Grand Junction High School - Tiger Yearbook (Grand Junction, CO)

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practical skills prepare for occupations Gaining experience for business and personal use were prime objectives of the business classes. Students elected bookkeeping, general commercial, consumer education, notehand, and clerical practice. Others added typing, shorthand, and accounting. Personal use typing was chosen by many for its versatility in all facets of life. A. Dan Short discovers business law pays off. B. Typists learn the trades of the secretarial world. C. Francine Belt toys with the tricks of the adding machine.

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social sciences weigh world situation A. Mr. Gear's American history classes provided Joan Wegner with a better knowledge of America. B. Dave Bielak and Joe Mendicelli exchanged opinions in their current affairs class. C. Studying was a frequent pastime for Margaret Foster and other political science students. D. The eighteen-year-old '•ote gave added importance to social science classes.

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artists con skills Appreciation and understanding came from self expressions of an enlarged department. Three teachers increased the scope as more students mastered their talents in modern media as well as bulletin boards and display cases. They exhibited through Artist of the Month, Mesa Federal, and the Western Slope Center for the Arts. A. Basketmaker Dana Riesling perfected his weaving skill. B. Delia Bibeau's drawing ability attracted a spectator. C. Artists demonstrate their creative abilities with sketches. • -C.,