E J Cooper High School - Talons Yearbook (New Hope, MN)

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Mr. William Kopp Dexterous fingers are an asset in developing skills in the use of business education equipment. By utilizing adding machines, answers are computed for bookkeeping lessons. Kathy Hcnrickson inserts the spirit fluid container before using the ditto master machine. Miss Phyllis Nelson Mr. Randall Pemberton Mrs. Martha Shank Mrs. Harriet Wilson 23

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Business Trains Students For Office Vocations Mr. Elroy Bosshart Mrs. Susan Bye Through the extensive use of electric equipment, business education students learned skills for future occupations or personal use. To develop finer techniques, students used equipment in the business resource rooms during their unscheduled mods. The open shorthand laboratory, equipped with twenty-eight stations, allowed each student to work at his own pace. To promote classroom interest, Miss Jane Zaker, a representative from the Mary Lowe Charm School, spoke on good grooming. Also, a lecture on data transmission was delivered by Mr. John Case of the Northwestern Bell Company. Fifty seniors participated iii the distributive and office education programs. These plans allow students to attend school and also to work part time. Mr. Thomas Gagnon Mrs. Mary Hanson Mrs. I A) is Johnson 22 Practical techniques and the essentials of the business world are learned through careful calculations by Jeanne Burg as she works independently with the adding machine. Mr. Raymond Karhu

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Through expressive gestures senior Mike Stanchfield relates a vivid experience. Group moderator David Cummings leads manities class while class members Dean the discussion of Death of a Salesman in hu-Huringrud and Kevin Tidemann listen attentively. Drama Humanities Analyze Theater And Arts Developing speech skills within the framework of one’s personality was the aim of the speech course. To acquire poise and speaking assurance, each student was involved in a speaking situation every week. Drama attempted to give the students a background in all phases of the theater. Through a series of student-produced plays, students were able to apply their knowledge of acting, directing, technical know-how. and theater history. Grasping an understanding of ancient and modern man was the goal of the humanities course. The works of such varied authors as Karl Marx, Aristotle, and Arthur Miller were the “textbooks” used to examine the complexities of mankind as term projects taxed students’ imaginations. 24