Hot Springs High School - Old Gold Book Yearbook (Hot Springs, AR)

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It has to do in general with furniture construc- tion and design. The commercial department is always busy, too. The typing room is crowded during most classe, for a majority of us manage to most classes for a majority of us manage to graduating. ln the study of this course we learn the fundamentals of letter writing, the correct form for setting up a manuscript, tabu- lation, the art of stencil cutting, and sucl' things. Time tests are given ever so often to determine the rate of speed at which we can type. That's when most of us learn how dis- astrous a single error can be and that, conse- quently, it pays to be cautious. Shorthand is a two-year course, the first year including mainly the learning of brief forms and special business phrases. At the end of two years every student should have reached a minimum of one hundred words a minute in taking dictation: some attain a high- er average. At any rate, it's said that practice makes perfect: and there is always plenty of that. The third division of this department is the office practice class, highly recommended for anyone interested in a secretarial career. In a short semester or two he can learn much that will be useful later. For practical experi- ence the student does such things as typing and alphabetizing the census of the public schools and mimeographing tests for faculty members. DISCUSSING SUPER-SALESMANSHIP are Miss Shoffauser, Teresa Radwell, Mr. Massey, Marie Ann Howard, Virginia McCrory, Betty Lou Smith, Ioe Poe, Betty Miles, and Doris Nichols. Bookkeeping is another subject included in this department. ln this course we learn to distinguish between debits and credits and to recognize assets, liabilities, and proprietor- ships. We also learn to make entries in dif- ferent kinds of journals, to make abstracts of accounts receivable and accounts payable, to make work sheets and balance sheets, and to make ct post-closing trial balance. Many students of this department contri- bute to the war work by addressing envelopes for the Red Cross, typing for the Community Chest, and investigating and reporting ceiling prices of stores for the Office of Price Admini- stration. SPEED DEMONS IN THE MAKING are lane Dwiggins, Mima McCrary, and Katherine Bevill. PAGE 23

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--5 . ,t .X ,W I ,,.,,,:i'5,--if Qt f fr f Q t .4 , 7' 4-i t E7 ' NVLV I , , Z' Mg f WHAT IS THE OUICKEST WAY to a man's heart? Vir- ginia Parker, Dorothy Emerson, Carolyn Wheatley, Leora Cary, and Virginia Scott ought to know. NOT WHAT YOU DO but the way you do is the important tact in sewing-so Georgia Fay Rogers, Inez Radford, and Marie Buttrum found out. PRINTING-THE VOICE OF THE SCHOOL-is put into type by Wallace Taylor, Andy Iett, Bobby Mann, and Herman Howell. lUST NAME IT, WE'LL MAKE IT, say Richard Stauder, Norman Westerman, I. D. Burch, I. B. Will, Bob Maus, and Wilson Brown-manual training students. We have a number of vocational subjects. Home economics is one. This includes two sep- arate units, sewing and cooking. The former ranges from complication to simplicityg that is the girls are taught to add to and replenish their own wardrobes, even though the first at- tempts may be guite unprententious, Style shows, which stimulate interest, are given at intervals for the student body. As to the culi- nary ability of this department, the report is that it's practically unlimited. We have first- hand information from Mrs. W. W. Turner, the instructor, and confirmation from other faculty members who have been their guests that the girls can prepare a meal in good order-and with due ceremony, too. The printing room is one place that's near- ly always rushed. The students here have a host of things to dog for one thing, they print the Torchlight, our school paper. They also print tickets and posters for class plays, con- certs, dances, book reviews, and anything else calling for publicity, print report cards for all the city schools: and make illustrated booklets and teachers' manuals. Wood shop, taught by Mr. Wilhite, is sim- ply carpentryeee cabinet building, for example. PAGE 22

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,,N Y 5 in History is a subject most people iump to conclusions about, and the conclusions are us- ually the same-that it's a not too inspiring matter of remembering dates, wars, conquer- ors, and conquered. That isn't the general idea anymore. We still study the past, but for a very practical reason-that we may apply our knowledge of it to the problems that confront us today. We have present as well as past history, and it's the former that we're concen- trating on tor the most part these days. We put a lot ot emphasis on classroom discussions, in which everyone may express his own opin- ions and viewpoints. Some ot the history classes subscribe to a current news magazine and devote one day a week to its contents. As a supplement to the textbook, some classes use map books. Assignments are made in these frequently, and from such work comes a broader knowledge of places prominent in the war. Civics is a related subject. lt's the study ot our American governmente-how it's set up and how it works and what are the best pol- icies lor keeping it running smoothly in the fu- ture. l-lere we talk about everything from postwar plans to the racial situation. Qi course, l X llwk Cleve T 1 PAGE 24 .fl 'A IN THIS AMERICAN HIS- TORY CLASS lrene Porter is the teacher of the mo- WMM ment we never reach a unanimous decision regard- ing the latter. But it's not for us to decide the problem yet, is it? Mr. Sidney Massey expounds the mystere ies ot economic geography. This takes in culti- vation of the soil and the means ot using its resources to our advantage, products, imports, and exports of the United States and other countriesg and facts about the conditions ot the principal cities ot the world. Mechanical drawing is taught by Mr. O. P. Wilhite. Some of its phases are the use of drawing instruments, geometrical constructions lettering, and pictorial drawing. 4'-s I ,sv-