Martinsville High School - Artesian Yearbook (Martinsville, IN)

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Typewriters buzzed, adding machines clicked, and shorthand records played as business classes studied. Nine courses, including business English, shorthand, bookkeeping, business math, general business, typing, merchandising, consumer eco- nomics, and office practice were available to students. Merchandising was a new subject added to the curriculum last year. It is a part of Distributive Edu- cation and is a two year program. During the first year students study in the classroom from a text- book. Here they learn the basic fundamentals of retail and wholesale merchandising. Then the sec- ond year, if they choose to continue, they attend school half of the day and work in a local business the other half. The purpose is to give them on the job training and help prepare them for work- ing immediately after graduation. Fifteen students from the class joined DECM, a state-wide organization for merchandising students. Seven of these students attended the state conven- tion November 1 1 , at the ISTA building in India- napolis with Mr. Louis Fleck, merchandising instructor. Junior shorthand student, Anita Martin, works on her next day ' s lesson in Mrs. Marie Kitchen ' s first period shorthand class. teaches basics of retail and wholesale buying

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So that ' s it, seems to be Linda Payne ' s thought as she and Susan Goss discuss a problem in Mrs. Seal ' s General Business class. New merchandising class Mrs. Joan Seal, office practice instructor, assists senior Gloras Capshaw in setting up the duplicating machine to make copies of pamphlets, tests, and letters. Students in Mr. Louis Flecks ' first hour merchandising class listen as he gives a lecture on the importance of business in today ' s world. Thirty students took the course that was of- fered for the first time this year. Students in Mrs. Madalyn Mur- rell ' s first year typing class are prodded on to faster speeds by her stop watch. They typed practice letters, drills, and worked on improving their ac- curacy. 10

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Operating farm largest project for agriculture students Junior Dennis Marple prepares to spray a tree with insecticide The vocational agriculture students helped landscape the Baptist churchyard as well as spraying the trees. Vocational agriculture students leased and op- erated 15 acres of land on the east edge of Martins- ville. The boys did all the work including the plan- ning, planting, h arvesting, and marketing. They had their own equipment consisting of a farm planter, mowing machine, cultivator, rotary hoe, and form wagon. One of the local implement dealers donated a new truck and tractor exclusively for the boys ' use. A supervised farming program was carried on during the school year and continued through the summer. Mr. Telfer, agriculture instructor, visited each boy ' s farm to advise and counsel him on his project. Some students chose beef, corn, hay, or soy beans to raise as their project. They kept a record on their project and studied it for its value in their future farming. Besides farming, related occupations such as farm service, conservation, farm chemical manufacturing, and veterinarian work were studied. Freshmen and sophomores basically studied live- stock enterprise and soil while juniors concentrated on landscape, gardening, pasture management, and farm shop skills. Mr. Telfer instructs and assists Earl Hazel and George King in putting together a gate to be used on the Agriculture farm. 12