Maria High School - Maria Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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We Useful experience is gained by Teresa Sorren+ino who pracrices on Selecrric card punch Typewrifer. Sis'rer M. AnneHe 40 Trying our ine new elecrric 'rypewrifers are Joanne Ryan, Charlene Radie and Regina Zymanias.

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Business department adds selectrics One oT The mosT imporTanT aims oT The business deparTmenT is To prepare sTudenTs Tor The business world. For This reason, sTu- denTs are oTTered a yarieTy oT skills which will beneTiT Them laTer in clerical posiTions. Courses consisTing oT sTenography, oTTice machines, and bookkeeping were conducTed in such a manner as To crea'Te an oTTice-like aTmosphere in each class. By Taking Timed TesTs, The sTudenTs began To realize The ex- Treme imporTance which speed and accuracy play in The compleTion oT a Task. To make possible specialized Training in The IBM Tields, selecTric card punch Type- wriTers were purchased. Also added This year were new elecTric Olympia TypewriTers. STudenTs sTudying sTenography Tound ThaT aTTer pracTicing sTeno consisTenTly each nighT, They could acTually read and wriTe Their sguiggly ouTlines accuraTely. Taking classroom noTes provided opporTuniTies To puT Their knowledge To pracTical use. The TirsT Tew monThs oT Typing were ones oT many errors and Tew rewards. UndaunTed- ly, The sTudenTs pracTiced unTil Their TalTer- ing clicks became smooTh and Their Typing almosT wiThouT error. Many sTudenTs made use oT Their acquired skills by applying Them To aTTer-school and week-end iobs. STeno sTudenT, Sharon Bogus careTully pracTices The Careful concenTraTion is displayed by Caren Delich as she rechecks her compuTaTions on The Tape. rx, various sTrokes needed Tor a TranscripTion. ff fff'5'5, 5 SisTer Florence SisTer Teresa Mary Kaminskas Clarkson