Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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With new manual and electric typewriters, the Business Education Department was better equipped to teach the six courses offered at Memorial. Those graduated from Typing l often chose to take another year of typing or enter other business courses such as accounting, business law, shorthand or clerical practice for secretarial training. On March 22, Chet Edwards and Karen Stanley entered UIL district competition and went on to represent Memorial in regionals on April 19. W? To familiarize students, Katy Read- ing, David George, and Bill Olson labove leftl, with court proce- dures, mock trials are held in busi- ness law. Learning how to erase properly labove rightl is a vital part of Typing I. Judy Olson lleftl increases her writing speed by taking dictation during her short- hand class. Academics-i 59

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Kay Glass, Mark Jones, Susan Meek, and Barbara Baker fabovei model in the style show. Officers of DECA fright! are Mike White, Reporter, Rhonda Copeland, Projects Chairman, David Johnson, President: Pat Bass, Secretary, Ronnie Carroll, Vice-president, Pam. Copeland, Treasurer, Gerald Peterson, Parliamentarian, and Christina Kelley, Historian. ln observance of fine arts week, members of Memorial's Disfribufive Education chapter started the year with a Sakowitz style show. A DECA breakfast in November preceded the Heath Bar sale which netted Sl 200 for the club. Memorial hosted the area DECA conference and then co-sponsored an Easter egg hunt for underprivileged children. In appreciation for community support, en employer-employee banquet was held April 29 and the final activity was a Goodbye to Seniors party. 158-Academics

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Journalism classes Ctop rightj pur- sue the study of the daily news- paper as one mean of communi- cation. Mrs. Elaine Pritchett fright! explains reporting techniques to students. 160-Academics