Lincoln Academy - Lincolnian Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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Mrs. James9 assistant Ms. Webb helps typing class. Business 23 Mrs. Ernestine Clark's third hour accounting class work out problems. While instructing class, Mrs. Katie James still sits pretty.

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 uiineii Do typing and When enrolling for the next year, the main courses to prepare for college such as math, history, and English are stressed. But this year the importance of taking a typing course has also been implied. Why? Mrs. Kathie James, typing and shorthand teacher, says, “All business courses can help you if you go to college because all reports are typed and if you can’t type, you have to pay someone.” “If you are unable to go to college,” Mrs. James added, “you can always find some type of job. They use typing everywhere. There’s not a business anywhere that I know of that doesn’t use typing.” But what about shorthand, how will that help in the future? Karen shorthand help? Dixon, senior, says, “I think it will help me a lot in college taking notes and all. I think shorthand should be stressed just as much as typing, the two classes go together. You should learn how to take notes and then be able to type them.” Computers are becoming big these days also. By the time the freshman class of 1987 graduates, computes will probably have taken over. “With computers becoming big, typing is always needed,” said Mrs. James. “The main thing with typing and shorthand is, if my teaching career ends, I can always do something else,” she concluded. Leslie Crispin Mary Robinson, Nicole Anderson, Jackie Brown, Marcia Lee, and Michelle Johnson take dictation in shorthand. Lanetta Wilmore-Bey shows her skills. 22 Business

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Vocati ona .Arti Teaching job skills Fifty-four students attend the Tech either in the morning or the afternoon session. The Tech offers many courses — Child- care, Data Entry, Data Processing, Cosmetology, Culinary Arts, Drafting, Commercial Art, and Industrial Sewing. The Tech also has a job placement program. Kevin Brown is a 16-year old junior who is taking the couse in Culinary Arts which is a one year course. After completion he will receive a certificate of completion. Kevin has learned to decorate pantries and pastries. He is hoping to open his own restaurant one day. Kevin thinks his teacher Mrs. Fannie Nelson is a good teacher. “No matter how hard she gets, that just makes me more determined to learn,” Kevin said. Kevin will attend the University of Missouri — Columbia. Kevin’s hobbies are dancing, singing and cooking. Rosalind Jones is a 17-year old senior who is taking Data Entry in the afternoon session. Rosalind has learned to use the IBM system. She checks to see if the data is correct and speed is measured for accuracy. A disadvantage of her class is that they do not have enough modern machines such as the diskette machine. However she feels that Data Entry is a great field to be in and a money making field. Lyvette Clark Rory Ross, senior, practices pressing technique. 24 Vocational Arts