Mason City High School - Masonian Yearbook (Mason City, IA)

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FREDERICK HUMPHREY JOHN BECHTER JULIA MACE MARGARET BRAKEL Shorthand I, ll Bookkeeping l, ll Clerical Training Shorthand l, ll Typewriring ll Typewriting I Stenographic Training Introduction to Business Problems A C0'0P Office 5fe '0QfQDl'1Y Business Training , lnff0ClUCf'0U Business I-QW ClEI'lCGlTFGIf1U'lg usiizess Cgcywcafioiz H -1' 5 as PROOFREADING - Trudy Hickok kncws that the best policy is to read the copy before removing it from the typewriter. Program changes prepare students for business world To achieve its purpose of preparing students for the business world, Mason City High School's busi- ness education department is continually changing its program. This year, for the first time, secretarial and clerical students are working on the job with a background of two full years' training. Two new courses, introduction to stenography and introduc- tion to clerical training, were introduced last year. Students who received the benefit of these courses are now on the job. A change has also been made in the order of courses. Formerly, business law was offered the first semester and business problems the second, This situation has been reversed, enabling students who were unable to take business law previously to do so now. BOOK BALANCERS - Bookkeeping students Sandi Tuthill, Dennis Lechman and Janice Beinke use adding machines. i

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RS:- MOLDING CHARACTERS - A group of Art Xll students get their fingers into a little clay during o unit on modeling and sculpture. New artists' press enables classes to print ancl etch New opportunities were made available to stu- dents in art classes this year as an artists' press was added to the department's equipment. The press makes possible work in numerous types of printing and etching and allows students in all grades to become acquainted with more varied forms of art. Students in Art X classes concentrate mainly on gaining a basic understanding of fundamental art techniques. Art Xl emphasizes art in the com- mercial fields of advertising and fashion designing. Art Xll, once again added to the school's curricu- lum after a one-year lapse, is designed to give the student an opportunity to study the fine arts more deeply. All art courses offered stress functional tech- niques which will be of value to students in their future lives. CAREFUL! - Sophomores Iris Haight and Kathy Denhert use power saws for a Crafts class project. CRAFTSMEN - Fred Lehmann and Keith Riser display their skill at tooling leather as Daniel Holman looks on. WARREN RUBY Art X, XI, XH Crafts X' N .,.,

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4 A JULIUS TESCH Driver Education J CHARLES PATRHJGE Driver Education . l river . SAFETY FIRST - Richard Edwards tastens his seat belt and prepares to take oft. Good driving habits and safety are em- phasized in the driver training program. Drivers learn on manual and automatic transmissions This year driver education students have been learning driving skills in a station wagon with a straight stick transmission and a sedan with auto- matic transmission. The Aetna Drivo-Trainers, which are used for classroom training, also have straight stick transmission. Other classroom study, which takes tour weeks, consists ot a study of Iowa Motor Vehicle Laws. Anyone taking the course, which is required for graduation, must have his parents till out a card giving their consent. A summer session, which may be more conveni- ent for a student with a full schedule, is on a year- to-year basis and is decided on by the Board ot Education. Driver education instructors, Julius Tesch and Charles Patridge, teach not only proper driving skills, but also the proper attitude tor driving. AND AWAY WE G0 - Before actual driving experience, students practice on the Aetna Drivo-Trainers. a ' , -,.tt.w-'s4ew- 4