Commerce High School - Ledger Yearbook (Yonkers, NY)

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lliiiee Machine In Office Machines 3, pupils ac- quire a workable knowledge of full keyboard and ten-key electric posting machines, and table style calculators. This subject is a requirement for Ma- chines 4. In Machines 4, there is a wide variety of modern business machinesg such as, electric typewriters, billing and adding machines, comptometers, hand driven and electric calculators. Pupils receive intensive and con- centrated training chines they have the pupils operate chines with such them secure posit business world. on the maior mia- selected. By June many business ma- skill that most of ons in the modern if Ngkwi 55? Book Keeping Students become familiar with the terms used in bookkeeping, simple state- ments, ledgers, iournals, posting, and closing of a set of books in the beginning course. The advanced bookkeeping groups learn single -proprietorship and partner- ship entries. They learn how to analyze statements for the purpose of conducting a business more efficiently. The students are prepared to handle a complete set of books for a small business and to per- form the specialized bookkeeping re- quired in larger corporations where the work is broken down into specialized departments. Also, they are familiar with work sheets, petty cash books, income tax forms and pay rolls.

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ecretarial Clerical practice students are competent to type from 30 to AO words per minute and to take dictation at 70 words per minute. They have skill in the use of calculating and adding ma- chines, A. B. Dick and Marr mimeograph ma- chines, and the Ditto duplicating machines. They have been trained to make payrolls, keep stock records, filing, and banking procedures. They have also been trained in the use of the Edison Voice Writer and Mail-A-Voice machines and the use of the telephone. Proper office procedure and attire are continuously stressed. Self-responsibility is one of the most important keynotes in this course. This laboratory type course is given to pupils who have completed two years of Gregg Shorthand. The pupils receive training which enables them to en- ter a business office with training as file, stock, record, stencil, office, iob clerks, and office managers. They are trained to take dictation at 120 words per minute and should have a typing speed of 50 words per minute. The various types of office work are covered. A pupil passing Secretarial Practice should be able to take his place in a business office without further on the iob training. - in-all Iii ll Q Clerical JA- 71

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