Dominican Commercial High School - Angelicus Yearbook (Jamaica, NY)

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Patricia Deeley, Teresa Laraouso, Nancy Palmer, Maryellen Coleman, Patricia Pausha, Monica Gallagher, and Elaine Gallagher take daily timed writings to increase their speed and accuracy. As the standard of living mounts ever higher and as automation in offices and industry becomes evermore prevalent, the capable secretary becomes a prime neces- sity for successful management. To mould this capable secretary, to offer the business World the Kfinishedv stu- dent, Dominican presents a program of four years of special training. Against a backdrop of Christian thought and practice, bolstered by a Wide reading program, complexed by the study of history, challenged by math, the DCite pushed ahead with typewriting, stenography, and all -the skills of the modern secretary: telephone and telegram tech- niques, traveling arrangements, bookkeeping, employer's personal taxes, social amenities, mail, the handling of special typing problems, the mechanics of business let- ters. Surrounding these hovered the ever present, the omnipresent ideal: the cultured young lady-Well- groomed, Well-spoken, well-balanced. '-:Q 1 'v I Fi 'ill lllili ills Sophomores: Irene Jordan and Helen Mancini strive, as do all DCites to earn a place on the school's typing honor roll,

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CC 1 How use doth breed a babil in a man. U As job deadlines approach, office practice students Karen Lo Vaglio, Elaine Solony, M ary Joyce, and Rosemary Leagus spend busy minutes at uFT1:d611,,, Marchant, and Smith-Corona. 5 Sister Mary Charity, O.P. Sister George Bernard, O-P . , ' S beets Sccretarzal Department, Clzazrmang Business U I Business Subjects

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I A 635. Trained in the principles of business law, Kathleen Somerville, Louisa Fink and Eileen Schurr will know what to expect and what to do in living under the law. To master substantive LAVV to the point where one can act as her own legal advisor in money business transactions spells out one of the purposes of the law course. The contents of the program included: common types of contracts, nego- tiable instruments, insurance, bailments, torts, regulations concerning motor vehicle operation and insurance, property ownership and management, types of business organizations, and courts and their functions. Technicalities abounded, but students persevered realizing that mastery here would ensure successful handling of current, practical situations in the business of living. In their study of BOOKKEEPING students sought to develop habits of order and clear-thinking that will be useful in any field of activity. The instructions in account keeping, posting, financial statement such as profit and loss statements and balance sheets, petty cash books and pay roll with its accompanying tax problems all helped to answer the need for efficiency and preparedness in the world of business, be it large or small. Sister Mary Aquinas, O.P. Law Department, Chairman, Business Sulrjeets, Yearbook Busine.s's Manager