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

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Stenography, a two-year course, not only teaches students the techniques of shorthand, but also helps them to develop skill in typing and office procedures. Industriously transcribing their shorthand notes are Dawna McKay, Marilyn Simpson, Linda Monson, Patricia Gebo in their Stenography II class. Senior Suzanne Parent is learning one of the first steps in the filing proce- dure. Seniors take Filing as part of a three-division course in Office Practice

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The College Preparatory course contains a wide variety of subjects for the college-bound stu- dent. The C. P. student may also take a combination course with stenography or bookkeeping, en- abling him to succeed in both college and outside employment. 25 SPAIN ¢ SA. Above: Senorita Diane Leone shakes her maraccas while Senior Bob Rosso serenades her. A foreign language is one of the requirements for college students. Left: Conspiring against Mr. Wilder in Chemistry | class are Marilyn Bourgeois, Nancy Tilley, and Carolyn Ugolini, who are creating a secret formula.

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Studying a copy of the Declara- tion of Independence, which was part of the Freedom Train display, are stenography stu- dents Ida Vandal, Elsa Cressotti, Robert Morana, Kathy St. Marie, Is CONGRESS. Jews ox and Dolores Maratea in their ea nntelins ving ane i American History class. This Spe Se document and many other mile- stones of our country’s history were on exhibit. Kathleen Rourke is show operating a ditto machine, Mr. Jones, our Machine Calculation teacher, demon- while Gladys Sterner observes. Students are also strates the fundamentals of operating a Friden cal- taught how to prepare stencils in the two-marking- culator, one of the most vital machines in the busi- period Duplication course. ness world. Seniors in the picture are Karen Ken- nedy, Lynn Rogers, and Denise Brunet. 27