Emmerich Manual High School - Ivian Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Business N EcT Fits Us For Future Careers A business education at Manual provides an all around knowledge of several business fields. Besides offering general instruction in Shorthand, Bookkeep- ing, Filing, and related skills, the Department also offers further study in Business Law, Economic Geo- graphy, Salesmanship, Machine Calculation, and Da- ta Processing. Stenography, Bookkeeping, Manage- ment, and Data Processing are the four major areas which prepare students for business careers. The office Training Class simulates an office situ- ation by allowing pupils to perform business func- tions in an office setup. Typing and Secretarial Prac- tice Classes develop the ability of the typist to type what he hears by using transcribing machines. An integral part in the instruction is the Typing Skill Builder. This machine develops accuracy by con- trolling typing speed. At each six-week grading period qualified stu- dents are awarded Master, Intermediate, and Pri- mary certificates for achievement in Shorthand and Typing. Students typing 60 words a minute with a minimum of errors receive gold pins. Transcribing material in limited time with 95 percent accuracy is the requirement for Shorthand awards. Knowing that experience is the best teacher, Linda Manning and Donna Fitzgibbons practice the techniques of filing. Sandy Christy checks instructions in her Lab manual before typing a business letter, an area studied in Typing I. Increasing tabulating speed is the goal of Machine Calculation students as they practice transcribing numbers. 23

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Social Studies Interpret Our American Heritage Anthropological World History students, taught by Mr. John Krueger, study evidences of prehistoric civilizations. Manualites ready themselves lor future responsi- bilities as citizens through courses in the Social Stu- dies Department. An emphasis on history aids pupils in understanding the foundations of politics today and the circumstances under which governments are controlled. Through Citizenship and United States History, students become conversant with the prin- ciples of our American democracy. Government, a senior course, delves into the func- tions of governmental branches, studies the Consti- tution, learns election procedures and reviews the workings of local politics. For this unit, a group of pupils visited the Indiana State General Assembly to view legislation in the making. Economics bases its study on the factors of a free economy and how men spend money for needed goods and services. A new game was introduced in International Re- lations classes called Inter-Nation Simulation. In the lifelike game, pupils assume the roles of heads of governments and officials from various countries. They plan economic, military, and political moves in order to attain international power. Psychology, ano- ther elective course, helps pupils understand them- selves and others by studying the factors of en- vironment and heredity which shape their lives. Outside the classroom, outstanding Social Studies pupils represented the school at Girls ' and Boys ' States and a High School Leadership Conference. juniors Tina Pickard and Wanda Spil- man stop to admire a collection of arrowheads in the Indiana Historical Museum located in the State House. During the 1967 session of the Indi- ana General Assembly, a group of Social Studies students visited to view the workings of local government. 22

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' Home Ec ' Provides Homemaking Skills For professional or Euture homemaking use, Man- ual girls acquire knowledge in clothing, foods, home- making, family living and home management, and home musing horn the Home Economic s Depart- ment. Clothing 1-4 includes a study of fabrics and fa- shion designs. The girls learn many sewing tech- niques which vary from basic construction of blous- es and skirts to professional tailoring. Sewing ex- perts from McCall and Simplicity pattern compa- nies were guests of the clothing classes. They dis- cussed colors, lines, and designs in fashions. In Foods 1-4 girls are taught to preserve foods and prepare breakfasts, luncheons, dinners, and gourmet foods. One class served a Hawaiian Luau and entertained Mrs. Mary Jay, a former Manual Home Economics teacher who, in turn, told the class about some of the fine foods she had encountered in England where she has lived the past year. Manual boys also fit into Home Ec as Boys ' Foods lets them in on what happens in the kitchen, and some become quite proficient. Culminating the events of the year is the annual June style show, a part of the Projects Fair. Stu- dents from each grade level model their best crea- tions from their year of hard work. Peggy Daughtery, Clothing 4, finds she has sewed a fine sear as she checks stitching on the garment she is making. 1 1 ' , 1 -, r 1 Eddie Arnold readies a sheet of Christmas cookies for the oven, as Darryll Morton mixes another batch of dough. Terri Oliver and Connie Mercer, Sen- ior Home-Nursing students, tryout some of the finer points of a class unit involving preparation of a bed for the sick room. They also receive practice in making a bed with a pa- tient in it, giving a bed-bath, and feeding a bed-fast person.