Jones County Junior College - Lair Yearbook (Ellisville, MS)

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34 X Vo-Tech This is the age of specialization and colleges today are complying with the need for specialists by providing train- ing of technicians in certain areas. The technical program is a two year course which puts the student on the job while training in order to allow him to gain work experience. Technical areas covered include building construction technology, data processing, distribution and market- ing, drafting and design technology, electronics, law enforcement, and intensive business classes. Since students are taking courses they know will lead to jobs which will produce future success or failure, a sense of urgency and pride in their chosen fields usually infects all. Approximately students are enrolled in the technical courses. The Vo-Tech building is one of the busiest on campus, housing students whose classes reflect an astonishing variety of interests. This year seven new instructors claimed teaching posts. Now in the preliminary plan- ning stages is a new building which will house at least two new courses - cosmetology and child care. Clubs which are very active and have a well-planned yearly program are Phi Beta Lambda, VICA fVoca- tional Industrial Clubs of Americaj, and DECA fDistributive Education Clubs of Americaj. Right, front to back, are Jean Conway, Sue Shoemake, and Colleen Hosey, students in Intensive Business, practicing for speed and accuracy. Doug Hester studies data processed by the computer. 3 'w-WW' V Students learn data processing under the direction of Robert Landrum. 'Hum K y .1-a.4.A....4-. l t s it T -:21:szc l rxTHINIiVi5g ,.,, ,,,,,. , , ,.,., , , ,QA if .51 Ill

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Taking care of business Rowena Johnson, below, practices her shorthand. Trying to show students how to debit and credit a leoger is Dr. Carol Strickland. ,de sf ':. E05 Vicky Bush and Patsy Blue were two who enjoyed wheeling and dealing in Economics class while playing a game with class members. Whether you're planning to enter the business world immediately after leaving Jones or wait until completing a four year or more course elsewhere, or plan to use those skills learned in the summer or on a part time job, all the courses of the Business division are very practical. Many people need to understand how to take care of their own business and courses in Economics, Business Law and Accounting are available for this purpose. Typing and shorthand skills are helpful throughout college in typing papers and taking notes in classes. Some say that learning shorthand is like learning a language for writing. Working their way through college, many students plan to enter other fields and use their typing and short- hand in offices over the campus and in their communities to earn money. The division offers preparatory work in Accounting and Business Adminis- tration as well as preparatory work in Business Education for those who plan to teach business in high school. A two year terminal course in Gen- eral Business and Secretarial Science is available also. The most talked about course is probably accounting and perhaps that is because everyone seems to have trouble in balancing a budget - even in the classroom. I Business I 33

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Technical program gives specialized training Drafting and design technology covers machme and electronic drafting architectural drawing, and other facets. James White, ctor center s 1 f.r S . 'fd' 03.85 5 I '15, HI' Wi Efillllllnlllli I , ' 1 Y ll c f J , L fl! S if I Building construction draws the attention of Tony Cooley and Skipper Herring, shown here with instructor Clarence Putnam. Electronics has a language of its own and students learn to speak in terms of oscilla- tors, Boolean algebra, tunnel diodes and varactors, Charles Yelverton instructs James Williams left. Vo Tech f 35