Floyd County High School - Bison Yearbook (Floyd, VA)

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Business cultivates responsibility, Extensive and purposeful drills develop basic skills in FCHS ' s two major business courses— typewriting and shorthand. The first year of typewriting develops basic techniques needed in the vocational courses offered in the second year. Bookkeeping, general business, and business mathematics are also offered to students interested in business careers. These classes are elective; however, a large number of students enroll in them. Students illustrate a real office situation in office practice class. MRS. NOLA S. ALBERT B.S. , Radford College M.S. , Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Office Practice; Typewriting I Shorthand I; Sponsor, Yearbook Staff Mr. Harman explains a problem in economics class. Mr. Leedy looks on as a student tries to improve her speed in typewriting class. MR. JOHN D. HARMAN B.S., Bridgewater College General Business, Economics Government, Sponsor, Hi-Y 24

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train students in domestic qualities MR. H. P. JENNINGS B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Vocational Agriculture Co-sponsor, FFA MR. DAVID R. HARMAN B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Vocational Agriculture Co-sponsor, FFAj Safety Patrol MR. LONNIE J. KEITH B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Vocational Agriculture Co-sp onsor, FFA Sponsor, KVG Vocational Agriculture is a course taken by a large percentage of boys at FCHS. Agricultvire is based upon the needs, interests, and capabilities of individual groups. In shop classes, boys learn to make many useful things. The FFA boys have won many awards in competitive contests with other schools. Mr. Keith, Mr. Jennings, and Mr. Harman are the agriculture instructors. Mr. Harman welcomes questions from his class. Boys look on as Mr. Jennings operates new equipment. Charts play a big part in helping the students learn fundamentals of agriculture. 23

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shows benefits The Distributive Education program offers work experience to students. To prepare high school students for useful employment in business and industrial fields and to aid company owners with their employment problems are the purposes of the Distributive Education program. The DE students attend three classes at school; spend three hours at work on the job. Mr. Eakin is the instructor of the course. Students illustrate a sales demonstration in distributive education class. MR. WARREN B. EAKIN B. S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Distributive Education Sponsor, DE Club MR. FREDN. LEEDY B. A,, Emory G Henry College Personal-Use Typewriting, Business Math; Typewriting I MISS RUTH ANN SLUSHER B. S. , Radford College Typewriting, Bookkeeping Shorthand II , Sponsor, FBLA Students do a practice set in bookkeeping class.