Eastern High School - Eastern Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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TYPEWRITING Typewri+ing is one of fhe mos+ imporranf courses laughf by +he Commercial Deparfmenf. I+ is a basic subiecf and meefs a wide- spread need in 'The business world. The srudenfs in +his class show fhai' correcf posfure and posifion are essenfial for accura+e and speedy fypewrifing. CODE PRACTICE Code Pracfice was in+roduced fo 'lrain s+uden+s in 'rhe basic principles of code and 1'ype work. If is 'raughl by Mrs. Akroyd by means of records which have groups of +he alphabef and num- bers wi+h +heir code characfers on fhem. When fhese are heard on +he phonograph, fhe s'I'uden+ immediafely 'Types +he leHer. Then The correcf le++er is given. The requiremen+ +o pass 'fhe course is +en words per minu+e. STENCILS Abiliry 'I'o cu+ a sfencil is a graduarion requiremenf of fhe Commercial Depar'I'- mem' and an essenfial parl' of mimeograph- ing. The commercial seniors are laughf +o cuf sfencils a+ +he beginning of +he +erm so +ha+ 'rhey can assisf wi+h 'lhe daily aHendance reporfs and o+her fimely maferial +ha+ has +o be mimeographed. A+ fhe leif, Ka+hryn Krause, Jack Sim, and Ray Dorbolo are culling slencils in con- necfion wi+h +he ra+ioning program. Miss Freeland is working ai' her desk in +he background.

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Eighfeen Ray Dorbolo Grace Leverenz OUTSTANDING COMMERCIAL STUDENTS The mosl' disfinguished commercial girl and boy sfudenfs of fhe June class selecfed by fhe Commercial Deparf- menf are Grace Leverenz and Ray Dorbolo. They bofh fool: fhe required commercial courses and complefed fheir worlc wifh greal' credif fo fhemselves and fhe deparfmenf. Each can fype befween 55 and 65 words per minufe and can fake dicfafion af fhe rafe of I00 words per minufe. COMMERCIAL Since fhe Vicfory Corps was infroduced af Easfern, fhe Commercial Deparfmenf has undergone many definife changes. The new program has been carried oul' under fhe supervision of Mr. Harold Sfarlc, head of fhe deparfmenf. Code Pracfice and Touch Typewrifing and a course in IZA Refresher Arifhmefic are new subiecfs infroduced by fhe deparfmenf under fhe Vicfory Corps program. Mrs. Lois Alcroyd feaches Code Pracfice and Touch Typewrifing, and Mr. James Eisele has charge of fhe Refresher Arifhmefic course. Sfudenfs show greaf inferesf in Code Pracfice and Touch Typewrifing, in many insfances reporfing fo class code messages broadcasf over fhe air. An examinafion in arifhmefic recenfly given by fhe Unifed Sfafes Navy fo high school seniors broughf ouf fhaf fhe average marlc was only SZW. The Commercial Deparfmenf is frying fo help remedy fhis poor showing of seniors by offering Refresher Arifhmefic fo IZA pupils af a fime when fhey are ready fo use if in business and in fhe armed services. The Commercial Deparfmenf has also given generously of ifs fime in pre- paring maferial for various school underfakings, such as rafioning, Red Cross and Communify Fund drives, War Bond sales, as well as fhe regular roufine services rendered 'ro fhe school office, deparfmenfs, and individual feachers. :

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MIMEOGRAPHING A gradua+ion requiremenf of +he Commercial Deparfmenf is 'rha+ all s+uden+s learn +o opera+e +he mimeograph and mimeoscope. These are essen- 'fial aclivifies in lhe business world. Oflen a draw- ing, diagram, or verlical ruling is required. This worlc is done on +he mimeoscope. When 'rhe sfencil has been cu+ and mimeoscoped, if is run off on The duplicalor. The commercial seniors are usually laughl mimeographing a+ +he beginning of fhe +erm. ln fhis way fhey are able +o assis+ wi+h lhe daily aHendance repor+s and many bullelins +ha+ are prepared for +he office and olher deparlmenls. Mary Poliui is shown mimeoscoping a siencil afier if has been cu? Mimeographinq of the stencil is demonsirafed by Grace Leverenz and Thelma Sharpeg while Naomi Rornanzin, Lillian Anfhony, Mariorie Gaffield, Selma Dooge, and Josephine Danioni are reading over The finished producf. Twenfy