East High School - Echoes Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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TANGO MUSIC can be heard in typ- ing classes during the time tests more fre- quently than in modem dance classes. The use of music teaches students to type rhyth- mically and more efliciently. The 10 in- structors who comprise the business de- partment staff strive to train Aces for high degrees of skill in typing, shorthand, and bookkeeping. These skills form a general business education which enables students to carry on their daily business activities with more ease. Classes in secretarial training and cler- ical practice prepare career-minded Aces to hold jobs in the business world after graduation. The department also provides W advanced courses for students who are looking for further business studies in col- MOCK SALES such as the one demonstrated by Paul Oliver, ,64, and Patsy Jones, '64, teach retail selling students the knack lege- In the industrial W01'1d Of today the of gettmg along Wlth Customers- business department offers courses which enable students to compete successfully. BUSZNKSS- Ojgee Praetzces Challenge Novzee Clerks, Seeretarzes TWO WORDS MORE and Illl have 80 words a LETS SEE NOW, does the squiggle go on the right minute, thinks Judy Oakes, '66, as she takes a time or the left side of the 'g'?', ponders Sue Harned, '64, test. in her shorthand class. 28

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MACHINERY HUMS as Floyd Law, Marvin Resser, and Vincent Dickerson, all ,66, carry out projects in East's machine shop. NEW is the word that keeps East High Schoolas vocational and industrial arts department at its best. Improved teaching methods have been introduced which coordinate courses. In order to con- nect basic principles with their practical applications, the physics teacher is also teaching auto mechanics. A course in technical electronics and the equipment for this class have been introduced, while several arc welders, a lathe, and two off- set presses have been added to the depart- ment this year. The vocational section includes 454- Aces who receive training on the job as well as in the classroom. Seniors holding outside jobs in related fields get school cred- it for the hours they work. The 13 voca- tional teachers strive to produce skilled tradesmen in their chosen fields. The Industrial arts section presents a general vocational education involving ex- periences which explore the Helds of in- dustrial occupations. The 650 students taking industrial arts courses perfect skills in the care and use of common tools. Gilbert Lietz, indutrial arts woodworking teacher, brought honor to this department at East when he was presented the Kansas Industrial Education Teacher award for 1964. Vocational Arts Bqis Work With Tools, Learn Skills A NEW LATHE added to the vocational department this year is operated by Marvin Resser, '66. 5 '

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ARISTOTLFRS REPUBLIC, the War of 1812, and current happenings in Berlin are a few of the topics discussed by the 2101 Aces enrolled in the social studies department at East High School. To pro- mote a better understanding and knowl- edge of social systems, history, and govern- ment, the 13 social studies teachers offer eight educational courses to Aces. With the help of the American Observer Newspaper, juniors become acquainted with the past and present events in Amer- ican history. In government classes seniors are taught basic political theory and the workings of government on the local, state, and national level. Supplementing the state-required courses of American history and government are classes in sociology, psychology, world history, and world geog- TRYING TO DISCOVER THE REAL HIM, Ron Kirk- patrick, '64-, studies a Rorshach inkblot test used by psycholo- raphy. The newly-introduced economics gists' and global history courses complete East High School's social studies curriculum. Soczal Slfudllidf- Mongz, Mobs, Margfrs, Maps Fascinate Aces HELP! pleads Galy Thompson, '64, to John Dot- son, '64, as he fumbles blindly through a psychology IIIBZC. BRUSHING UP on recent world happenings, Paul Herrick, ,64, crams for a current events test.