Durham High School - Messenger Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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T' f1,f' D E P A R T M E N rl l3Us1NEss-LIKE procedure in every detail is the keynote of the Tlurhani Clonnnercnd Ileparv ment. Its superiority in every phase is a source of pride to each student of Durham High School. Every moment in the business class- rooms is fully occupied as each forty-Five min- utes flies by. The steady pace seldom lags. Only occasionally is a class interrupted by an an- nouncement from the Commercial Club Cabinet or by Miss Solloway, rushing in to tell of some nexv acccnntdishnaent naade by rule of her prize graduates. There are eight instructors in the department, three of whom teach in the junior high schools of the city where elementary business principles amtdkummd m dm Cemxd Bmhmw dawm. This task of starting boys and girls on their liusniess careers is die nib of Ddiss Laiuise lierry of the Central Iunior High School, Mrs. Louise Crowder Rightsell of liast Durham, and Mrs. Margaret Noell Dailey of E. K. Powe. Six classes in Shorthand and Typing are held ckuly here ai Senior Iiigh xvnh chcnnion,tran- scnptknp and speed tems,ten in Bookkeeping, one in Commercial Law, and two in Office Ijractice. Miss Solloway, who has been the head of the department for a number of years is, without a doubt, the 'ibackbonel' of every enterprise under- taken near the commercial olhce. One can readily account for her capable management of everyone and every- thing with a glance at her training- teacher naining xvork atthe Phihulek phia Business College, Iohns Hopkins, Temple, Duke, and Harvard Univer- sities, and the Universities of Pennsyl- vania and Southern California. The special held of Miss Thompson, who received her B.A. from Converse and hastakmiconunenid Uannngtn Bowling Green Business College, is in- structing students in typewriting. She is ai charge of advanced typexvrning y and serves the school as no other per- l son could through the typing of the PAGE 28

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DF ENGLISH Because reading is so indispensable to success nithe vocauonsti hfe,basniskiHsin each type are stressed. Since it is so well known that the inteHigent use of the hbrary B essenthd in naodl ern life, courses in library instruction are oFfered bytheldwadantnulthe Enghshtawhem. The department now otTers two electives to diose sttulents xvhtmliave talent for creative alnl- ity aknig journahsnc and draniaue hnes TTun diese ctiurses luive scdtl dieniselves xvell is seen in the demand for and results obtained from the work. 'fo stnnidate groxvth in lnerary achieven1ent thatis deMrable,lQnghsh teachersccnuluctextnv curdcidar acnviues at die lhighsh held. livery teacher at the xvhcde departnient is adviser for one or more of these. In our own Durham High Miss Wyoline Hanson and R. F.. Freeman are advisers for the Missssmzmt staff: H. T. Gibson and Miss Herr for the Hz'-Rocket staff: R. C. Walser for the Mummers' Dramatic Club: Miss Lelia Hampton for the Cornelia Spencer Lit- erary Society and recitation contest: Miss lielle Ilannunnp the Southgate Laterary Soek1y,gnid Bibs Iierg the Page Iaterary Socnny. This versatility of the teachers may be due to then'extenMve acadennc uuining. 'fhen'record is as follows: Miss Herr: l3.S., Columbia Uni- versity: A.M., Columbia University: Graduate VVork, Lhnverhty of Pennsylvanhn B465 Tian- son: fXJ5, Cleorgia State CkmHege for XNU1n1en: A.M., George Peabody College for 'Teachersgflnuhune VVork,IJuke and Vanderbilt Universities. Mr. R. ll. Freeman: AJS., Furman University: A.M., Duke University. Miss Lelia Hampton: AJS., W. C. U. N. C.g fX.h4., llniversity tif Titntli Clarolniaz Graduate NVork, Duke University. Mr. Harvey T. Gibson: A.l3., Furman University: A.M., Duke University. Miss Belle Hampton: A.l5., W. C. U. TJ.CI. h4r.XNHdser:IDavidson Ckdlegeg A.B., A.M., University of North Caro- lina: Cambridge University flings- landj: Duke University: School of TDranaa, llniversity of Plorth Clarolina. PAGE 27 lla I.. HA xi 1-'rox FRI-ii-:xi xx

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' COMMERCE school paper, The HI'-Rocket, and the annual, THE MEssENeER. Besides performing many such jobs which have helped Durham High to func- tion more successfully, Miss Thompson, this year, was in charge of the typing of four thou- sand envelopes for the Red Cross Campaign- an outstanding community service. Mrs. Merritt, a from Winthrop who has done graduate work at Columbia, is another one of our favorites. Because of her unusually amiable disposition and her personal interest in the students, we were in hopes of having her for a number of years. ln Ianuary, however, when she became Mrs. Merritt, it was all we could do to keep her with us this last semester. Mrs. Merritt specializes in the teaching of Ofhce Practice. In her classes, students are trained to do actual olfice work. Booklets, discussions, and typed reports are made on different phases of business, including filing, travel, and sten- ographic qualifications. The library is freely used to secure information on all aspects of busi- ness to which the student will be initiated upon graduation. Mr. Grubbs and Mr. Scott, both graduates of Bowling Green Business College, are in the ac- countancy department. This year has meant the use and adoption of state textbooks and the building up of a new course of study. Durham High students will go out well pre- pared in the field of accountancy he- cause of the conscientious work of these two men. The culmination of every efifort in the commercial classrooms comes in the spring with the state contests. For several years Durham High students have been entered-it is needless to say that they have won many honors. The members of the advanced short- hand classes have been so outstanding that they deserve special mention, for they have won in the contest four times in the last ten years. Indeed, half of Durham High would be gone if we were to omit the Com- mercial Department! PACE 29