Central High School - Booster Yearbook (La Crosse, WI)

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THE BOOSTER-1933 so w w N W M MLRC AL DEPARTMENT COM .. W M M i M W M 2 1 5 'E 3. S az Y? ke -., K F1 , . A 1 L , P'

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TI-IE BOOSTER-1933 'I I I P 3 Tw my-seven B9 B

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THE BOGSTER 1933 COI11I11CfCl3l Department ONINIEPCIAI work IH the Ia C rosse Schools had lts beglnnlng ln 19041n the oldhlghschool cor ner of 8th and NIHIH wlth 'Xlr A A Zlmmer IH charge In 1908 'XIr Zlmmer was followed bg, Nlr Butler the present head of the department At present the other commerclal teachers are Anna C olllns Anna Roche and Illlle Selelstad In 1091 a Iunlor Hlgh School was addcd at C entral In the 8A gradc there IS a lryout course ln whlch students are glxen half a semestcr of forelgn languages and half a semes ter of commerclal work shorthand typlng and bookkeeplng Phls course has proved to be a tlme savcr IH senlor hlgh school work Now as a result of 'I ry outs there are very few students enterlng regular com for the work The present Senlor Hlgh School commerclal course offers two vears of bookkeeplng two years of stenog raphy a semester each of commerclal law OIIICG practlce salesmanshlp and commerclal or lndustrlal geography All commerclal sublects are also electlve IH other courses Senlors may take tvp ng wlthout shorthand In the bookkeeplng department students first become famlllar wlth slmple buslness transactlons and gradually mect wth more complex problems lhey begln wlth lndlyld ual ovvnershlp and adw ance to part nershlps and corporatlons always maklng use of current s tuatlons In the stenographlc course the alm IS to prepare studcnts to takc lllCt2lt1OIl and trarscrlbe thelr notes on the tvpewrlter at a good ratc of speed At the end of the course they are taklrlg fl1CtH1210I1 at from 100 to 129 words per mlnute 'Xlany haxe typed 60 words per mlnute IH a fifteen mlnute test whlle some haxe typed ox er 80 words One Fentrfll student was au arded a portable tvpe wrlter bx a typewriter company fol txplng oxer 80 words per mlnute wlthout error ln a 19 mlrute test The course ID commcrclal law alms to teach the proper urderstard rg of the purpose of law especlallx relatlon to buslness trars ct ons Students dex elop the abllltx to know the rlghts lnd llabllltles of those wlth whom they haxe buslness con tact No lttcmpt IS made to dcwelop lcgal technlque but rather to make the students aware of lcgal sltu ltlons and to seek legal 3.flVlC9 when dlfI1 cultles arlse Newspaper ltems bear lng on tODlLS studled ald IH brlnglng to the class a reallzatlon of the lm portance ol the study of commerclal law and lts appllcatlon to ex eryday ew ents lhe salesmanshlp classes learn the necessary steps IU maklng sales and tactfully honestly and courteously The work lncludes actual sales dem onstratlons Irstructlons when not to buy are alsa glxen lhe ofllce practlce course whlch tr uns studcnts for general othce work lncludes LLlttlI1gSt9I1CllS mak lng dltto and mlmeograph CODIQS preparlng mall fillng bllllng maklng out pay rolls also operatlng the dlctaphone and xarlous computlng ITlE1ClIlH9S lhe class has practlce ln the use of rallroad tlme tables the telephone and ln wrltlng telegrlms Buslness people are lnxlted to the school to speak to the classes on warlous toplcs pertalnlng to thelr work and students V1Slt downtown ofllces to enable them to correlate thelr lnformatlon wlth lctual usage and to acqualnt them wlth a buslness atmosphere Some of the advanced students act as secretarles to VJFIOUS members of the faculty take charge of banklng and Booster Club clues and accounts file and make reports for the deans vocatlonal guldance dlrector and truant offlcer Otllers gct thelr elrpcrlence bv asslstlng ln the supellntcndents otllce 1 . as dna a-- 1 . . L A 4 ' ' i 1 I ' ., , ' - 's y - B . I, i h i . , .... . - -, . . , . . , - 2' ln I y ' . 1 rs . . . , . H s ,. . , . 7 . . , , . I ' . ' 1 v -' 1. , s 1. . sy V I ' Ln ' rv C I D , 4 A 1 , ' f 1 .- , . . . , D 1 i . 1 .' Q ' - . 2 ' . ,,,, ,, v . .i Y . . . ' v A, , ' ' v ' - ' - g , . s- -. ' , 1 I. 3.4 'W r 1 1 - .' ' . . : ' . ' ' , Y . . r U ' , ll v 7 17 f - ' , f 1 . - A u . . 1 merclal classes who are not fitted the value of deallng wltll people . I c ' , I , ' . .. Y L l Y. L . ' 1 - Y 11 ' V , D . D . n I o I rd I 1 I 1 I l y - . . , u 1 ' ' 1 ' 1 1 Z ' A ' . , 4 f ' . 1 ,. . . , . ' ' . c. , -' ' ' a s 1 Q . . . . . , . 7 A sL 5, c 5 1 , ' 2 . y K Y . 1 . ', . 1 5 , -' Q, .1 . 1 , , is ,, Z 4 . 1 . ' J ' I A . I- , ll Y f ' . Y - ' n 7 I 7 I . L ' , r ' . . v v . . I ' '. l . ', . V ZD- Page Twenty-n ne