Langley High School - Aeronaut Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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The commercial department prepares students for a future in the business world. Below. Grace Ginther takes the spotlight as she types on one of Lang- ley's new typewriters. To prepare people for a whirl in the husiness world is ll hig johl That is why Hve of Langleyis ahle teachers are engaged in the work, which in- cludes hooklceeping, economics, consumers educaf tion, shorthand, and typewriting, Typewriting is looked upon as a necessity these days not only in Langley's commercial depart- ment is under the direction of the following teachers: Miss M a u d e Clayton, Mr. Reuben Saunders, Miss Mar- garet Giegerich. Miss Frances Smeddle and Mr. Robert An- gelo. These five teachers. shown right tiling reports. teach the students an impor- tant part of I.angley's cur- riculum and come in contact with a large percentage of the student body taking the commercial course. A .L Si., 'M-WC 4.4,-1' , . . tk , J 'A-I 3 V 'Aga Qvs M MC, The girls shown in a shorthand class seem intent in learning their trade. As part of this commercial pro- gram, shorthand is a popular subject. These girls have all received certificates for taking 80 words per minute. WE THAI , lllll, husiness hut in all types of work, A few college preparatory students take a mt ditied version of the commercial course to help them in the preparation of themes and term papers. Some commercial students go on to clerical practice. 5,1-v fb Y

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HITURE EXPHHS Langl-:y's homeriialqing department 15 no longer just .1 cl.1ssr1w111 Ill wliich girls :irc taught tri cook .md sew: it 14 tl Ul1tlIT1C wrirksliiwp Llcsigiiccl to give strength. cimwurgigemeiit. :md guidance to the h11111er11.1l4crs fit' tiiniwrrowf' Thriuugh this inf i'.1l1111l1lv iiistructiwii, girls hemme fi1H1ll1.1I' with :ill plmscs 111' l111111e lilo that lend to good Amer' le ill Cllllxfllblllp, These girls are practicing an art which they will use in their own homes. A class in home economics will teach the arts of sewing and cooking in the modern home. his-I . 'LA 1 1 Good wives can be made or broken by these four teach- ers. Left to right. Miss Beu- lah Hunt. Miss Lois Camp- bell. Mrs. Helen Campbell. and Mrs. johnson constitute the faculty which makes Langlefs future homemak- ers good homemakers. They are privileged to use Lang- ley's new home economics facilities. , of Experience is the best teacher! Left to right, Shirley Smith. Norine Davis, Rose- marie Binek. Shirley Knight, Juanita Hous- ton, and Virginia Conley go through the many steps necessary in preparing a well- balanced meal.

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FUR THE BUS! ESS Shirley Wfilliams, left and Grace Ginther are inter- ested in the new dictaphone Catherine Brandy oper- ates. It is part of the new equipment added to the commercial department 5 Ye Qld Alma Mater is featuring an addition to the commercial department this year-clerical practice. This course has annexed Room ll4 to accommodate the new equipment. The new ma' chines consist of a dictaphone, five electric adding machines, a mimeograph and copyfritc, a check writer, elite and pica typewriters, a mimeoscope, and individual filing units for each pupil. I. A Norma Wolfe, left, and janet Lemmer operate the mimeograph while Theresa Keener inspects the copy. Students do much mimeographing of tests and worksheets for the faculty. WORlD Langleys commercial faculty doesn't strive to make students skilled operators, hut aims to ac' quaint them with the fundamentals of ofhce ma' chine operation so that they can adapt themselves to the many changes in office devices. Clerical practice students assume many ofhce responsif hilities. 1 ' Patricia Malecki operates the copy-rite. This machine is a type of ditto and makes copies much more cheaply than does the mimeograph. Left to right, Loretta Gnipp, Florence Craig, and Dolores Bankert are checking some figures on the adding ma- chine. Students get actual of- fice experience in this course.