Conway High School - Mirror Yearbook (Conway, SC)

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Sfficiency, accuracy important in ousincss Business education concentrates on secre- tarial and clerical training. Two years of typewriting and shorthand, and one year each of business English, bookkeeping, of- fice practice, and business arithmetic are offered. In planning its program, this de- partment considers the needs and interests of the students, the local business needs, and job opportunities. The Commerce Department aids school personnel and civic groups by typing and mimeographing examinations, programs, and year-books. Students serve as assistants in the offices of the superintendent and prin- cipal, gaining valuable experience and ren- dering a worthwhile service. Mrs. Anderson checks Drucilla Capps' efficiency in transcribing from the dictaphone. MIRIAM ANDERSON Commerce B. S., Winthrop Sponsor, Eleventh Grade FRANCES FLOYD Commerce B. S., Limestone Sponsor, F.B.L.A. MARGARET HOLLIDAY Commerce A. B., Georgetown College Sponsor, F.B.L.A. 1 85 Carolyn Holliday and Ginny Mar- shall ignore the cameraman and concentrate on a timed writing.

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P l N p K it x . af ,mt av' 1 ' -F'- ',, 1 3 Ls ggi x i' X + ' 2' ' . MJT- ff l 9 ' ' ' v,.4hSo+' r i , V ':?3g,.- L M . V . , .,.. , 3 ,E Ing. ity. -if .19 I 1GL-fi ' CECILE CANNON ,ff Home Economics B. S., Winthrop Sponsor, F. H. A. Making one's room more attractive is always a challenge. Barbara Ann Landon sews news draperies for her room and Velma Johnson fits shoes into the shoe bag' she made to hang on her closet door. Home ficonomies elevates standard of living Seven major areas-clothing, foods, child care, health and home nursing, home improvement, home management, and per- sonal home living are stressed in the three-year study of home economics. Supervised home projects, the Future Homemakers of Amer- ica program, and work with adults help to bring about better standards of living in the community. Continued efforts are being made to help pupils to see the important relationship between classroom instruction and real home making experi- ences. MARY C. HALL Home Economics B. S., Winthrop Sponsor, F.H.A. 'Nh MARTHA BRYAN Any room in the home can be made more beautiful with the proper flower Home Economim arrangement. Imogene Sanders, Selma Todd, and Hilda Stevens show three B S Lander attractive types. Spgnsgrv FJ-LA, 84

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GENAIR HUTCHINSON Agriculture B. S., Clemson Sponsor, F.F.A. LEE BIVINS Agriculture B. S., M. S., Clemson Sponsor, F.F.A, Early spring finds Mr. Hutchinson and his students staking beans which will be sold to raise funds for class projects. Agriculture encourages arm progress Developing agricultural leadership is the chief objective of the agriculture de- partment. Students are taught the prin- ciples of crop raising, methods of keep- ing farm records, the use and care of major farm tools, how to develop and maintain forest lands, and how to judge cattle and soil. Various projects related to farm im- provements are undertaken each year. Valuable to students is the pig chain through which many get a start in rais- mg their own pigs. This year the class hatched baby chicks in an incubator and 3 colored them a few days before they were ' born. , ,,,Lf-est' Lenair Brazier, Eugene Jordan, Wendell Beverly, Bill Nelson, Donnie Causey, and Sammy Paul put the fin- ishing touches on a pig feeder. 36