Hemingford High School - Bobcat Yearbook (Hemingford, NE)

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MARILYN KAY CLARK University of Nebraska, B.S. HOME ECONOMICS LEE MESSERSMITH University of Nebraska. B.S. VOCATIONAL ARTS Vocational Guidance Vocational guidance and training is the practical approach and the student's intro- duction to everyday life and problems. It is an important part of the school in pro- viding this emphasized liberal education. In Home Economics H.H.S. girls are taught the practical and basic principles of homemaking. They are taught the practical arts of sewing, cooking, and the philos- ophy of child care ancl home management. The instruction becomes more advanced as the years progress. It is offered to Freshmen, Sophomores, and Seniors. Each year in the phases of home-ec, the girls are required to make projects and they present them at an annual style show in the spring. In Industrial Arts, boys learn design, welding, carpentry, metal works, and usable mechanical knowledge. Like home-ec, the boys are given an opportunity to use their knowledge acquired in yearly projects. These shop classes are offered to Freshmen, Juniors, and Seniors. Each year these boys turn out beautiful wood work and metal work along with acquiring a vast amount of first hand knowledge and experiences that will be useful later in life. Practicing welding techniques, Floyd Wegrzyn works on a proj- Final touches on his project are explained to Dick Zeller by Instructor ect in Senior shop class. Lee Messersmith.

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Business DENNIS KUHN Kearney State College, B.S. TYPING BOOKKEEPING BUSINESS LAW OFFICE PRACTICE SHORTHAND PHYSICAL EDUCATION In a liberal education, a practical knowledge of busi- ness is favorable. For the student who is perparing a career in business, Hemingford offers an extensive course. Bookkeeping is available to all Seniors interested in attaining this knowledge. After spending the first several weeks of textbook study, the student is given a practice set to put his knowledge to practical use. This set includes all kinds of transactions and a com- plete cycle of bookkeeping methods. Office Practice is offered to the future secretary. The student is made secretary for a teacher and does much of his correspondence and typing. The course includes filing methods and much typing. The typing is an extension of first year typing and more proper methods are expected of the student. General Business is a semester course offered to Juniors with Business Law as the second semester por- tion of the course. The general background for busi- ness practices is given first semester with an extensive course in corporation law being given the second semester. Typing is offered to Juniors and gives the student a chance to develop his typing skills along with teaching the right way to type letters, documents, and other correspondence. Shorthand was offered the second semester to Sen- iors wanting to learn this handy skill. The course is also aimed at future secretarial careers. Below: Getting those trial balances to come out is o.uite a chore, as Sherry Waclcer Finds out in her prac- tice set for. the Bradford Wholesale Grocery. Above: Corporation law is very complex as any of these Business Law students would agree. Filing is an intricate part of the many phases of Office Practice that the future secretary goes through, and Karen Mracek is no exception. Below: Eyes on the copy, is often heard throughout the halls during typing class at Hemingford. Ilene Wyland is the subject.

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Determining her vocational aptitudes. Carol Price looks over re suits of her Kuder Preference tests with Mr. Johnston. In choosing a career, Sandy Grabber looks over college catalogs with Principal Harold Johnston. The Hemingford school system has a very efficient guidance program for the student. A series of tests are given for the purpose of determining the student's abilities and his potential. In the Junior and Senior years, the students are given preference tests to find their occupational interests and abilities. They are also given information pertaining to college entrance along with financial aid information. Below left: In desperation, Miss Clark searches for the lemonade which her Freshman home-ec class drank—er . . . made. Below right: Deep in thought, Senior girls vie for honors as they take the Betty Crocker Homemaking tests. Frustration reigns as senior Margaret Meyer finds that she must tear out a seam for the third time.