Central High School - Prospectus Yearbook (Flint, MI)

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in the Making Modern history classes study the Euro- pean countries from the reign of James I to World War II. Students of Early European history learn of the Greeks, Mesopotamians, and the fall of Rome. The world history class provides the knowledge of world religions, governments, and societies. In civics, pupils discover the importance of learning about the Constitu- tion and how our country is run. Foreign Relations is a class which studies the world crises, and learns how they could be prevented here in the United States. DAVE BUSSELL POINTS out Asia on the map for three American history classmates Charles Millender, Catl Steppes, and Tom Hopper. WALLACE DOBLER SHOWS one of his American history students, Maria Handsome, the strategy used in fighting the Battle of Bunker Hill during the Revolutionary War. JACK HOWE, encouraged by their enthusiasm, instructs the members of one group in the Intensive Early European History Class. WILLIAM MELZOW hands Time magazines to his U.S. History class.

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DAVID LARO, this year's representative to the United Nations, accounts for some of his experiences in New York. History’s I he History Department plays a large part in the lives of the students. It furnishes them with knowledge of the past, and helps them to understand current events which are in the process of making history. Special classes of U.S. history study the Constitution, the U.N. and its functions, African and Asian revolutions, plus the United States wars. Students chosen from each class attended lectures on Africa spon- sored by the Mott Foundation. This year the history classes chose David Laro, a senior, to represent Central among a group of Flint students visiting the United Nations. POINTING TO a historic place she visited in the East this summer. Miss Mildred Hodges receives the attention of other members of the History Department (Left to Right) Robert Alick, Wallace Dobler, Clement Rowe, Miss Rosalyn Chapel, Wil- liam Melzow, Robert Richardson, Jack Howe, Marvin Shebel, and Don Coleman. BONNIE TAYLOR, Karen Foxworthy, Mrs. Marguerite Randall, Karen Eufinger, and Andre Nitecki enjoy a brief intermission from the Mott Foundation series of lectures, Africa at the Crossroads. 24

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MRS. HAZEL DE HART shows a student the correct way to place your fingers on the keys of the typewriter. IT ISN'T GREEK, it's shorthand, explains Mrs. Edna Redd to one of her pupils. AARON AMTSBEUCHLER demonstrates to his sales class the effi- ciency of a cash register. TYPING TEACHER, Mrs. Erma Carpenter, tells her class how the type- writer is used. 26 Business Techniques | n the business department, students are trained for future jobs in a variety of ways. They must learn the funda- mental rules of office practice along with shorthand and typing. Those stu- dents on co-op get first hand knowledge by working as they go to school. They must maintain a C average to be able to continue doing both, and are rated by their employers on personal quali- fications. Retail sales classes gain their experience in making actual sales, set- ting up displays, and using the newest machines. Bookkeeping teaches them not only to keep accounts straight, but also to keep their work organized if they desire to be efficient.