Kecoughtan High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Hampton, VA)

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Education Mrs. Glenda B. Mayhew B.S., Radford College Typing, Record Keeping Miss Karen K. Pearce B.S., Madison College Shorthand, Typing Sponsor: FBLA Miss Joyce Rollins B.S., Madison College VOT, Typing Sponsor: VOT Club, FBLA Mr. Albert H. Smith B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute Bookkeeping, Record Keeping, Personal Finance Sponsor: TOMAHAWK, Photography Staff, FBLA, SCA Personal typing classes offer an opportunity for college bound students to gain an essential skill for the days ahead. Reproducing common business forms and procedures becomes a daily part of class for business education students. Mr. Smith, in conferring with SCA President John Curtis, demonstrates the spirit of co-operation that is characteristic of all teachers at KHS. 27

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Business Miss Noncy C. Sides B.S., M.A., Appalachian State Teachers College Advanced Typing, Shorthand Sponsor: FBLA Miss Delores J. Burchett B.S., Concord College General Business, Typing Sponsor: YFC Mrs. Virginia C. Johnson A.B., Duke University Distributive Education Sponsor: DE Club Miss Pauline M. Lane B.S., Longwood College Typing, Shorthand, General Business Miss Nancy L. Forrest B.S., Longwood College Shorthand, General Business Several students polish their typing skills by prepar- ing materials for various school publications. Kecoughtan ' s Business Education program covers many different areas of the business world. This wide variety enables the students to receive a solid background for a business career or a few college-bound essentials such as typing and shorthand. The courses offered include typing, short- hand, general business, record keeping, office practice, vocational office training, and book- keeping, as well as distributive education. A novel addition this year was the student store operated by the distributive education stu- dents. The store provides KHS students with a chance to see and buy the latest in clothes, and gives the distributive education students practice in selling and experience in display- ing stock. The vocational office training students type the class newspapers written by the first-year journalism students. Second-year typing stu- dents assist in typing material for the TOMA- HAWK. Kecoughtan ' s business program was qualified this year to administer the National Business Education Entrance Test. Business courses at KHS are co-ordinated to provide the students with a complete, bal- anced business education. An overflowing trash can, a desk that seems much too small, and one busy teacher go into the forma- tion of a department such as Business Education. 26

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Fine Mr. Alexander Villers B.A., West Virginia Wesleyan Art Sponsor: National Honor Society Mrs. Katherine G. Lucas B.S., Denison University Home Economics Mrs. Wanda L. Snyder B.S., West Virginia University English, Home Economics The Fine Arts Department, under the direc- tion of Mr. Alex Villers, is highly regarded for its creative contributions to Kecoughtan. The department is divided into sections covering art, homemaking, band, and chorus. Art, taught by Mr. Alex Villers, provides a wide range of creative fields. Utilizing such tools as an imaginative mind, and paper, paint, and charcoal, students concentrate in the fields of mosaics, oils, and ceramics to communicate ideas and feelings. The Homemaking classes, under Mrs. Kath- erine Lucas, provide Kecoughtan ' s girls with an opportunity to learn the things necessary for maintaining an efficient home. The girls receive instruction and practice in sewing, cooking, child care, serving as hostesses, and interior decorating. The art classes study design and form with wooden material. Mrs. Snyder is about to check the refrigerator after a class in cooking. 28