RALPH KELLER . My MR' DANHZLSJ- KUSNHP' MR. 1. RoBERr PFLUC 1 B S . . 7 cs' ' , i . ,f 4, 2' ' D ' 1 '- XVlio,s leaning on the scales? Bob Fox. XVhen thcv turn to page 124, four lines down Bill Lynch, Iovce Garrigan, Bev johnson, jan from the topv they found that a.s.a. : a.s.a, Ruth Howard and Prudy Criffing couldn't figure out Morris and Bob Hill never doubted Mr. Downing's why the weights wouldn't balance. Physics was memory of the geometry book. no Cinch! Nineteen

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Classes in typing, popular with College Prep students as Well as Ceneral and Commercial students, are taught by Mrs. johnson, Mr. Metzler, Mr. Reilly, and Miss Raver. Courses in shorthand are taught by Mr. Reilly and Mrs. Johnson. Mr. Smith instructs Com- mercial students in record keeping, business mathematics, and gen- eral sales. Everyday law, or fundamentals in buying and selling, is taught by Mr. Metzler, who also instructs consumer education, another course in buying. The business machines course is taught by Miss O,Meara. In it, students learn to operate modern office machines. Miss O,Meara and Mr. Reilly teach several classes in clerical practice. Bookkeep- ing I and II courses are instructed by Miss Raver. MISS MARIAN RAVER MR. WILLIAM J. REILLY B. S. B. S., M. Ed. Q54 SOM Eyes on the copy, feet flat on the floor, hands On the board, Nancy Catesman wrote the in perfect positionf, and they were off. Every- closing -entry of the purchase journal as Miss Raver one tried hard to tvpe a perfect copy for Mr. and the Bookkeeping class gave assistance. They Hvilly- checked it, too. Twenty-one