Central Dauphin High School - Centralian Yearbook (Harrisburg, PA)

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n and Women for the Field of Commerce. l'enth grade students who have had very little or no ex- ience in typing in junior high take a half-year typing rse to learn the basic steps in typing. The eleventh grade typing classes work in typing prob- is and speed. The problems consist of letters, centering ulations, rough drafts, manuscript typing and additional .iness forms. The Top Typist Clubu begins in jan- y. To earn a certificate, it is necessary to meet certain uirements: type 50, 60, or 70 words per minute for five rutes with fewer than five errors, deducting ten words each error. By the end of the junior year each student expected to be typing 50 words per minute. A course for the business student in writing a word by ind is shorthand. During the first semester the students rn theory, speed building is begun during the' second nester. This subject is essential to taking transcription in r senior year. In the transcription class, letters are dic- ed to the students who then type the notes that they ve taken. MRS. E. BRAD HARTMAN Shorthand I, Senior Transcrip- tion, General Typing, Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia, B-.S., University of Pennsylvania, Bucknell University, Advises Future Teachers of America Club. MR. WILLIAM F. Moruus, JR. General Business Training and Bookkeeping, Shippensburg State Teachers College, B.S., Temple University, Assistant Fafulfl' Manager of Athletics. ae' -Q1 . K I- '5 f'f 2f5'f j ff fjsfir f 1: aug fffijsa ,if gf f5j'iiSg fli?'l gf ,f3f4,:sf?ts,f fi fi ' ifilzlfi z' ef? f-,flat zi!.:i,, ' f.ifEyL'..:4' igfisgfir ,, 3!j:?l5i1ii rr ffjiiiil' a -ff!-llia Ei S - .H 1253 3 . 5 124151 , X Pi. ,ai fffmigfa ff: Three office practice students learn the procedure used in duplicating work. s ff

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2, r - ic we tw, .. . . .. , . ' ,:: '.- 'p5:?::5'z:- r., .r :af BUSINESS EDUCATION -n Produces Compete MR, XVILLIAM A. RINEER Head of Business Education D e p a r t m e n t, Stenography. Typewriting I, IV, Vg Sales. Retailingg Indiana State Teach- ers College, BS., University of Pittsburgh, M.Ed.: Penn- sylvania State University Doc- toral Candidate. Zanerian Col- lege of Penmanship, Co- lumbus. Ohio. MR, RICHARD GROVE Typewriting and Business Math: Shippensburg State Teachers College, B.S.g Tem- ple Vniversityg Advises Type- writing Club: Co-Advisor of junior Class. MRS. ELEANOR M. COBB Picture Not Business Educationg Drexel In- ,I bl stitute of Technology, BS.: AVa'a e Marywood College: Advises Secretarial Charm Club. One of the first courses in Business is a half-year cour entitled Business Exploratory in which students learn shot hand, record keeping, and selling. Another is General Bus ness, In this class the students learn about banks and bankir services, filing, travel aids, and methods of communication Bookkeeping I is an introduction to the theory of debit ar credit, to preparing simple bookkeeping statements and simp worksheets. Bookkeeping II and III deal with special problen and partnerships. H A Senior Transcription Class types directly from the shorthand assignment.

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BUSINESS EDUCATION - Business Relies on 1 MR. PAUL S. MURPHY Bookkeeping, Consumer Edu- cation, General Business, and Typing-Ag Shippensburg State Teachers College, B.S:g Ad- visesAStage Crew and Visual Aids Operators. MRS, SHIRLEY Y UHAZIE Office Practice and Business Exploratoryg Elizabethtown College, B.S.g Pennsylvania State University, Advises Fu- ture Business Leaders of Amer- icag Junior Varsity Basketball Coach, A new course this year at Central Dauphin is stenog phy, which is machine shorthand. There are twenty-fi pupils enrolled in this class. The key success in writi on a stenograph machine is smooth, rhythmic unhesitatic and fluent writing. This machine weighs less than fo pounds and can be carried in one hand. The business student takes business mathematics whi includes a review of addition, subtraction, multiplicatic division, percentage, decimals, fractions, and other arit metical problems related to business. Seniors take Business English which includes vocabula building, capitalization, punctuation and parts of speech In the office practice class the students learn to opera the electric typewriters, adding machines, duplicators, ar other machines that are used in business offices. The students also learn the different types of filing. Since all business centers around selling, the pupils the Principles of Sales and Retailing class learn that tl most important factor in selling is having a good perso. ality. They learn about the seller's physical and ment qualities. L i Mary Ann Gaffney, Edna Baker, and Daryl Sweger practice taking shorthand by machine, a new part of the business course.