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

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Business Ed ' Types ' Us for Jobs, College Business skills ol various kinds train Manualites lor future vocations. The eourses studied in the Business Education Department are valuable to the students who work during the summer or those who take jobs immediately after graduation. Two years of Typing are available and highly rec- ommended for both future jobs and college. Two years of Shorthand may be followed by Office Training during the junior or senior years. Filing, Bookkeeping, and Machine Calculation round out a major in business and prepare for immediate jobs. In General Business 1 and 2, Redskins get a look at the business world. Data Processing, a one-semest- er, one-credit course, is open to sophomores, juniors and seniors. This teaches the operation of comput- ers and key punch machines, and how to wire an in- struction panel board. Business Law helps students learn the legal aspects of business. Typing awards — Master, Intermediate, and Pri mary — are given at the end o f each si weeks ' grading period. In Shorthand, awards for transcrib- ing with 95 percent accuracy are also won by out- standing students. : V juniors Janice Green, )anie Powell, and Carol Riewer build speed with practice during a timed writing in typing class. junior johnny Cooper practices use of the adding machine, a skill business majoring Manualites find valuable. ■ v y 4 Mr. Richard Crowder helps Junior Kerry Smith to better under- stand the operation of the adding machine in Machine Cal. 23

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Pupils Trace Man ' s Progress in Social Studies Manual ' s Social Studies Department covers the globe in a study of man and his achievements in governmental systems and economic problems. Citizenship, which helps pupils understand their rights and responsibilities as Americans, and World History, which begins with primitive man and fol- lows his history up to I he present, are offered for freshmen. Anthropology, also available to freshmen, introduces students to the concepts of changing cultures and developments, and directs them to thinking scientifically about society. All juniors take United States History, a require- ment for graduation. Histlish, a special two-period, two-semester class for selected juniors combines United States History and English 5 and 6. Completing three years of Social Studies, Econ- omics and Government are required courses. Govern- ment helps prepare seniors to assume their re- sponsibilities as adult citizens by giving them know- ledge of the structure of our governmental system and of the election of public officials. International Relations and Psychology are elec- tives for juniors and seniors. Psychology helps the individual to better understand human behavior. International Relations involves the operation of commerce with other nations and problems concern- ing our relationship with neighboring countries. The bones of early man are studied by the freshmen taking Anthropology. Here Blake Housam, Jill Ferris, llze Berzins, and Mark Ellis examine some specimens closely. Dr. Ffern Stukenbroeker, from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, lec- tures to Mr. Roland Hawkins ' senior Government class about communism and under-cover spy rings. Dr. Stuk- enbroeker also spoke to all Manual- ites earlier during a 3A-3B Auditori- um. He gave many examples of how commies have been caught smug- gling micro film out of the country. ' ' •

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y . Junior Janice Thomas pins up the hem of the dress Senior Arlene Harlan is making in Advanced Clothing class. TT Linda Bechman and Judy Bohall practice the proper way to make a sick bed while Mrs. Jean Bacus supervises their work. Homemaking Skills Ready Us for Future The Home Economics Department provides girls with knowledge and skills in clothing, foods, family living, home management, and home nursing. Boys have the opportunity to test their talent in the kitchen by taking Boys ' Foods, which is offered to juniors and seniors only. In Foods 1-4 girls learn to cook breakfasts, luncheons, and dinners as well as to prepare special gourmet dishes. Advanced classes of girls got first hand experience by preparing and serving a meal to visiting principals on Novem- ber 19, and for ROTC inspectors in May. In Clothing 1-4 the girls ' study covers everything from using a pattern to the construction of formals. Developing sewing skills by making a simple gar- ment, such as a blouse or skirt, precedes the creat- ing of the professional looking clothes which are seen in the display cases in the Home Economics Department. The climax of the year ' s events was the Home Economics Department ' s participation in the Projects Fair at the close of spring semester. Girls modeled their garments for the annual style show. Brenda Dodson and Susan Creasey try their hand at making doughnuts, a favorite with girls in the cooking classes. The girls party with the doughnuts when they are done. :?l