Kane Area High School - Hurri Kane Yearbook (Kane, PA)

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Commercial Course Trains for Efficiency Asdf space jkl; space. At last the keyboard was mastered, and the typing students began to make sense with their machines. Through daily practice and timed- writings, the typists quickly in- creased their speed. Although some took the course for practi- cal reasons, many will use their skill in their future secretarial work. Don lines up his paper under Miss Mc- Camey ' s supervision. Practical experience plus on- the-job training benefited the members of Miss McCamey ' s of- fice practice class. They learned to file, type stencils, and operate the dictaphone and adding ma- chines. During the second se- mester, they put their knowledge to work when many of them ob- tained jobs in local offices. Pat, Charlotte, and Maurice get prac- tical training by using the dictaphone, calculator, and filing cabinet. Terms such as debits and cred- its, assets and liabilities may be puzzling to the majority of stu- dents but not to the bookkeeping classes who learned to enter them properly in ledgers. The advanced class kept the books and handled all the money for the cafeteria. Students get actual practice in book- keeping by taking care of all cafe- teria accounts.

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Music and Art Develop Cultural Appreciation Miss Donovan kept her art classes busy with various projects which in- clu ded making plaster of Paris and wooden plaq u e s , papier-mache faces and waste baskets. They also drew de- signs, did lettering, and made posters and Christmas cards. Miss Donovan explains how to put the finish- ing touches on papier- mache masks. A new instrument found a place in Kane High when Miss Dalrymple intro- duced the autoharp to her eighth and ninth grade music classes. With it she taught them chording and the underlying rhythm. In addition the students examined the piano and several other instruments to discover where the music comes from and why. Vocal music wasn ' t neglected, either, with emphasis placed on harmony singing. Sue strikes the chord on autoharp as the rest tune up for Jacob ' s Ladder. Woodwinds iron out musical difficulties in sec- tionals under the direction of Mr. Stewart. Weak spots in band and orchestra pieces were ironed out during Thurs- day sectional re- hearsals. The an- nual spring concert proved that the time spent in striving for perfection was most worthwhile.

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Practical and Safety Education Now the first thing to remem- ber is to shut off the water sup- ply. With these instructions the eighth and ninth grade girls pro- ceeded to change washers in leaky faucets. Adjusting window shades and sharpening knives were also part of their six-weeks ' course of shop in preparation to become efficient housewives. Girls sharpen knives. So far, so good; no sliced fingers. Almost as good as Mom makes, at least the home ec boys thought as they ate the food they pre- pared. They also learned to darn socks, sew on buttons, and press trousers. Fellows learn how to keep that well- groomed look. The most patient and courage- ous men in school were Mr. Turner and Mr. Lowry. Day after day they sat in the dual control train- ing car teaching students the fun- damentals of safe driving. Thanks to their efforts, parking and back- ing around corners were not quite so terrifying to the new drivers. Kellar is endeavoring to park between the red flags and still leave them standing.