Lincoln High School - Links Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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Are Bus. Ed. Concerns; In Accelerated Tomorrow Mrs. Katherine Stewart Department Chairman Karen Johnston carefully double-checks her shorthand notes of a mock dictation exercise before typing a master copy. Miss Jamesine Bourke Mrs. Frances Colon Miss Dorothy Dumpert Mrs. Helen Flanagan Coed Counselors Peppers Future Secretaries Coed Counselors Usherettes Miss Betty Heckman Miss Lydia Lekai Mrs. Luella Van Vleck Aqualinks Auditorium Events Student Council 21

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Overview, Job Training Student Prepares for Future Pat Walter and Jo Anderson find that the address o-graph makes short work of addressing the school's outgoing mail. The purpose of the Lincoln High Business Ed- ucation Department is twofold. The department is immediately concerned with giving the student an overall view of the world of business and provid- ing a better chance to understand it. Job train- ing is the secondary purpose, offering the student a good start toward future employment. This year, the department introduced new texts for General Business and more types of business machines. The use of rotary calculators, ten-key and full-key adding machines, and electric type- writers gave the student invaluable experience. Courses in skills such as bookkeeping and shorthand further enabled the student to prepare for a career in business. Through constant drills, students increase their speed and accuracy as they learn the proper methods of typing letters and post cards. 20

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Foreign Language Classes No English allowed” might well be the motto of the Lincoln High Foreign Language Department. Through drills, reading, and conversation the for- eign language student becomes oriented in the basic skills of his second tongue. Modern languages continued to flourish this year at LHS, as French, German, and Spanish proved ever popular. There was a note of sadness, however, as this year saw the final phase-out of Latin and the bust of Julius Caesar, long a landmark in the department, relegated elsewhere. Continued emphasis was placed on the use of recordings in foreign language study. Individual tapes were made available for home use while group study was done in the school’s excellent sound lab. Cultivate 'Second Tongue' Mi«« Elizabeth Grone Mrs. Ruth Buckner Deportment Chairman National Honor Society Library Committee Mitt Teretina Danete Mrt. JoRene Wilken ECA Committee International Club In the school's sound laboratory each foreign language student may polish and sharpen his skills by repeating what he hears on tape. 22