Brilliant High School - Blue Devil Yearbook (Brilliant, OH)

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.... I MRS. GLADYS M. KULL, A.B. Muskingum College Home Economics Home Economics prepares young girls for their future role as homemakers. Teaching the practical arts - cooking, sewing, cleaning, and baking - enables-these future housewivesto fulfill their duties. In spacious, comfortable kitchens of the Home-Ec Lab, students can apply the new practices they have learned. Moreover, Home-Ec stresses the importance of nutrients in the diet and well-balanced meals. It provides scientific facts for some home needs. The student learns these facts while working in the kitchen. Not only are daily home making habits stressed, but also factors of interior decorating and child care are previewed. Consequently, the home-economics division gives a complete course for the young homemaker. MISS LOUISE VOORHEIS, B. Mus. Muskingum College Music In instrumental and choral music the melodious voices and full sotmds blend to present lively entertainment at the concerts. Yet, does one realize how much work and effort are involved to make these performances a success? Within the band, members must learn fingering--hitting the correct notes on a brass instrument--dynamics, rhythm, tempo, major and minor scales--the list is endless, Each student must put forth a constant stream of effort and practicehpractice--practice. The chorus, too, must learn many factors essential to the harmon- ious combination of their voices--breath support, tone, diction, and the musical notes. As they work, the chorus members develop good posture, vocal control, and musical ability. Not all is work, however, for there are many rewards. The most important highlight of the year, to some students, is the music festival. This occasion holds considerable attention, for both band and chorus, who strive to place a I , ass 75: MR. FREDERICK ROSS, B. Mus. Geneva College

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20 MISS IUDITH ROUTZON, B.A, Wat Liberty State College MRS. IMOGENE LOUK, A.B. Fairmont College MRS. SONJA ARMSTRONG, B.S. Ashland College Business The Business Department strives to prepare career-minded students for work in the commercial world. Basic skills taught to commercial students include: typing, shorthand, bookkeepe ing. Typing teaches the pupil to use the typewriter efficiently. Correct typing procedures and the use of electric typewriters, duplicators, and the mimeograph are some of the precision in- struments used in the business practices. Shorthand is an ab- breviated written language which increases one's skill in taking dictation. Bookkeeping gives basic fundamentals of bookkeeping. Bookkeeping II is a conclusion with more detailed information. Essential supplements to these basic subjects are courses in Business Law, Office Practice, and Business English: A law course in high school supplies a general knowledge of basic law, which is fundamentally based on the ideas of morality and ethics. Such a course should be mandatory of all graduating students. When an accredited commercial student graduates from Brilliant High School, he or she isprepared to face most problems of the business world. From an early position as a typist, one may aspire to higher goals, eventually leading to the top as a private secretary. Or he may wish to continue his high school commercial training at a business university. If he applies himself faithfully to his work, he will be secure in the fast pace of the business world today.

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MR. WALTER A. KULL A Humble Tribute to an Honorable Man . . . During His Final Year of Teaching By NeilWaugh What is a teacher? No one statement can define. A teacher can be many things--instructor, confident, leader, and friend. There are all kinds of teachers--aggressive, deep-thinking, dedicated, or espe- cially ambitious. It certainly takes a lot to be any of these. As students, we sometimes neglect to appreciate their guidance and leadershipg as a teacher might witness this situation, he must feel he has entered a most unrewarding profession. But as we mature and begin to think about our future endeavors, we often look back with grateful memories to those people who have given so much of themselves to usg as we reminisce, we also realize that a teacher's life is not really so unrewarding. 22 For now we understand how satisfying it must be to see so many youths succeed and take their places as useful citizens and leaders. Indeed such a man as Mr. Walter A. Kull, must have experi- enced these sadnesses and joys of his profession many times in his long teaching career . . . which began twenty-six years ago in Painsville, Ohio. After receiving his Bachelor of Arts and Commerce Degree, he continued his studies at Western Reserve University where he obtained his Masters Degree of Education. An education gained, he went to New York and worked for the National Bank of America: after gaining experience in the business world, he left to seek his fortunes elsewhere and served as the secretary-treasurer of a Silk Dye Manufacturing establish- ment. Now married, he left New York and entered the teaching field. Following his initial teaching experience, he served for a brief term in the United States Armed Forces. Succeeding these years of service to his country he came to Brilliant where he em- barked on a long and industrious teaching career in the field of Mechanical Drawing and the Manual Arts. As we leave our home of learning and bid farewell and give thanks, we hope that you, Mr. Kull, can lean back to one of the most satisfying experiences of your life and say, I helped to mold them--they are a part of ME. Indeed, Mr. Kull, you have become a part of us. Rich Lewis listens intently to the ol' Doctor