Crystal City High School - Crystalite Yearbook (Crystal City, MO)

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and Personal Fulfillment 1 RICHARD RICHARD BARDON BERRY B. S. Southwest B. S. ,M.A. Mo. State Northeast Mo. State Felix Dukes is trim- ming a hammer handle on the metal lathe. Keith Sanders is busily cutting a piece of wood on the drill press. General Shop is the first basic course of industrial arts offered at Crystal High. In this course students work in all areas of industrial arts. Metalworking involves the use of metal in construction projects, metal lathes, arc welding, and sheet metal pro- jects. Students learn to coordinate minds, hands, and machine in the construction of small portable wood objects to home furn- ishings in the wood working classes. A course in drafting is a necessity for students who plan to enter the technical fields of construction and engineering. Mr. Berry makes a suggestion to Don Gau about his Bar- b-Que fork in metals class. David Barrett is putt- ing the finishing touches on his night stand in general shop. 2 5 Terry Govero and Dale Pratt study a problem in drafting.

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Education Pays Dividends in Higher Earnings Students in 4th hour typing class busily type their class assign- ments. Diana Ball is filing materials in secre- tarial practice. Karl Blaha uses an adding machine to balance his work in bookkeeping. Secretarial practice student Mary Ziegle- meyer transcribes from the dictaphone. DONALD HICKMAN B.S. Southwest Mo. State M. S. Arkansas State PAULINE GRUBER B.S. Arkansas State Peggy Hooker transcribes her short- hand notes on the typewriter. The five business education courses offered at Crystal help students prepare for their future occupations. Typing teaches the student the basic steps of learning the keyboard. Speed and accuracy at typewriter is emphasized. Shorthand stresses the importance of dictation and transcription. Secretarial practice can be called a polishing course which helps students build their typing and dictation speeds. Bookkeeping helps the student learn the basic debit and credit system that is used in all bookkeeping records. Basic business is essentially a study of the common learnings that relate to the daily business activities of people. These experimental units include: budgeting, buy- ing wisely, keeping a checking account, using credit facilities, saving money, making investments, and buying insurance protection.

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Foreign Language Imparts Culture 3T Two foreign language classes are offered at Crystal City High School this year. Over 100 stu- dents attend French and Spanish classes under the instruction of Mrs. Albano. The classes are given culture of France and Spain as well as the important grammar points. At Christmas time the French and Spanish classes joined together to sing Christmas Carols in both languages. The study of foreign language is becoming increasingly popluar at Crystal. MRS. LUCY ALBANO M.A., St. Louis University French 1, 11 Spanish 1, 11 Four French students, (left to right) 4} David LeCompt, Nancy Malusky, Mary - Kratochwil, and Harold Goff, study hard for midterm exams. £6 30