Essex County Vocational Technical High School - Athena Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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Technical, Secretary Our Technical Secretary girls are trained in various fields of the business world. As Sophomores they are faced with the many new and unfamiliar skills which they are expected to learn. Curly cues which seem impossible to read or write, become our Technical Secretary girls’ future — Steno! But as Juniors they gain confidence and discover there is still a great deal to be learned. In the Senior year the fear of the Sophomore is gone, and the confi- dence of the secretary begins. She leaves with her head up high, knowing she can now enter the busi- ness world with pride.

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Evelyn Doto displays her talent on Eileen Walsh. Joann Rippo sets the hair of one of her class- mates, AMAS Heine dishes Finishing touches are added to a custom- Giving a manicure is not as easy as you may think! Plenty of time er. Our outside customers always leave and study goes into this process, the school more than satisfied.

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In the Senior year our Technical Secretary girls are sent out to the various offices Diane Carey transcribes from Techni- within the school for “supervised office experience. Here Gloria Linfanti learns cal Procedure notes. to operate the switchboard, while Adelaide De Fonseca prepares to transcribe. Shorthand notes are taken in various classes and from them our Technical Secretary girls must transcribe quickly and accurately. Beverly Lepore and Phyllis Orsini strive for perfection.