Dekalb High School - Kalibre Yearbook (Dekalb, IL)

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COMMERCE lersomfzeulzon of our modern Ilft These reall rramed devotees of commtrce HE objectlve of business educatxon ln the hlgh school IS a basxc understandmg of the general prlncxples underlymg the organlza txon of busmess together wrth tra1n1ng 1n certam techmcal skllls for lmmednate use T h e bookkeepmg course IS a two semester subject The Hrst part IS a study of busmess orgamzatlon as 1nter preted by slmple book keepxng records 'lhe econd semester develops a more extenslve under standlng of bookkeep mg techmque wlth the emphasis upon the ob jectxve of bookkeepnng as a tool for efliclent busmess management The busmess arlthmetrc course IS a one sem ester subject A thorough revlew of the funda mental processes Qaddltron subtractron multl pllcatron dxvxsxon and common and declmal fractlonsj IS followed by a study of typlcal busmess problems Actual performance of the dut1es of an office worker IS requ1red ln the stenographxc depart ment D1ctat1on and transcrlptxon constxtute the major portlon of the work Each student IS requxred to cut a stencxl and run nt off on the mlmeograph to make telephone calls and know the types of servlce offered by the telephone company to have a thorough knowledge of telegraph systems and the classes of service offered to be famlllar wxth postal regulatrons and letter forms to make out reports mlnutes of meetmgs and outllnes to tabulate matter correct from rough draft to know how to MISS BEARHOPE wrlte different types of letters such as 3ppllC'l t1on adjustment credxt collectxon etc Accu racy and speed 1n the performance of all work IS emphaswed T h e possxb1l1t1es ln dxfferent lxnes of work and the personal quallficatlons necessary to attaln success 1n each are dlscussed Students are grven opportunxtles to do practxcal work ln school and nn busmess offices m the e1ty The department apprecxates the coopera t1on of the busmess men of DeKalb mn ac Miss LARSON ceptxng IIS students Throughout the entxre department the arm of educatlng for busmess lS carrled out Two years of shorthand and typmg one semester of commercxal arrthmetlc one year of bookkeep mg and one semester of commerclal geography are gxven The enrollment ln the commerclal department has grown steadlly It was necessary to add another teacher thls year to satlsfy the demand for more classes There are approxlmately two hundred fifty students IH the department MISS Mlna Bearhope teaches shorthand typ lng and commerclal geography Mnss Etta Larson teaches typing bookkeeplng and com merclal ar1thmet1c MISS Madge Belts teaches typlng and shorthand MISS BELTS Seventeen ,l- ' , 1 ' , we ' 1 n n 1 x 1 x s . 1 1 . . . . . , e ' . , . . . . , , , . . . . . . . , , - Y . . . w - j W . . ' sf . . . J 1 1 . l - .. . s r . . , t. . . vv- - s . . . . . ' . . ' v 1 v ' . . . .. . ' L 1 v v y . 1 . e r v x x 1 - r Q . s v . Q ' , ss - f v Q r . ' v .

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,119 HDUSEHOLD ARTS Cxuculund man cannot lute Lculhoul cooks Our qnulesl lesson lb nu! how to make a lzuunq But hott to mah: a home EVER before has the world so fully realuzed the tremendous umportance of the use of the rught foods un the duet as at the present tume 'I lee study of foods theur prepa Way of servung them us now unuversally regard cd as a xutal part of the home makung traunung of gurls lt us the aum of thc study un foods and ratuon and the correct duets to guve the reasons for doung thungs un a sumple easuly compre hended way to guve durect complete unstruc tuons un the methods of manupulatuon f the materuals and processes and to guve ample op portunuty for applyung thus knowledge through the servung of meals at school and at home Guests are unvuted for meals un order that they may see the progress of the gurls and that the gurls may experuencc practucal work un socual lunes MISS PAL LINE JONIES Home plannung us the study of the problems unvolved un the organuzatuon and conduct of a well trauned home and uncludes the fundament al facts pertaunung to household finances house selectuon furnushungs and equupment fam ly health the care and traunung of chuldren and the socual and personal relatuonshups of famuly members That culture and socual traunung whuch are essentual to busuness and to modern socuety are unculcated unto the dauly habuts of the students Muss Paulune Jones trauns the gurls un foods and un home plannung The clothung course aums at the better devel Suxteen opment of knowledge habuts skulls attutudes and udeals Its objectuves are to develop the economuc hyguenuc and aesthetuc phases of clothung to cmphasuze those facts that wull make Wuse selectuon un rcady to wear clothung possuble to develop unutuatuve and the abuluty to form Judgments un sclectung clothung to establush good habuts of work wuth textules to establush good practuces un shoppung to develop skulls lle gurl to create a spurut of cooperatuon f open mundcdness of cheerfulness and of confl dence un the attutude toward problems as they aruse and to establush udeals that wull help the gurl luve her dauly lufe more ruchly more Wuse ly and more happuly un her home and un the s o c 1 a l and busuness worlds Each year an exhubut us made of the best work done by the gurls un thus department O n l y very practucal work us done and the degree of dufllculty un thus work uncreases as the qualuty of the work of the student umproves Mrs Sadue Raddatz unstructs the gurls un cloth ung work The beauty of the house IS order the bles sung of the house us contentment the glory of the house us hosputaluty the crown of the house us godluness MRS RADDATZ als Dk Pk bk elf A hundred men can make an encampment but ut requures a woman to make a home l , . !' T, . . . Av 5 Tu '-du , ,. ,... '. - uw ' uf u' I u u h 1- , V' . X X . I 1 Q ' 7 . . . . . commensurate wuth the needs and the abuluty of . . -' t ' : ' ' , o I . x , ' u V ' . ' I O . . - 1 ' ' , ' u v M ' ,

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VOCATIONS Theirs Indeed lht' freedom of lhe' pre'ss--W The kr'1ole'Ie't1ge of its !L'l'h77lL'tIIIlli'S. Sklllei u. rhers H7 the lleld of eetle el Their url to them IS pleasure Printing l-IREI: YEARS of lndustrlal arts are offered Manual trllnlng glwen h first prlntlng the sec ond and auto mech AHICS the thlrd The prlntlng class taught by Mr Paul Wlnters alms to ac quaint the student wlth the prlnclples of ty pography to improve the cltlzenshlp of a student to teach hlm the art of MR XVIIN1lRb through the press and sentlals of b a l a n c e There IS one capaclty class which prlnts the forms f1CkQIS and post ers for school and office use Vocational Agrlculture The ultimate objec tlves for vocational agrl MR ILRR culture are to prepare students for efficient production and disposal of agricultural products to traln prospectlwe farm ers for conservative production of marketable products at mlnlmum cost to develop ln each student prlde of skllled labor ln hls occupation to create and nurture a love of country llfe to encourage recreatlonal and educational actlvltles Eighteen IU vocational agrlcul ture to encourage co operative effort lmong agricultural students Mr P Nl Furr teaches three years of agrleul ture The freshm n study solls and crops the sophomor s inlmal husbandry d the lunlors and senlors lt d d pou ry an alrxlng MR WILSON Manual Training lndustrlal arts teaches character bulldlng and self reliance through lndlvldual work If glVLS the students the experience of success through contacts with fellow students under llfe condl tlons Mechanical drafting teaches the lmportance of thls phase of the work as the language of lndustry lts value as an occupation IS stressed lf serves to g1VC actual experience ln the us of drafting tools lnstruments and materials lt provldes delinlte experlence ln the proper hand llng of Wood working tools machlnery and materials used ln the lndustry lt h lps develop an appreclatlon of the processes and products of the varlous woodworking trades Each year an exhlblt IS made of the best work done by the boys ln thls department Onlv very practical work IS done and the degree of dllliculty ID thls work lncreases as the qulllty of the work of the student lmpfOVQS lVlr Ralph Wilson and Mr James H fl rees offer two years of manual tralnlng 'e 'lm ' K' V ' r . e , .' ' is ' 'D t e ' A ' e ' , . I J L ' , . . , an 1 , ' ' , V Y ' A , x . e ' ', ' , ' 1 , 3. . . . A , , 3 l , B 3 ' ' I X COITIPOSIUS and the 09' a visible accomplishments: it makes possible social 1 - I - 3 'A . 7 .- ' l - I 7 1 Y 3 Y 7 - . . ' I I 'D ' 3 . , I 4 I , 2 . . 1 - . l , J - 1 1 V3 - ' I D I I