Coker College - Milestone Yearbook (Hartsville, SC)

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‘|| BUSINESS EDUCATION Whether you entered the business department as a major of a transient, you were no doubt fascinated by the click-clicks, the buzzes, the hums of the machines, and the quick movement of well-trained hands. You soon found that the order there did not develop at once. When you opened your first semester shorthand book, you thought perhaps the bookstore clerk had given you a textbook in hieroglyphics; but being assured that Ov you had the right book, you set about to conquer this strange ei scrawl. You nearly drove your roommate crazy constantly m | | writing the outlines in the air. Your introduction to typing }| was similiar. “You mean I have to reach this hyphen with my little finger?” You probably distorted words like street into such forms as “xtrww” because you got your fingers caught in the keys. But soon enough you began to have some mastery | of both subjects. Perhaps you now moved into the field of es Office Machines, and the clicks and hums and buzzes began in earnest, and so did you. Do you remember the feeling «| you had the first time you sat down to type on that speed td demon, the electric typewriter? You felt that it was running ® | away from you because each time you moved something ap- mi) | peared on the paper that you had no intention of putting ‘ there. How about the day you told the dictaphone to slow ‘| | down? How siliy you felt! In Introduction to Business you % | | studied the different types of businesses, how they were managed, and the regulations that had been placed upon them a by certain authorities. In Accounting you worked your way if through the work sheets of a practice set. You were told that you were now a bookkeeper for a hypothetical concern which, however, had real problems. Perhaps sometimes you even wished the hpyothetical concern would go hypothetically bankrupt so you'd have no job. Column after column con- fronted you in your Business Math workbook; and you con- tinued to add, subtract, multiply, and divide until the figures became easier and easier to handle. In Economics you studied the good and bad points of Communism, Socialism, and Capitalism. Business English helped you review your weak points in grammar and gave you some exercise in the compo- sition of business letters. After you had terminated your stay in the abode of buzzes, clicks, and hums, whether a transient ot a potential professional, you knew that the work you'd | done and the experiences that you’d had would mean a better, | more secure position in whatever field you make your permanent residence. TE ow Top Picture: Holly and Catherine try to get that : French pronunciation just right. Middle Picture: Students work with office machines. Foreground: Revels, Cantey. Back Row: Castanes, DuBose, McGuirt, Chastain. Lower Picture: Anne learns to operate the mimeo- graph machines. 63

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are ar The Administration Building EDUCATION AND PSYCHOLOGY You like children, you have patience, and you have a sense of humor. What are you? Why, you are an education major, of course. After deciding that you wanted to be a teacher, you concentrate on the subjects that you must take as a major in the Education and Psychology Department. In psychol- ogy, you studied multiple charts, memorized statistics, and took regular tests on the work you had covered. You developed the habit of analyzing your friends and even began to wonder about yourself. In Dr. Keuhner’s classes you studied the function of the school and methods for elementary education. After many hours of Ed. courses and observing in the Hartsville Schools, you outlined your lessons and pre- pared to do your practice teaching. You arrived for your first day trembling and fearful but wearing a look of austerity and bravado and were delighted that some of your students thought you were mean. Well, at least you had a few fooled. Maybe you taught in the elementary school where you were asked for numerous dates and had several proposals from seven year olds. With a stout heart you entered Teacher's Exams and sat through four hours of everything you had ever studied in college, and much you hadn’t. After that you were convinced—what- ever came, as long as you had that teacher's certificate and the wise words of your teachers—you were ready to go out and face the world. FOREIGN LANGUAGES Language is the means of expressing an idea. How often you thought that you’d never be able to express a complete idea in the lake of verb forms and idioms in which you have been thrown. Finding that it was sink or swim you set out for the shore only to find that you didn’t learn to swim till you’d learned to paddle. So you paddled around in the shallow waters of basic verb forms, and practice sentences. Gaining courage and skill you were prepared to try your ability in the deeper waters of conversation and composition. Hours were spent search- ing for the right words and hours more contorting faces so words could be pronounced correctly. Not only did you study the language of the people, you learned some of their customs and part of their history. There was always one student who became convinced that she was majoring in baby French, or a Spanish student who after studying a long while would make the mistake of saying, “Vamos a la show tonight.” When you finished your work in the language of your choice, you were convinced that to know and understand another country’s language will further friendship and peaceful relationships. LOWER LEFT: “You wouldn’t be going to school, would you, Summers?” LOWER RIGHT: Claudette learns how it feels to be the teacher.

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| 64 “ng The Christian Education and Physical Education Building. CHRISTIAN EDUCATION “Ahem!” “Starting with Jehu, name the kings of the Northern Kingdom in reverse.” How many times, you, as a student of Old Testament became confused when Dr. Ben called on you to recite the kings. While tracing the journeys of the Israelites, you heard Dr. Ben say, “Pin this down so you'll know it Judge- ment Day,” his own unique way of saying that you would have it on the next test. In New Testament you studied the Harmony of the Gospels in recording Christ’s life or you may have taken the Teachings of Jesus and become acquainted with the way the conservative, mediating and radical school of Bible criticism interpreted the lessons taught by Christ. To gain further insight you may have studied the Prophets, the Literary Form of the Bible, or the Journeys of Teachings of Paul. This year instead of having only a major in Religion, the Department of Christian Education was formed to enable girls interested in church work to become fully qualified. Dr. Ben was moved from his “cubby hole” office in the Administration Building to the spacious office and adjoining class rooms for- merly occupied by the Business Education Department. For many of us this new major presents an opportunity and a chal- lenge. ART “Why did Ann wear her leotard to Art?” “I’ve got to sketch her!” The work may not have turned out just as you would have liked it, but you tried. Along with merely the pleasure involved in Art, you discovered a lot about people; why they paint the things they do; how you should wear your make up; how to teach the elementary child to draw. You thought you already knew how to print, but you had a terrible time trying to make those characters look right. You'll probably never forget the portrait painted of you that looked like Barry Fitzgerald! For variety there was clay modeling; and you even made a set of jewelry. Impressed as ycu were with this new field of Art, you were more impressed with the patience and insight of Mr. “B”. By not telling you exactly how to do everything, you realized that he was encouraging you to develop your own particular talent in the way characteristic only of you. Lett: Luke King, a ministerial student, conducts a vesper program. Below: Frances develops talent at clay modeling.