Dowagiac Central High School - Wahoo Yearbook (Dowagiac, MI)

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14 Busy Bus:ness Booster Heap b:g chuef over the commerc:al department :s M:ss Ela:ne Sheltraw Rooms 210 and 2'l'l are devoted to commerc:al tra:n:ng and work M:ss Shewchuck and M:ss Thomas are the two other teachers work:ng w:th M:ss Sheltraw Shellys classes consust of shorthand typ:ng and office pract:ce mostly made up of g:rls Both the shorthand and typ:ng classes are composed of second year students The second year shorthand :sts don t have much trouble gett:ng the curves to curve consequently work:ng a great deal on d:ctat:ons F:ve m:nute d:ctat:ons are often held everyone str:v:ng for s:xty to 120 words per m:nute As :n other advanced typ:ng classes legal documents statements and post cards are typed More practucal typ:ng :s also done such Us typ:ng :nvo:ces monthly statements form letters and tabulat:ons These are bound to come :n handy sometame whether work:ng :n an office or not M:ss Sheltraw :s co ord:nator of the co operat:ve program wh:ch :s :nnovated th:s year F:fteen g:rls from the commerc:al department are chosen to work :n var:ous offices These g:rls have the:r school classes :n the morn :ng devot:ng the:r afternoons to office work They work for I' Ela:ne Sheltraw several teachers and :n the offices of var:ous agenc:es and fac tones :n the commumty Offices located at the Dowag:ac Steel Furnace Co Heddon Ba:ts The Fa:r Store Burl:ngame s Wolver :ne Insurance Co Tr:ple A Monaghan Insurance and Prem:er cla:m some of these g:rls Shellys gu:dance of the program :s a real success and she hopes that :t may be expanded :n the comung years The office pract:ce group learns how to run mach:nes such as the d:tto m:meograph, and gelat:n dupl:cator All these mach:nes are located :n the two rooms of the commerc:al department d:v:ded from the regular class room Theres also a var:ety of addlng and comput:ng mach:nes Shelly and her commerc:al :tes run off announcements for us also makmg our play programs and programs for the Chrnstmas and spr:ng vocal fest:vals and the band concert F:eld tr:ps and speakers are also on the agenda to help students :n the:r office technlque Men from the Wolver:ne Insurance Co and Amersdorfer s Insurance talk to the commer c:al :tes on the quollficatlons necessary for a good office worker Another essent:al :tem for a good office worker :s learned :n office pract:ce when telephone :nterv:ews are rehearsed Th:s :s done so mnstakes wont be made on the :ob A tr:p to Ch:cago :s on the agenda for Apr:l The Ill:no:s Bell Telephone Co Gra:n Exchange and the Gregg College are v:s:ted Topp:ng off the day :s dunner at the Normandy House Shelly s fr:endIy adv:ce and help are always welcomed by he sen:ors She also :s faculty adv:sor for the Commerc:al Club a act:ve organ:zat:on of sen:or g:rls :nterested an the bus:ness field Joyce Thomas Commercral Capers The blond of the commerc:al departments b:g three :s M:ss Joyce Thomas M:ss Thomas has classes of bookkeep:ng typ:ng shorthand and Bus:ness Engl:sh to cope w:th Her day beg:ns w:th a class of advanced typ:ng These typusts cl:ck the:r way through legal documents and statements An other lesson that proves to be worth wh:le :s learn:ng how to type post cards At first the first year shorthand :sts have trouble try:ng to get l:nes to turn to curves correctly but w:th a b:t of pers:stence and M:ss Thomas coach:ng results worth not:ng are obtamed The first year shorthand members orgamze a club w:th M:ss Thomas as sponsor The profits earned from sell:ng :ce cream bars cook :es and candy net a tr:p to Ch:cago The bookkeepers have a bullet:n board wh:ch they attend to On :t we may see some of the notebooks they have made In these are l:sted all the :mpor tant processes of bookkeep:ng that have been learned In her Bus:ness Englush class a struggle for the betterment of grammer takes place Mondays are devoted to :mprov:ng vocabulary and the spellnng of :t Here varlous types of bus:ness letters are stud:ed and notebooks conta:n:ng them are also made M:ss Thomas chores do not end w:th her classes for she :s adv:sor to the cheerleaders and has two classes of baton tw:rlers under her d:rect:on We can often hear her pract:c:ng w:th the cheer leaders as we stroll by the aud:tor:um or gym M:ss Thomas :s also head of the pep meet:ng comm:ttee wh:ch :s someth:ng new at D H S It :s :n charge of all sk:ts for the basketball and football games The cheerleaders fpart of the pep comm:tteeJ co operate w:th the d:fferent clubs and organ:zat:ons around D H S to pre sent these sk:ts Each club or group of students must s:gn up before hand for the game whose pep meet:ng they des:re S:nce so many g:rls turned out for baton lessons the four tw:rlers p:cked for the band next year were chosen on a compet:t:ve bas:s Last but not least M:ss Thomas helps adv:se the Freshman class SESSION of bookkeep:ng

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'Ds 1' i Art- ful Students with their noses pressed against the display window near 201 are probably struggling for a better look at the art departments latest work. D.H.S. artists display various kinds of artistic talent here. It may include soap or wood carving, painting, chalk drawings or work done with plastics. Margaret Hunter serves as guardian of the artists' haven, 2O'l, working with both iunior and senior high Picasso's . As Christmas approaches we are bombarded with offers for greeting cards which art students have made and are selling. The climax of the year is reached in the giant art exhibit held in May. Happy faces are seen as their owners have their artistry displayed. Miss Hunter and her troupe help on the artistic end of our dramatic and musical productions. Margaret Hunter Inspired Instrumental-ist Hippin' it up at the pep meetings and football games is the D.H.S. Band directed by Robert Hippensteel. Hip is one at our old standbys, teaching here now for several years. Most of Mr. Hippensteel's worries center around the band and concert it presents every spring. However he does take time out from these duties to teach a class of junior high math. Hip gets a wee bit angry with these math students once in a while, but for the most part they're pretty good l?D. First, second, and third hours are spent instructing future band members or members that are iust trying to improve. He allows us to practice in the aud during our study halls. One of the highspots in the spring concert is the presentation of Swanee River. It is narrated by Carol Deming, while the band plays various versions of it to suit the different parts of the country she is talking about. Our officers we elected at the beginning of the year were: Ralph Myrkle, president, and Gloria Bowman, vice-president. There are also several librarians. With the coming of spring Mr. Hippensteel can be seen coaching the tennis team. Vocal Versafality Busy as a bee serves as an excellent description of Antoinette Ash, who keeps things humming in the singing dep't. Under her baton are the Symphonettes, titty girls who received training in the girls glee club previous to their entrance. Twice a week the mixed chorus works out . A group of boys plus the Symphonettes compose this movement , The Christmas spirit is kindled as the mixed chorus partakes in a song fest. Huge glass slides pertaining to the Yuletide season are described in song by the Chorus as the climax of the evenings entertainment. Our musical extrava- ganza is presented in May with the entire mixed chorus partici- pating. The stage is converted into a Japanese garden for this occasion. The boys lending their voices to the mixed chorus are: B. Biek, C. Biek, D. Bussler, B. Chambers, R. Chamberlain, L. Cox, T. Downey, K. Deal, D. Fox, W. Garrett, F. Howard, D. Hillman, K. Johnson, D. Merwin, J. Pullin, B. Rose, F. Ross, J. Ross, E. Schalm, K. Shultz, L. Toney, L. Urick, M. Wright, C. Dew, J. Gillen, D. Hedges, L. North, W. Rigterink, D. Stephenson, B. Strome, F. Rasmussen, and R. Raiford. V 1 4 f ' 'X ,f'sl...Ilsc, . ,ff fl xx l ,f' K -, , . ,ff !. cf! if! DN - ,-,, 'f' ? LU Slidin' point on Singing Symphonettes Oh, Christmas tree -S ! t i