Madras High School - Hi Sage Yearbook (Madras, OR)

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English Program Features A New Dimension Pete Carlson Department Head The English department incorporated a new program this year. Students took four nine week long courses during the year. A few of the courses to choose from were speech, which covered the fundamentals of formal speaking, semantics, the study of the origin of words, art of the film demonstrated the methods and techniques of film making, and understanding Shakespeare. This revision, which was available only to sophomores, juniors and seniors, was designed to give students a chance to take different types of English courses. BELOW: Les Hindman, sophomore, demonstrates and explains the use of fire fighting equipment for his speech class. BELOW RIGHT: Steve Mollman, freshman, practices speaking into a microphone in front of his English class. FAR RIGHT: Alan Moore, freshman, concentrates on a poem. BOTTOM RIGHT: Discussing cultures with students and teachers from visiting schools are seniors, Dwayne Sampson and Tim Frank and Junior Pena. 6

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Student Prepare For The World of Business The Madras High's business department offered a variety of different courses, including typing, shorthand, accounting, business law, business machines, and a new course called exploring business, a semester course which introduced students to many aspects of the business world. In shorthand classes, students practiced correct office procedures, including proper conduct and appearance. They practiced letter composition and telephone procedures. Accounting classes completed sec- tions covering elements of financial records, accounting systems and procedures. They did accounting projects which consisted of keeping records for a month long period. The District Attorney and other speakers visited the business law classes. The classes were present in court to observe a criminal case and covered several books on business. The business machines class learned the skills and proceduresof filing and use of adding machines, calculators and other machines. I Larry Larson Department Head BELOW LEFT: Chris Davis, junior, gets situated for a timed writing. BELOW: Senior Glenda Carlson sorts letters to mail.