Columbia Heights High School - Cohian Yearbook (Columbia Heights, MN)

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M ,fl Sending and sorting mail at First National Bank in downtown Minneapolis occupies much of Demonstrating Speed Gnd Qccurgcy to Mark Fischers time Here he weighs a package to determine the needed postage. classes, Chris Lazarz types over 70 w.p.m. Bookkeeping Classes Make Their Own Practice Sets Which Include Journals, Checkbooks With the addition of Miss Schimelpfenig and four new rooms, typing classes this year used such aids as records, the overhead proiector, and two new books, Guide to Ty- pewriting and Typing Drill Book. Secretarial and clerical classes took the American Management Association arith- metic and spelling tests. Certificates were given to those who achieved a perfect paper. Many were awarded shorthand pins for taking lOO or more words per minute. Spring brought a field trip to a data proc- essing center to observe various machines in action. Secretarial classes underwent prac- tice interviews to gain experience. and Mistakes Cooperative Office Training and Distrib- utive Education programs gave seniors an opportunity to both attend school and work part-time. They attended school for the first half of the day and worked for the second half. Co-op provided students with office iobs ranging from key-punch operator at Northwestern Bell, secretary at a down- town bank, to mail clerk at First National Bank. Distributive Education involved the selling and servicing of goods. Fifty-two stu- dents worked in such positions as clerk at Dayton's, check-out boys at Kassler's and Big Apple, chef at Mr. Steak Restaurant and burgermaker at McDonald's Drive-In.

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After completing an art project, junior Tom Klietz displays collages on a wall, Where did these slide rules come from? Mr. Gehrke asks his art class during the change from the old second floor math rooms to the new art classes in the new wing. New Art Wing Provides Greater Cupboard Space and Storeroom Mixing paints, John Bruder, Jill Olson and Jeanne Rozek create a new color. L...i Moving into the new rooms was the major change tor art students this year. This change gave them more room in which to work. Because of the expanded space, equipment such as pottery ovens and weld- ing guns, used tor metal sculpting, were added. Many of the students were able to work on the project ot their choice - sculpting, painting, drawing, pottery, etc. They were graded on the amount of work completed. Art IV students wrote and illustrated their own children's story, bound in a hard cover. They were also required to read a book and make a slide representation of it. Other projects tor the year included tur- nishing posters, murals, and many decora- tions tor various school activities. 4I

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ciia l , N ,fn As secretary at First National, Char Ouel- Using mimeographing equipment, Kitty Phelan concentrates on sketching a stencil during her ette takes dictation from Mr, Melgnl sixth week on the rotation system in clerical office procedures. Pop bottles, canned goods, and boxes of cake mix, whiz by senior Becky Buchanan as she rings up groceries while on the job at the Big Apple supermarket.