Columbus East High School - Altis Yearbook (Columbus, IN)

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Looking over her data cards, senior Jackie Clark checks for possible mistakes at North’s computer center for data processing. While in class, Junior Teresa Trowbridge prac- tices the form required to type a postcard for one of the typing projects. 12 Business

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Caught in a painful hold, junior Andy Ruf strug- gles to take the advantage over his Columbus North opjxment. which he finally succeeded in achieving. The varsity wrestlers went on to defeat North for the first time and experienced their first winning season ever. The fine art of needlepoint and other needlecrafts have been passed on into the school curriculums as it quietly fades from the home life style. Sen ior Twila Speer is one of the girls taking advantage of the needier raft class that was offered Itoth semesters. the Revolution 11

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Classes give study choice in business Given an imaginary amount of money, each student in Introduction to Business I and II was allowed to try his hand in the stock market. $200 minus a $15 broker fee were invested in any company desired. The rise and fall of the stock was monitored for a five day period. The speculators determined their success by comparing their prof- its or losses with other class speculators. Learning the computer languages of RPG-2 and Cobol, and the operation of the keypunch for the data cards, nine seniors prepared themselves for a two hour data processing course at Colum- bus North each afternoon during sec- ond semester. The use of North’s com- puter center permitted them to discover programs which are actually used in business. Senior Kathy Henry balances new accounts as she works on a cooperative business program to gain office experience. Simple mathematic problems acquaint Sandy Bean, senior, with the adding machine in the of- fice lab. culty tndents n th bu ness department experienced a deep void without Mr. Samuel Simpson, business department chairman, who suffered a fatal heart attack on Oc- tober 28, 1975. As one of our first torch bearers, a member of the social committee, and three year chairman of the business department, Mr. Simpson contrib- uted by building our spirit. His dedi- cation allowed many students to have the job experience they needed for employment in area businesses. He was never too busy to help when a student or teacher called upon him to be a friend. Donations from family and friends established a memorial fund. An annual scholarship for the out- standing senior business student was chosen by the department as the best use of the fund. The scholarship was presented by Mrs. Ellen Sim- TOor i i vmxl onvocaHoi In memoriam Business 13