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

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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

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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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IS Tl-II- DQCTQR IN? it NIE-LOOKING brains you have there! No, not crazy-just Hmedical secretaries at work. carving t.heir way through the skull of a frog to inspect his brain. And a very in- teresting brain-as brains go. The zoology lab seems to be our para- mount interest. As soon as any one men- tions medical secretaries, someone else says, Oh! yes-they're dissecting cats now, aren't they? This last semester we have spent our time 'tcutting up f'rogs and cats. There are seven industrious stu- dents-all girls. And they say girls belong to the weaker sex. Several of the girls have been known to feel slightly Hunhap- py after two hours of smelling formalde- hyde Cfor preserving our dear, dead friends-the frogsj. VVith the aid of slides, we have been progressing splendid- ly with our investigations. NVe may find out-what we are. The poor cat has been our victim for the last nine weeks. But the other day they shot us and the cats- with a motion picture camera. I don't know which was the greatest attraction. They took a special picture of the cat. Our ferreting instinct has also made our chemistry lab of great importance. VVe rat.her like t.his part of our course, finding things out for ourselves. But we become quite disheartened when we ac- cidentally spill some acid on a perfectly good pair of silk stockings. Result--a stocking full of holes. Although we do spend most of our time in the laboratory, there is such a va- riety ot' subjects to study that the work never becomes dull-well, hardly ever. Shorthand, typing, business English, chemistry, zoology, speech-a combina- tion of English, commercial, and labora- tory subjects. Right now, we're anticipa- ting the time, next year, when we can go down to the hospital to study and work under Dr. Ray Meidinger. We've had a taste of it-just an appetizer. Each stu- dent spent a halt' a day in charge of the office. Later on there will be more work, advanced lab technic, first-aid, medical stenography, and medical vocabulary-a dictionary in one hand and a sharp pen- cil in the other. This is the first year this course has been offered at H. J. Ct., but next year there will be another group of students sta.rting on their way to become good medical sec- retaries. VVe leave our frogs and eats in their charge, knowing they will take good care of them. We'll miss them. I Twenty-one