Central Catholic High School - Lance Yearbook (Lafayette, IN)

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From Proofs To Problems! Proofs of angles, one of many things taught in ge- ometry is made easier by Mr. Jared ' s explanations. math 77

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Miss Agnes McCormack taught the accounting class, which was held third hour every day. The students learned more about numbers than they dreamed they would. The students became tamiliar with terms like ledger, debit, credit, and balance. They completed problems from the book, workbook and special packets. Calcula- tors were often used to help bewildered students add up those impossibly long columns of numbers. One day, while working on an important assignment, Lori Moser let out a groan. Her calculator had run out of power, and she was forced to rely on her own mathematical skills to finish the assignment. Many class periods were livened up with Teresa Wake- field ' s singing. The students decided that she should become a professional singer, with Jamie Delaney acting as her manager. Beginning typing students faced with memorizing the key positions on the typewriter. Their first task was learn- ing the A-S-D-F-G-H-J-K-L-semi was drilled into their heads until using the keys on the home row became easy. From then on, the rest of the course progressed steadily. Class members typed index cards, business letters and reports. When all the serious work was done. Sister Rita would give them patterns to type. The end products turned out to be pumpkins or valentines. Typing and accounting classes proved to be very valu- able for the students. The skills that they learned could be put to use later on in their lives. typing, accounting 79