Escambia High School - Escambian Yearbook (Pensacola, FL)

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Business Classes Strive To Provide Realistic Training The Business Department strives to prepare students for the real world of work. Our preparation is realistic in the equipment used for training purposes and from the human stand- point, states Mrs. Margaret Poppell. department head. Along with many other types of equipment used. the department has acquired 22 new IBM typewriters. They are used by both general office clerk and Shorthand ll students. By taking these business courses. students prepare fornspecialized vocational courses they may wish to pursue in college. After taking the courses offered at Escambia, students can take exemption tests that may allow them to be placed in intermediate or advanced classes. General office clerk is a new class being offered this year to the eleventh and twelfth grade students. This course will prepare the students for work as clerk-typists, file clerks, receptionists or general office workers. This year we have added a work-experience program. Cooperative Business Education. adds Mrs. Poppell. CBE is a part of the business curriculum. A completed day's work is something to smile about isn't it Mrs. Poppelll iii lil Maia ht. f Mrs. Margaret Poppell's Typing ll students practice daily on skills, techniques and speed on the newly supplied IBM typewriters. 74 l l 1 w

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Industrial Arts Works To Develop Skills To provide an introduction to industrial. technical and professional careers is the overall aim of the Industrial Arts Department, states Mr. Herbert Young, department head. This enhances other academic studies by practical application. Each student chooses his own selection of projects throughout the year. We make screw drivers, metal boxes, aluminum castings. flower- pot holders, and many other things, explains Tim Ziel, metals student. Changes have been made in this year's curriculum. Instead of the one semester of metals and the other semester of woods, the student I'm getting tired of listening to him today, states Steve Sheeley. takes a full year of either metals or woods. Other courses include Electronics l, Engineering I and ll, Materials and Processes I and ll, and architectural drawing. Approximately 225 students participate in these various classes. One learns by doing, expresses Mr. Young. Solving problems provides the student with knowledge of what is involved in that particular field of work. I think this is a good course to take because we learn skills that will help us use tools and machinery all of our lives. adds Tim. .wwf .1l9 'm7 lf 'N Now where does this crazy wire go? ponders William Byrd

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Carol Cornish, CBE student, diligently adds figures on a ten key adding machine during Mrs. Collins' class. ' rf' They'll never know I'm listening to Elton John. comments Debbie Evans. Career Planning Is Being Offered Through CBE CBE is to help the student who wishes to enter the job field upon graduation to find the appropriate place for his qualifications, future plans, life goals. etc., stated Mrs. Betty Collins. CBE coordinator. Career planning is the main goal of Cooperative Business Education. CBE is a new on-the-job training program open to senior girls who have previously completed two business courses. The girls must maintain a C average and must have the proper teacher recommendations. The students attend a one hour class in which they are given as much individualized instruction as possible pertaining to their respective jobs. They are graded by their teacher as well as graded by their employer on the job. CBE. a new addition to the business depart- ment. is a co-op plan similar to DCT. It differs from DCT in that DCT concentrates on selling. merchandising and retail fields: whereas, CBE places students in jobs of a clerical nature. l've learned a great deal about office procedures and budgeting my time and money, states Beulah Lukers. CBE participant. Through cooperation with the school and the business community, we can give these students actual work experience, a way to earn money. and perhaps a satisfactory profession by the time she graduates, adds Mrs. Collins. Through this cooperation, CBE provides these students with proper business education.