Fort Lauderdale High School - Ebb Tide Yearbook (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

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Mary Engle, Personal Typing Typing I: Berea College. A.B Duke University. M.A. Avis W. Kruse, Typing I Typing II; Northwest Missouri State Teachers College. A.B.r Columbia University. M.A. Virgil Morgan. Shorthand: Indiana University. B.S. J. P. Smith, Bookkeeping: Iowa University. B.A. Yvonne D. Terrien, Bookkeeping ! Business English, Office Practice: New York University. B.S.: Columbia University. M.A. Nell Wilkins, Typing I: University of Florida A.B.. M.A. 4,620 Busy Fingers Tap. tap. tap, busy fingers type away while the scratching sounds of pencils swiftly crossing once fresh sheets of paper come floating out of the shorthand class. These sounds and many more come from various classes which make up the Business Education Department. Under the direction of Mrs. Nell Wilkins, it has ten different courses. The department includes; Introduction to Business. Business English. Office Practice and Machinery. Shorthand I and II. Book- keeping I and II, Typing I and II. and Personal Typing. The courses prepare students to enter the business world, following graduation. They are. also, beneficial to those planning to enter colleges and universities. Shorthand dictations ore made fun when Mr. Morgan cracks jokes. Wear Out Typewriters T85e6 74w5 67-8hy 8e e754 t7hl Why did I have to miss home keys!

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Too many cooks spoil the broth, but not for Shirley Bailey and Meg Grover. Planing is all in a day's work for Howie DiBlazi in shop class. 'Do It Yourself Becomes the Password Sylvia W. Burnsted, D.C.T.: Indiana State Teachers College, B.S.: Florida Stato University, M,S. Arthur G. Decker, Industrial Arts; Duke University, A.B.; Oswego State College. Barbara A. Holmes, Home Economics: Ohio State University. B.S. Andrew K. Kruse, Mechanical Drawing, Effective Living: Northwest Missouri State Teachers College. B.S.: Columbia University, M.A. Kendrick W. Martin, Driver Education, Effective Living. Mechanical Drawing: Illinois State Normal University. B.Ed.: Florida State Uni- versity. M.A. John Williamson, Driver Education, Physical Education; Florida State University. 8.S. Hey, stop that noise. Turn off those ma- chines, cry students who occupy neighboring class rooms to the workshop. Sympathy is with you but if you only knew the fabulous things those boys build: water skis, book shelves, beautiful bowls, and all sorts of pretty and useful objects. The boys in mechanical drawing plan houses while home economics students learn about color and design to decorate them. Pupils of effective living learn about household management and D.C.T. students prepare themselves for their fu- ture occupations. The landscaping department plants shrubbery on the school grounds and at the same time learn what makes them tick. Drivers education students scoot around town in their Merry Oldsmobile getting ready to pass their driving test. The subjects above may be varied and perhaps you find it hard to see a relationship between them. They are alike because of the do-it-yourself method in which they are taught. By actually cre- ating yourself, the product about which you are studying, you learn its true value. The experience of learning by doing is one that will never be forgotten.

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Displaying her graceful technique, Mary Sue Wilson gives attentive juniors a demonstration on the trampoline during sixth hour gym period. Physical Fitness Is the Theme, Healthier Tipping the ball over the net, Judy McNeece ties the score in an inter-class tournament. Gail Macdonald and Jean Engle back her up. Physical Education is the subject; Physical Fit- ness the theme: You are the target; and healthier bodies the goal. Don't you remember those clever obstacle courses you so willingly ran over and through, up, around, and under, especially under . . . can't you just feel your belly scrape Mother Nature's grimy face. This was a part of the Physical Fitness test given by the National Junior Chamber of Commerce with the cooperation of the Physical Education Department. Physical Education is required by the State of Florida Department of Education. In order to grad- uate, three units of credit must be earned in grades 9, 10, and 11. Physical Education is offered as an elective in the 12th grade. Classes meet five days a week with the purpose of building an effi- cient, well-coordinated individual possessing enough strength, speed, agility, endurance and skill to meet easily the maximum demands of the day. Tests are given on all activities and areas: oral, written and practical. The girls' department led by Mrs. Dorothy Bar- ringer tried their skill at soccer, gatorball, wisket, relays, basketball, track and field, softball, table tennis, paddleball, and badminton. They found that these sports helped to build firmer muscles and