Franklin Central High School - Flashback Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Mrs. Caroline Wessel, as a member of the Business Depart- ment advises students on the shorthand skills involved in the active business world of today. perience for Career Girls Mrs. Helen Ernstes, in the process of helping Joyce Murray on the ten-key adding machine, pauses to assist the class in a bookkeeping problem. She also teaches consumer economics, salesmanship, and office practice. franklin Central ' s Business Department this year added a new development which was met with tremendous enthusiasm by numerous student applicants. From these, twenty girls were chosen to fulfill duties that busy teachers needed done for them. Tfiese students have gained valuable experience in typing, shorthand, and business management. The intensive lab meets during the first two periods of each day. Here Miss Wood- ruff is giving advice to Terry Keller.

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The Business Department of F.C. is following through this year in many ways, especially with the new intensive laboratory. With the cooperation of the federal government and the local school corporation, Franklin Central now has the oppor- tunity to give the business world some very fine office personnel with a workable knowledge of what happens in various office situations. The basic purpose of this program is to further develop previously acquired skills and to adapt them to realistic office practices. The Business Department offers three majors- stenography, general clerical work, and general business. These courses provide fundamental training in technical skills to challenge involved Flashes. I Miss Melanie Burk, junior class guidance counselor, devotes a period of her busy day to teaching advanced shorthand. Intensive Laboratory Provides Work Ex hi As overseer of our new intensive laboratory, Miss Bonnie Wood- ruff observes senior Sue Sweeney practicing her typing skills. The familiar voice of Mr. John Gruner is often heard in Franklin Central ' s halls as he teaches general business with a pleasing smile.

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Math Moves F.C s Men of Old Magic Advising general math student Paul Moore as to the correct procedure in determining the right equation for a tricky problem is Mr. Dick Harpold, another member of F.C. ' s mathematics teaching staff. Got it now, Paul? From basic addition and division to sines and cosines, F.C. students are taught the math their particular needs call for. College-bound students discover a five year course awaiting them. On the other hand, those students desiring only the math they will need in their respective skills will obtain an adequate two year course of study. No matter what the need, the F.C. Math Department can and does meet it usually adding the spice of subtle humor. riui3!uiiiK?y , A- A Explaining the techniques involved in plotting the actual dia- gram of a geometric equation is Mr. Jeff Cougill ' s daily assign- Top secret documents? Mysterious blueprints? No, only depart- ment head, Mr. Glenn Eastes ' s assortment of tests ranging from Algebra I to the fifth year math topics, all of which he teaches daily in the infamous Room 107. 18