Highland High School - Shield Yearbook (Highland, IN)

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salesmanship class to curriculum Vickie Heimberger carefully corrects a slight typing error as she swiftly completes another business letter. Nimble fingers, accuracy, speed, and continual concentration are prime requisites for all proficient typing stu- dents. Rechecking long columns of figures soon becomes routine to students tak- ing courses in business machines. Senior l.anette Phillips painstakingly goes over her class work in an attempt to achieve accuracy which is of prime importance in today ' s business world. Symbolic of the work done daily by business students, the number-filled tapes of an adding machine tumble upon the floor as the students complete their homework assignments. Business 7

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Business education department adds Distributive education or at least its beginnings have come to High- land High School. With their recent move into a new, more spacious and modern wing, the business education department added one more class to its already diverse curriculum. Sales- manship was an innovation this year as a class in practical learning and application. Future executives learned the complexities of running a corporation and studied for their future roles and occupations as community leaders with applied economics and clerical prac- tice classes. Business law also offered to those who wished to gain insight into the technical phase of the business world. Secretarial training or back- ground for students wishing to take faster notes was given in shorthand and notehand classes. Typing was also one of the electives offered by the depart- ment. Bookkeeping and the processes of office machines were taught to be vital parts in the efficient running of a business office. By diligently working with the machines and methods of modern bookkeeping, students of today prepare to be the business leaders of tomorrow. Linda Ross, business machines student, uses an adding machine to do lengthy calculation. Since their recent move into the new wing, the business education department offers more spacious and well- equipped classrooms. Checking and grading are a teacher’s routine. 6 Business

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Boys learn new skills through industrial arts classes Skills in handicrafts are the tools of the industrial arts department. After their recent expansion into the new wing, the department gave a more spacious and well-equipped working area to its students. Precision and neatness are all- important in mechanical and architec- tural drawing classes. Designing and laying out intricate machine parts are part of mechanical drawing classes, while architectural drawing students sketch and build scale models of their ideal houses. Studying the properties of wood and metal shop, students make furni- ture and metal projects. Enlarging the department was the new electron- ics class, enabling students to study more extensive and varied phases of industrial arts. Safety precautions are taught to be important features when work- ing with heavy machines. Protective eye shields must be worn during grind- ing, sawing and cutting. Heavy asbes- tos gloves must also be worn when using the blow torch to avoid burns. Roger Silsby fires a cutting torch to smooth away rough edges of a piece of metal. Welding, cutting and grinding are all techniques employed in making useful metal tools that are not only attractive but safe to use. 8 Industrial Arts Industrial electronics student Bill Kozet tedi- ously studies a complex maze of wiring as he completes an assignment.