Highland Community College - Trail Blazer Yearbook (Highland, KS)

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C:OI'TlI'Tl6l'CS Helen Richards CI-Iighlandl. Marie Mooreliead CHighlanrlJ. Jabez Sparks fSparksJ. Dorothy Neibling QI-Iighlandl. Billy Bauer fHighlandJ. Leah Fern Douglas fRobinsonl. Virginia and Charles Marsh QT1'oyJ. Lawrence Wagner fTroyl. Louise Davis iHigl1landJ. Boats or boots? Verna Parker fHighlandJ. A typing class. Romney Ketterman CWhite Clouclj. Audrey McCormick and Helen Ukena fLeonaJ.

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SINF, CCDSINF AND TANGENT NGINEERS-the second largest group enrolled in any one course in Highland .Junior College-have a language all their own. t'Sine, cosine, tangent, differential, integral, focus, quan- tum, these words and many others they speak sound to outsiders like Hottentot gibberish. Miss Culbertson is the only woman who can attempt to understand them tthere are no women engineers, you knowj and even she cannot understand somle of the engineers' crack-brained theories. The engineers' course consists primarily of math, chem, math, physics, math, and math. From this, one logically deduces that many of our mathematical geniuses emerge l'rom the engineering de- partment. It has often been said that an engin- eer has a one-track mind, that he thinks only in concrete terms, of mass, length, velocity, energy-in short, only in terms of engineering. The '39 Engineers of H. J. C. have irrefutably proved that their in- terests are many and diversified. Let us consider for a moment the hypothetical situation of H. J. C. without engineers. Think of the Highlander and the Trail Blazer without Loyd, the quartet without Parsons, a play without Mully, a basket- ball game without its quoto of Engineers. What. would a party, a darkroom session, thc Camera Club, the Men's room cushions, the Y. W. room, or the bowling alley be without engineers? Our engineers are en- gaged in every line of activity in the col- lege. Without our engineers, travel would suffer a serious decline, for twith due deference to the journalism departmentj some of our most noted hitch-hikers are engineers. From Texas to North Dakota, from Illinois to California, the gently in- sistent thumbs of our engineers have made their way. One common characteristic betrays every engineer. It distinguishes him from all others, it is a mark of gentility by which one may always know him. He is always broke. No matter when, no mat- ter where, no matter how happy, he is broke. Why? Because he is an engineer. Every engineer has two ambitions: one, to finish his formal education at Kansas State, two, to attend the Open House at Manhattan when he is a sopho- more here. Fate nor :fortune may not al- ways permit, but always he strives to satisfy these ambitions. This year on Senior Day, the Engin- eers of H. J. C. held their own miniature 'tOpen House. Visiting seniors were treat- ed to demonstrations of everything from the accidental receiving of an electric shock to the mysteries of a photo-elec- tric cell. They will ever carry on their search for the solution of mysteries. Seventeen

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I-IEADIN' FOR WALL STQEET S it possible for a student to pound his way to success on a typewriter, or to dash into prosperity with a few quick strokes of shorthand? If it is, Highland Junior College will turn out many pre- destined successes, for the commerce room is always full of would-be secretaries, stenographers, and accountants. On the surface, it. may seem that shorthand is practical only in the business world, but this theory is fallacious. Stu- dents find it very convenient when, sitting beside a fellow commerce student in liter- ature, history, or rhetoric class, they can convey intimate messages of distress or humor with ease. They need not fear the probing eyes of onlookers, the uninitiated regard shorthand as a foreign language. The presence of the commerce depart- ment. in the school is the cause and cure of many student ills. Teachers, knowing that there is available a roomful of Un- derwoods, Royals, and Remingtons, regu- larly announce, 'tAll term papers must be typed. Students, aware that a neat paper has more than an even chance of claim- ing a good grade. sit for hours in the typ- ing rooms trying to decipher whatever language, shorthand, or hen tracks they for their friendsj have made for notes. Through office practice assignments students in the commerce department gain poise and a knowledge of office etiquette and deportment, a first-hand acquaint- ance both with routine and with the in- numerable and unpredictable interrup- tions and distractions which test the metal of the business apprentice. Three kinds of students enroll in com- merce courses: One group Htends strict.- ly to its business and regards the depart- ment as a business college. A second group takes commerce seriously but in- vestigates whatever other departments at- tract its interest. The third group are stu- dents of the general curriculum who de- sire shorthand and typing for their tool value. Always poised, competent, Mrs. Van Scoyoc, so recently Mrs. Reynolds, had led us to believe that she was thoroughly qualified to paddle her own canoe , but in February she admitted that she herself was not so confident. Displaying the new gold band upon her ring finger, she con- fessed that in mid-stream she had found necessary the help of a navigator, and had placed Leland Van Scoyoc, H. J. G. profes- sor of economics and social sciences, in command. Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Van! Nineteen