Haltom High School - Buffalo Yearbook (Haltom City, TX)

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My head hurt, and my fingers ached. but I kept trying and trying to type a few more words a minute; trying to make my hand move faster over my shorthand book. But I got panicked when I thought of that clock going and my hand just sort of froze. Congratulations! I just blew another take. Some- times it took an awful lot of work to learn about busi- ness. I figured on a job and I needed to know legal angles and how to work a dictaphone, so I took Busi- ness Law or Business Office Practice. 1 graduated and had all the training I needed. Now all I had to do was find a job. Janice Roach pounds away at the ever present secretary ' s 58 Curriculum tool - the typewriter.

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Talents and bodies were pushed to a high degree of performance. We realized our minds would be of little value if our bodies wore out first so PE was an important part of curriculum. From simple walking to the more arduous tasks of weight- lifting, PE students made the bodies better vessels for their minds. The art of woodworking was alive and well in our shop department where we created masterpieces from smooth beautiful pieces of wood. Kenneth Nichols exhibits his ath- letic abilities by climbing to the top of the rope. Carefully, Larry Williams selects wood for his shop project. Curriculum 57

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On the way to an exciting career in the field of business, Darla May and Pat Atkins perform the tedious task of going over the books and making certain that everything adds up correctly. Taking that first step into the world of business and perhaps anything else they happen to want to enter, first year typing students moan and groan working over manuscripts, timed writing, and tabula- tion. Taking a break after adding up an almost endless column of figures, Debbie Carter hopes they come out right. Curriculum 59