Erskine Academy - Pinnacle Yearbook (South China, ME)

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THE PINNACLE Honor Parts Barbara Rackletf Valedflctory Bessie Freeman Salfatatory Thalia Turner First Honor Essay Gale Rutledge Second Honor Essay Graduation Parts Janice Zwicker Class History Hilda Brown Address to Unclergracluatcs Helen Higgins Class Will Regina Matthews Class Prophoffy Shirley Brown-Paul Davis Class Gifts Class Motto: Work Conquers All Things Class Flower: White Carnation Class Colors: Blue and Silver

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11, THE PINNACLE COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT A great asset to Erskine Academy is its Commercial Department. Out of 157 stu- dents, 110 are taking a Commercial sub- ject. Have you ever stopped to realize how much it means for a high school student to have a knowledge of Shorthand, Typing, and many other things having to do with office work 'B It means that after gradua- tion a student is prepared and qualified to start a new life in the business world. One may continue his education in a business college or may be lucky enough to find a good job directly after school closes. When a person finds himself in an office where he is more or less on his ownv, his mind goes back to school days when he learned to take dictation, to typ e, to run a mimeograph machine, and to operate a mimeoscope. At Erskine this year we have enlarged our Commercial Department. We now have thirteen typewriters and a new mimeo- graph machine. The typewriters are all in good running condition. In February We bought the new electric mimeograph ma- chine which is far superior to the old one we have had for several years. Erskine is the second high school in Maine to have an electric mimeograph machine. In the Shorthand II Class, certificates are available for a certain number of words written per minute. This encourages a student to strive harder in order to receive these certificates. They are also helpful when you enter the business world as a written assurance of the exact number of words that have been taken by the person who is applying for the job. 1 Bookkeeping is another subject which helps the prospective businessman. With this knowledge, he will not be afraid to go into an office as a bookkeeper when he knows that he has had sufficient training to do the required work. In the Bookkeep- ing I Class, the outstanding student gets a pin for his year's work. The Bookkeeping II Class has a closet in the school building set aside for the sale of candy, pencils, paper, and other school sup- plies. This gives tuem experience in mak- ing change and ordering new merchandise. Under the direction of Miss Hancock, our Commercial teacher, the Bookkeeping students organize and print the school paper which is sold every month. With all this knowledge a student has acquired in high school, he will be able to go on to business college without fear of knowing too little to qualify. If, on the other hand, he secures a job, he will also have sufficient training to go into an office and to do his work without any major prob- lems, thanks to efficient preparation as of- fered at Erskine. Bessie Freeman Co-Editoi' in Chief ASSEMBLY PROGRAMS As I am a Senior and about to leave Ers- kine, I have some constructive criticisms to make about our assembly programs. The situation is that now we have but one as- sembly each month. I feel we should have an assembly every week or at least one every other week. What can a high school student gain by having assembly programs? Knowledge, wisdom, understanding, judgment, and courtesy could all be obtained by having the proper programs. First, let us visit the Commercial De- partment of our school and see what we can find around which to build forty min- utes of entertainment. We have some stu- dents who would like to become skilled in typing, shorthand, and bookkeeping. Why