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

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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

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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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Hospitalization Virginia Meyer fBernJ Gertrude Godfrey fWhite , . . Cloudj. Lois Courtiu fSeveranceJ. Ardus Longfellow iHiawathaJ. Medical secretaries. Dorothy Breon fHigl1landJ. Dorothy Parker fHighlandJ and Marian Waggoner fWl1ite Cloudy Mild1'ed Myers fDentonJ. Dr. and Mrs. Ray Meidinger. Twe nty