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

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Scraping a mistake off the memo form, senior Theresa Hill concentrates on turn- ing in a perfectly neat stencil in business office practice. Listening to the dictation of a letter, junior Deneen Dixson prepares for a possible business career on a transcrlber in BOP. BUSINESS COURSES ' 2, K Mlnf sd' While learning the placement of the keys, junior Kim Parton increases her speed. These machines were used in BOP as well as accounting.

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QV' Z SX An effective sales pitch was in order as senior Renee Davis persuades senior Mark Schertz into buying an additional or- nament for his derby. ...ww-'iw Straining to hear every word, junior Cheryl Brown and seniors David Thorn- burg and Julie Brown mark off vocabulary words as they hear them in guest speaker sergeant Alvin Fowler's lecture. Getting further information on his rights and responsibilities as a minor, senior Chris Onley talks to Miss Sharon Lock, guest speaker from the City Attorney's office. ifwrf' L. 3 1111 BUSINESS COURSES

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.--' wif sv' 'T 2g .Q E ,I .,.--.. Q- f N with . as . N. ', ,p ' M . X X .xx X X x Concentrating on centering a tab prob- lem, sophomore Jeff Cooper checks to make sure it's straight. Out of the twelve typing classes, over 75 percent were sophomores. With the pressure mounting, sophomore Tami Feldman takes a five minute tlmlng during UlL competition at Sam Houston High School. Taking it easy after decorating the tree, seniors Lorri Evistan and Leah Cook munch out on lunch. The tree was later given to a needy family for Christmas. Typing for the fun of it Secretaries born in office procedure classes Stop, carriage return. Now, gay-e-tee out your Gay-are-e- gay ish-tee-h-end be-oo-kay, in other words, get out your Gregg shorthand book and open it to page 36. L'Do the best you can and don't limit yourself because you're all you've got, baby. Remember to file the receipts under expenses in your packets. Before you leave, don't forget to unplug the transcribersf' Any of these remarks sound familiar? If planning or pursuing a secretarial career, a student usually heard one, two, or even three of these cliches every day. But for those who are unfamiliar with the area, an explanation is in order. Don't let speed spook ya, get a pumpkin for 30 words or more. Trot your tree down the road of the lot and win a Santa lollipop for licking your speed. Huh? What does that have to do with becoming a secretary? According to Mrs. lla Osborne, Typing in competi- tion forced speed while still having fun. On special days, students also typed to music and did Art Typing from puzzles which emphasized creativity at the typewriter. After taking typing, the next step is shorthand. lf planning on borrowing someone's government notes, be sure to find out if the person's in shorthand, why? L'lt's like learning a new language. You have letters for our alphabet and symbols for shorthand, junior Alton Boerner, one of two boys in the four classes, commented, 'tYou write the word just like it sounds, you don't spell it outf' he added. According to Mrs. Judy Griggers, the basic goal included learning to take dic- tation and then typing it in mailable form. Junior Tony Hester summed up the course by saying, When beginning shor- thand, everyone thinks that they'll never make it. But later everything falls into place and you finally realize 'I-ley, l can really do this stuff'. If numbers are a person's fancy, ac- counting is next on the list. With the aid of adding machines, students were re- quired to do supplemental packets which was keeping the accounting records from a business for a month. t'lt's not mainly the adding of numbers. It's where to put the numbers lbillsl in the books of business, how to journalize the documents, junior Glen- da Frady exclaimed. I BUSINESS COURSES