Cardinal Ritter High School - Generation Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Mr. Rose supervises freshman David Hubbard ' s use of a floor saw with basic woodcutting in first year shop. With the installation of a jigsaw, lathe, and other industrial tools students are given in- struction in practical arts and also a sample of their individual production. One of the class ' main projects was the refinishing of used furniture. New Shop Assembles Technical Skills Boys wishing to learn carpentry and other techni- cal skills are given a variety of vocational courses to choose from. Mechanical drawing, architectural draw- ing, and shop courses have given them an opportunity to use their creativity and to learn basic building and mechanical techniques. Architectural cirawing students learned complete home building by drawing blueprints and by construction scale models. Here is junior Steve Parshall ' s first place winning entry, complete with grass and shrubbery. At the Practical Arts Fair, senior Bill McClain demonstrates his first place-award winning model home containing lights, painted rooms, and doll-size furniture.

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New Courses Offer Vocational Training Practicing after school to build speed and accuracy for tests in timed writing are first year typing students, junior Barbara Cesnik and seniors Bill Young and Pam Paschke. Barb is a student typist for the Ritter Reporter. For her sales presentation, senior Cyndy Collins demonstrates a stereo record player for prospective buyer Ann Poole. Each stu- dent in Salesmanship performed a presentation as a semester project Our Business department is headed by business majors. Book- keeping, Office Practice, Salesman- ship, Shorthand, Business Law, and Typing I and II are taught to stu- dents whose future career plans demand proficiency in administra- tive, legal, and secretarial work. Bookkeeping is a prerequisite course for economics and accoun- tant positions. Office Practice, Shorthand, and Typing build coor- dination for aspiring secretaries and interested students. Salesman- ship teaches the art of logical sell- ing in the open market, and Busi- ness Law explains the jurisdictional process in the working world. These programs aid the business major and others too, because a knowl- edge of competitive market and cyclic movement stimulate eco- nomic progress in the United States. Bookkeeper Mike Lawhorn w orks on his practice set for a non-existent company Each student had to keep books and v as responsible for financial records for a month of business

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ACTIVITIES Dances, contests, and club pro- jects make what students call high school life. Student organi- zations have sponsored a variety of formal and informal activities, ranging from a senior tricycle race to a speech by Mayor Rich- ard Lugar.