Central Commercial High School - Hour Glass Yearbook (New York, NY)

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We We e Here Situated on -12nd Street between Second and Third Avenues there stands a low red building with bold letters bearing the title ot' Central Commercial. Central is not just another school: within her walls the boys and girls are being trained so that they may be able to carry their training out into the business world with the knowledge and assurance they need to make them successful business men and women. Central's many detailed business courses. its many classrooms tilled with all types of strange and interesting-looking machines. the business-like atti- tude of the teachers and the pupils made us realize this more and more as the days passed. Many of us were very surprised to learn that we attended the largest commercial school in the country. and that it was the only high school with a dentist on the premises. Central olfers its students complete training in dental assistance and dental mechanics. At Central. while you are learning, you have the wonderful opportunity of getting actual experi- ence in the lield of your choice. The employment department places students in part-time jobs in their chosen tield. When the students are in their senior year. they are assigned to school ollices. such as the bookkeep- ing. stenography. academic. and attendance ollices for two-week training periods where they acquire a knowledge of business affairs. Students work in the school store and tloristry shop where they are given the opportunity to wait on customers. and thus learn

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70 or not TU This rs the electronic we ind the most far reaching electronic rnventron televrsron has become a household possession of the average Amerie rn famrly Televrsron has actu rlly provided us with a wmdow on the world It rs a great medium a medium th rt rnfiuences mrllrons of people who watch rt During the last Presrdentr rl campaign more th rn lli OOO OOO people saw President Eisenhower and Mr Stevenson rn their struggle to wrn the electron This fabulous rnventron has made rt possrble for us to have a front row seat rt home and watch spectrculrrs such as Peter Pan Shakespeares Hamlet and Macbeth rnd many operas and ballets Televrsron has grven us a better understanding of people places and things It h ts brought us closer to people whose customs and rdeas are drf ferent from ours It has also m rde rt possible for us to take trrps to strange and exotic lands whrle we are seated rn our most comfortable charr Televrsron has paved the way for many new rndustrres and has thus increased the economy of the United States There rs no doubt that rt rs one of the most rnvenrous rnventrons of our trme Many people however feel that the unfavorable condrtrons brought about by televrsron are gre rter than rts advantages Srnce the rnceptron of televrsron mans pattern of lrfe has changed completely No longer are hrs lersure moments filled with cre rtrve rttempts to exp md hrs education but hrs trme rs consumed by televrsron progr rms many of whrch have no intellectual valuc and thus require no re rl powers of concentration Althouvh commercials are a necessary factor for the existence of the progr rms they are rn many ways loud borrnv and mrsleadrnv Commercrrls whrch are presented durmg the middle of dramatic programs rnterrupt the trend of thought and as 1 result the full meanrnv of the program rs not Uras ed lt can be truly said that the average man rs possessed by hrs televrsron set Hrs rctrvrtres are planned rn such a way that no trme wrll be taken away from the shows he wants to see whrch undoubtedly wrll feature the same dull comedy routines Dinner trme rs no longer the trme when the family cm be together md drscuss the occurrences of the day whrle eating rn leisure Now we find th rt Junior wants to eat rn the den because he doesnt want to mrss hrs frvorrte cartoon show or Mom burned the potatoes because she became so rnvolved with the 205th installment of a soap opera whrch rs shown at drnner trme Once actron rs taken to correct the present disadvantages TV wrll be second to none rn the fields of educ rtron communrcatron and entertainment Bec ruse of its influence on our lrves we have used TV trtles as c rptrons for much of the materral rn this book Annette Bornsteln Fred Buqlmnt 15 Q .' Z.. .2 , Q ' - ' . 1. ,A 4 V U , ' . ' . . . , ,, . L .QI 1 . ' . ' . . . Q , ' i . . U , c . . . . 11 . -1 1 1- 1 . c , c -, , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ls 1 . , c . 1. 4 ., , . .- , -1, .. , -9, ,, . , L , ,. 1 . I . . , , , 2' I I . , . ' - 1 'w 1 I 7 I 1 1 I 1 T 1 I 1 1 1 ' ' 1 ' 1 1 .1 1 , , , . , , . In . 1 1 . I . .4 . C . . . . , . . , 5 s 1 '1. 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 0 x I . . L K .. I-. 1 .1 1 I 1 ' 1 1 .1 . , . . C . . Q Q ' L 2 Q 2 .' ' . .' . . . L ., I if ' . 1 1 1 ' , c . . 5 . .. 1 - 1 . 1 1, - I , -1 , ' Q, 1 L ., . , C, . C. L . 1 1- 1 1 1 I 1 .' , . c . . C, . e -P - x1 I. 1 1 1 .1 11 . .-l 1 '-1 x' .I 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 ' l 1 1 1 . . .L , , - 1 1 's ' 1 . . . . , . Q Z ' .N 1 V ' . . . .- c . ,. . , . l . I . V , L . . . .- '. 1 l . , 1 , 4 , 1. , , . . . h . . . 1' 4 il ' . . ' s 1 I -1 u - .11 I ' ' . , . , ' v ' v 1 . 7 1 . 1 1' . . L , . . i h . V. . 1 l . 1 Y . h c , . ,, . . . 1. , ' . . I . , L

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X to satisfy their needs. The purpose of these shops is to establish techniques in buying and selling. Girls taking the Dental Assistants Course work in the school dental ollice and receive excellent training in Dental Assisting. which they can apply to their future jobs. The students who take Business Machines learn the operations of these machines. and. as a result. are placed on a higher wage scale once they are out in the business world. Courses that would cost hundreds of dollars. if taken in a private busi- ness school. are available at Central as part of the specified commercial course of study. The pupils taking Business Project have an opportunity to learn how to operate the switch- board. lile properly. and are taught the many dif- ferent forms used in business. The Business Project course actually brings the oflice to the classroom by creating situations which could exist between vari- ous business lirms and their customers. The most emphasis is placed on the subjects chosen as majors. ln the Stenography class. the students feel as if they are taking dictation from their employers. The dictation is ollice style and the transcription is done in a manner acceptable in the business world. Right from the beginning we loved the way words could be symbolized on paper in one short stroke. We were fascinated by the way we were able to write down the letters that were dictated and to transcribe them correctly. l-.Y fs l wrsfff j M.