Gavit High School - Futura Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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Business Department Supplements Curriculum With Introduction Of Equipment, Additional Courses Besides adding new manual and electric typewriters, business depart- ment increased its curriculum with the introduction of new courses. After they had learned the funda- mentals, students who took shorthand worked with special dictation records designed to improve their shorthand speed and note-taking accuracy. When a student had successfully taken and transcribed the dictated material, she qualified for a Gregg certificate. Transcription, another new business offering, also involved the knowledge of shorthand skills. The course was available to students who had complet- ed the first semester of shorthand. The members of this class took notes either during shorthand or transcription class and then typed them. Miss J. Baker also instructed her students in some of the basic clerical skills. To determine their typing speeds, students took timed writings. Miss F. Grunkemeyer instructed the classes in typing special projects like letters, orders, manuscripts and business forms. Basic fundamentals of bookkeeping such as filing, making entries in their books and organizing figures were skills learned in bookkeeping class. Business law, taught by Mr. J. Shields, was concerned with the proper ways to transact business matters and ways to cope with difficult business situations which might be encountered. Business English and management were offered in conjunction with the general business program. These sub- jects taught business fundamentals. Typing seemed to be the most pop- ular of business courses since there were a total of four classes of it. Bookkeeping IV and General Business II both had two classes each. Barbara Wiclgos and Charlene Sylvester add their clippings to the business bulletin board

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French Is Newest Of Languages Offered At Gavit David Rose and Katherine Korba puzzle over the intricacies of the Latin language. When the language department added French to the curriculum, the total number of foreign languages offered at GHS reached four with German, Latin and Spanish. Latin III and IV classes translated Caesar from the original Latin, while the beginning classes studied the basics of grammar. Emil und die Detektive formed the focal point of study for the second years course in German, while, again, the first year classes studied the funda- mentals of the language. Spanish classes planned to translate episodes from Don Quixote after read- ing stories on customs of Spain. In the first year in which French was offered at Gavit, the students translated from a series of four French legends, the first of which was entitled Sept d’un Coup. In addition, they made extensive studies of France, its customs, landmarks, history, peoples and cultures. In addition to its literature and customs, Spanish students Nick Hether and Myretta Ordway learn about the geography of Spain.

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New to Gavit this year was the course in shorthand Here junior Anne Rodovich prepares her assignment for the daily class Nancy Pickett, sophomore, begins her typing lesson. This year two courses in typing were offered to Gavit students