Griffith High School - Reflector Yearbook (Griffith, IN)

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-v “Check and double-check was the motto of all beginning business students as Cindy Walker rechecked long columns of numbers in bookkeeping class. Practicing sales demonstrations, Mike Johnston put to use modern techniques learned by students in salesmanship classes. Shorthand students learned to rapidly transcribe and translate symbols.

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past , present, future of world, its many peoples The eeriness of an ancient mummy, the chivalry of a knight in shining armor, the realization that world destruction is at the touch of a button were but a few topics that made imaginations wonder. The Social Studies Department had many such pondering subjects to give students an opportunity to think on their own. Students conjured up visions of what may have really happened in the past and dreamed of what may happen in the future. In the variety of courses offered through social studies, students examined how people live and think, how the world is run and why wars are fought. Inkblot s aided Sharon Douglas, Shirley Willis, and Gail Humble in developing projective techniques in psychology. N iu; Pictures, taken from historical movies, such as King of Kings, helped to bring history alive for Cathy Garvey and Jerry Govert.

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In Secretarial Practice getting each filing card in the right place was important for Dorothy Krause and Lynn Fuhrmark. English and law added to business curriculum Nimble fingers, sure of letter positions, typed forms and manuscript guides. Two new courses, Business English and Business Law, were offered to seniors taking a business course. Both one-semester classes could be taken in place of regularly required English. Aspect s of English and law that would be useful in business procedures on a job were taught. Thoughts of future careers were present as students moved swift fingers to strike correct letters on the keyboard or make the right character combination in shorthand. In bookkeeping students learned to balance books and recorded business transactions. Clerical procedures and secretarial practice classes worked authentic practice sets with business forms found in a real office. 13