Crown Point High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Crown Point, IN)

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SWITCHBOARDS, TYPEWRITERS LEAD TO Sally Stroup, one of CPHS ' s student switchboard oper¬ ators, keeps a tangle of wires and incoming-outgoing telephone ca lls straight. As students progress in school, one thing be¬ comes apparent—they begin to take interest in areas that will someday become their life work. Vocational counseling is employed to establish the courses students will follow, and individual curriculum is planned accordingly. Each year the business course is pursued by a good portion of the student body. Several subjects, on different levels, make up this commercial study plan. Freshmen are able to begin with general business, in which they plan trips, keep expense accounts, and ven¬ ture on other similar projects. Business math also gives practice in the art of account-keep¬ ing. Students who are at least sophomores have opportunity to take typing, either busi¬ ness or personal. Paye twenty

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Qualities of leadership, academic achieve¬ ment, personality, ability, and citizenship were factors weighed when the Daughters of the American Revolution’s model citizen was chosen. These same qualities were important in all excellence awards won by CPHS’ers throughout the year . Prime examples of this point were the junior Rotarians, Rotary-Anns, and Kiwanians, selected by the local Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs to participate in their pro¬ grams. The Betty Crocker Homemaker and the National Merit Scholarship finalists also demonstrated superior characteristics in their individual areas. CPHS EXCELLENCE B. Lundgren, S. Yarnell, A. Nagy, H. Morris, T. Toyler, B. Fotch, D. Glassford. Fourth row, D. Smith, D. Ropp, R. Buehler, D. Costin, J. Brocke, R. Schmidt, J. Francis, T. Kolb. Noncy Anderson, alias Betty Crocker Homemaker of the Year, demonstrates her talents in home economic class. Page nineteen

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COMMERCIAL CAREERS A second year of “key pounding” is offered to develop greater speed. This is also true of shorthand. Additional classes, such as book¬ keeping and business law, complete the di¬ mensions of commercial study. Some students taking the course receive extra credits for actual office work in school. Helping out in the cafeteria, switchboard area, guidance, nurse ' s, attendance, and main offices, they acquire insight as to how their future jobs will be. By enrolling in the business course, students may become directly prepared for their careers. Bobbie Broomheod odvonces her dictation speed in short¬ hand class to the voice of the tape recorder. Second-year typists pound the keyboard to perfect skills of speed and accuracy while taking a proficiency test.