C E Byrd High School - Gusher Yearbook (Shreveport, LA)

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EARLINE JORDAN Rrading, gardcning. and playing bridge arc enjoyed by Miaa Jor- dan, who teaches shorthand. She holda a B.A. from Louisiana Tech and received her M.A. at Peabody Col- lege. MARGARET M. KIRKLAND Shorthand and typing are taught by Mrs. Kirk- Iand. who holds a B.S. from Louisiana Tech and received her M.B.A. at the University of Denver. Playing bridge and golf are her hobbies. EDNA J. MORGAN Mrs. Morgan, the typing teacher in room 106 , grad- uated from Northwestern State College with a B.A. degree. Her hobby is peo- ple. Valuable Skills Clerical students, Raymond Norre and Colleen Laube, are concentrating on filing and working with the adding machine. Eamest and hardworking students strive to complete their typing assignments on time. Bookkeeping and accounting teach the math and training required for later business purposes. Farrelyn Ogbum, Julia King, and Jeanette Speaks have just been going over ab stracts, trial balance, and profit. The skills of adding long columns of figures and financial statements are leamed in bookkeeping and accounting. By- ron Smith and Jerry Blair are busy at their machines.

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Shorthand II students not only become skilled at taking dictation, but also learn to transcribe their work on the typewriter. W. FRANK BOYDSTON Holding a B.S. degrcc from Centenary and a M.A. from LSU, Mr. Boydaton teaches typing and enjoys his hobbies of gardening and fishing. EVELYN H. CARMICHAEL Sponsoring t h r School Savings Pro- grain, Mrs. Carmich- all tcaches clerical practice and typing. She received her B.S. from NSC and her M.A. from Stephcn F. Austin. Commercial Curriculum Teaches Of great benefit to students throughout life are the commercial skills. Byrd offers a wide range of courses in this department, which includes bookkeeping, clerical prac- tice, shorthand I and II, and typing. Offered in the junior and senior year, bookkeeping involves keeping two practice sets to familiarize the students with using special journals and business machines. Clerical practice is a general course in all the secretarial skills and includes filing, typing letters and office forms. and using business machines. Shorthand students, taught by the Gregg method, develop skill in taking dictation and transcribing it accurately on a type- writer. Students in the typing classes learn neatness, accur- acy, and speed in typing for personal and vocational pur- poses. A student who has majored in the business education courses at Byrd is well-prepared for the future. Charles Funderburk, Sandra Le Doux, and other Clerical Practice students learn to file efficiently and accurately. Leaming to make and understand financial statements is one of In clerical practice one learns to use the ditto machine and to the essentials of bookkeeping. Dorinda Muhs, Sara Morgan and make mimeograph copies. Carolyn Jones and Fredia Culpepper Kaye Thompson are studying one. are practicing their skill. 26

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MELVIN R. GRAVES Holriing a B.A. from Strphcn F. Austin, Mr. Graves ia thr Athlctic Husincss Managcr and tcachcs driv- ing. His hobbics arc golf and fish- ing. Driving Byrd’s safety education course, driving, is offered to a limited number of students each year. It consists of 30 hours of class- Distributive education offers a wonderful opportunity for boys and girls to get experience in the different business fields as well as to acquire a high school education. These students enjoy a speech made by one of their club members. room instruction and 6 hrs. of actual be- hind-the-wheel experience. Students who have completed the course are well-quali- fied to apply for a state license. Mr . Graves, driving instructor, explains to these pupils the fundamentals of driving. Distributive Education Offered to Juniors and Seniors, Distributive Education gives students special training in wholesale and retail selling. Students go to school one-half of the day and work in a business the other half. One unit of credit is earned for classroom instruction and one unit for on-the-job experience. By participating in the D.E. program, students develop a sense of responsibility and prepare themselves for a business career. CLYDE A. SELF Teaching D.E. aml sponsoring the D.E. Club, Mr. Self holds a B.S. from Northweatern and a M.Ed. from L.S.U. He enjoys fishing and hunting in his spare time.