Highland Park High School - Albadome Yearbook (Highland Park, NJ)

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.-A DOROTHY GOLD Typing l,2, Junior Business Training, Secretarial Practices, Retail Selling Get quiet. WILLIAM H. ELLWOOD, Chairman Bookkeeping, Typing, Clerical Practice W here are you going? ROBERT J. LOZAK Law and Economics, Typing 1, Bookkeeping Don't forget to put the boards back and take the newspapers with you. C0 ERCI L IRENE V. O'HARA Shorthand 1,2, Typing If you're good, I'll give you tomorrow all In general the purpose or function of the Com- mercial Department is to give vocational guid- ance in two main fields: secretarial and clerical. At the same time it is the aim of the department to train all of its members, by means of a well rounded curriculum, to be well adjusted and use- ful citizens. All of the participants in the commercial course receive practical experience both by serving as an official secretary to one or more of the teachers and by working under actual business conditions for nearly six weeks at any one of several businesses in the New Brunswick area. It is the hope of the department that, with the completion of the new addition, advanced cour- ses in bookkeeping and junior business training can be offered.

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QSM' ARLENE V. MAISEL, Chairman Home Economics Things could be worse. 1 JOAN E. BLUME Vocal Music, History and Apreciation of Music Smile. Alfl' ' Subdivisions are: Art, Music, Home Economics, and Manual Training. Exhibits and contest participation are I some art class projects. Besides vocal and instrumental music, music appreciation is taught fhighlight: annual opera tripl. Home Economics devotees help serve lun- cheons and dinners. Mechanical Drawing is just one oi many features of the shop course. WP' BETTY ABELL Cafeteria Supervisor Home Economics I'll be with you in a minute. CONDIT R. ATKINSON Instrumental Music 0.K. Let's go, gang. MARILYN TURNER Art You're late. RICHARD KLAWUNN Mechanical Drawing, Shop ry All right, walk out. r

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E GLIH An accelerated tenth grade class was initiated this year for thos students who showed special aptitude. The purpose of the cours is to give interested students the opportunity to prepare for advance College Boards in their senior year. One of the most valuable assets a student may take with his JOAN ABRAHAMSON English 3 I'll never tell. CHARLES MILI ER English 2 That's tough, T-U-F-F-! WARD E. EHRENFELD English 1 Heavens to Betsy! JOSEPH DONNELLY English 3,4 All right now, we have business to attend to. to college is a wide background of reading. To promote interest in good reading, a citizen has offered an award to the student who Q reads the most good books during the year. lt is hoped when the College Board results are in, the time spent in extra classes preparing for them will have been justified. CERTRUDE W. PATTERSON, Chairman English 2, 4 Your assignments for the three l weeks are as follows ....