High School of Commerce - Caduceus Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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The Business Department. Seated, left to right are: Mrs. Helen Foote, Mr. Francis Alleva, Miss Mae Anderson, Miss Susan Dowd, and Miss Barbara McQuade. Standing: Mr. Anthony Ser- afino, Mr. Ernest Conchieri, and Mr. Harold Jones. Traveling all over the building one could find rooms and rooms full of office equipment to further the education of Commerce students. Such a room is 113. The homeroom here is the G.O. Accounting class. This class is headed by co-cashiers. In order to form the class, the best Bookkeeping I students are selected, and from that list Mrs. Foote trains the six top juniors. From the six, two to four are chosen to act as cashiers. During a school year the G.O. Class collects money for the yearbook, G.O., Capers, and Senior Activi- ties. In addition to G.O. Accounting, the business de- partment includes filing, penmanship, machine cal- culation, bookkeeping, and clerical practice. Bookkeeping and clerical practice offer a wonder- ful opportunity for students who wish to take it. These subjects offer many advantages not only for jobs, but for teaching the students to think for them- selves. Everyone realizes that machines in offices save much time and hard work. That is why Commerce teaches Machine Calculation. From this subject the students learn how to operate the machines which can be found in rooms such as 215B. Penmanship is a something we notice everyday. Miss Anderson helps her students to realize the neces- ity of good handwriting for business use. Many times businesses lose millions of dollars because one person writes a figure which is not legible. Miss Anderson teaches the Zaner motion method. This flowing and graceful method has certainly improved some of the writing here at Commerce. Below: Jeanette Skarzinsky using some of the skills she has learned from Miss Dowd in her Filing Class. GENERAL Commerce Business Department Teaches Many Useful Skills Spa

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NOmaPZmMMHeres Commerce during the past few years has been expanding its Mathematics Department. This year trigonometry, taught by Mr. John Bennett, (shown above), has been included in our curriculum for the first time. Algebra IT and II and geometry are also included in this department. The fundamentals including graphs, square root, and equa- tions are taught in Algebra I by Miss Margaret Kelly Algebra II, which includes quadratic equations, logarithms, and binomial theorems, is more involved. Plane geometry serves to benefit the future architect, designer, machinist, and engineer. Commerce meets the high standards of college requirements and has sent many of its graduates to excellent institutions. Its training in mathematics, then, is another demonstration of our yearbook theme: that serious, intelligent work in high school is the basis for lasting well-being and pleasure in life. S2™M Se arPuvues Above, Diana Vosburgh at left is explaining to the Pictured above are: Edward Anderson, standing at the class that B F D E is a parallelogram. Jean Johnson blackboard. Seated, left to right at the right looks on. are. George Pehl- vanian, Diane Ledger, Fred Jackson, Clifford Plourde, James McCarthy. 16

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Commerce Students Practice Office Techniques | Above, Judy Grochmal and Erika Erndt learning tele- phone techniques and tele- phone courtesy in Mr. Serafino’s Business class. At right Janice Vennard, Eve- lyn St. Marie and Joan Ter- zi are working on a practice set of books in Mr. Alleva’s Bookkeeping class. 18 ib s These students of Mr. Jones’ Machine Calculation class are drilling on a mul- tiplication exercise to gain skill in the use of the proper technique of the touch system. Students are, Row 1: Gail Kurtz, Carole Hamell, Frances Pericolosi. Row 2: Beverly Rising, Patricia Kuras, Mary Si- mone. Row 3: Bruce Camp- bell and Ann Donnellan.