George Wythe High School - Chancellor Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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Strengthening her skills at an electric adding machine, Norma Meyer practices in Mrs. Williams’ clerical class. Shorthand, Bookkeeping Practice Insure Careers Preparing students in basic skills which would aid them in college life or professional careers was the goal of the George Wythe Business Department. Among those skills to be mastered were shorthand, bookkeeping, typing, and clerical practice. Insuring the security of good employment after graduation, teachers worked with their students in improving both their physical and mental competence and pro- ficiency. Familiarizing students with the business program began at the junior high school level as Mrs. Jane Williams, VOT coordinator, and Mr. John Arnold, head of the Business Department spoke to the young pupils about business courses offered at Georae Wythe. Upon entering Wythe, many immediately entered the business program. Others took varied business courses as a firm foundation for whatever program they anticipated completing in high school and whatever position they hoped to assume later as adults. While at the blackboard, Miss Betty Clark explains a typical problem of stocks and corporations to her students. John S. Arnold B.S., West Virginia Wesleyan College Head of Department 55

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Pela Love Bobbitt B.S., M.Ed., Mary Washington College, Virginia Polytechnic Institute Betty Clark B.S., East Carolina College Mrs. Evelyn H. Ellington B.A., Mary Washington College Mrs. Jane Williams B.S., Richard Professional Institute Archie B. Fowlkes B.A., M.A., Westhampton College, University of Michigan Winifred Shealor B.S., Radford College Alpheus Thompson B.S., College of os A Ee a William and Mary Necessity for alertness and facility when taking shorthand dictation are evident as Barbara Luck and others work. 54

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One youngster offers Janie Morris a cup of sand as other conspirators combine efforts to create havoc in the sandbox. 56 Home Economics Department Perseverance and Study Help Girls Perfect Skills Through their gifts of time and effort, girls in the Home Economics Department reaped large and far- reaching benefits. Utilizing the expanding facilities of the department, future housewives and mothers learned to strive for perfection in all phases of home- making. In addition to the basic cooking and sewing arts, students delved eagerly into interior decorat- ing. Further, a daytime play-school for young chil- dren stressed the importance of child care, while providing an important and very necessary service. Numerous speakers gave interesting and intormative talks dealing with many fields of human relation. The newly formed Future Homemakers Club of America provided a worthwhile outlet for those wishing to further their knowledge of this practical subject. Rewarding superior skills, awards for out- standing Home Ec students were presented to sev- eral deserving seniors who excelled in the past year. So you take the eggshell, and... , Mrs. Oglesby teaches a class to make original decorations from common items.