Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Look like we made it Business, typing students use courses for career purposes he clattering of the various types of machines could be heard throughout the lower Red Wing. These once considered blow off courses trained students in skills which they could use in getting 'obs. The Business Department was a very popular elective department because the classes could be used for personal use as well as in jobsf, stated Mrs. Coye Emmons. department chair- man. The business courses consisted of Typing I. Typing II. Shorthand I. Busi- ness Law. General Business. Account- inv I and Accounting II. :This was the first year that Account- ing II was offered. The classes were big and the department was upleasedv wit the response they received. said Mrs. Emmons. The typing classes gradually changed from manual ty ewriters to electric. and they receivedp new tables and chairs to fit the new typewriters. The accounting classes also received many new items such as display calcu- lators and improved accounting books. Business has always been a good field because of choices in careersf, said Mrs. Necil Meushaw. The classes wereevenly divided between guys and girls in beginning typing but there were more girls in advanced typing, she added. Mrs. Emmons said. We worked hard to make it easy and do the work in class, but these classes weren't blow off courses. Accounting is just common knowledge. and something you can always fa I back onf, said Junior Susan Holloway. 'glt doesn't take much coordination to type. just a lot of patience, stated Junior Jeri Dunaway. Typing is a skill everybody should know before they get to collegef, said Junior Catherine Graubart. L'You have to have mathematical ability for ty ing,', said Junior Lisa Wolf. It is definitely not a blow off course. she added. These once thought-to-be 'fblow off courses sur- prised many students who go in there expecting an easy - 30 - - Cathy Wohl 'Bei L. - SHORT- g HAND COULD help A in taking notes g in college and Lg secretarial ' J' work. It's not absolutely nec- essary for ajob. but it raises your pay if you know shorthand. said Junior Susan Holloway. Susan was one, of five shorthand students that were entered in the shorthand competition. Shorthand is a skill given that can never be taken away. stated Susan. The teacher makes a difference on how much work someone is will- ing to put into something. said Susan. Mrs. Ann Jumper is an excel- lent teacher, and I think a lot of her as a person. she added. Susan wants to become a certified public accountant and possibly have her own business. Later. when she graduates from law school, she wants to join a law firm as a lawyer and tax accountant. Susan also wants to become either a chemical engineer or an environ- mental engineer. Engineering is a good field for women because there are only about 250 women engineers in the United States. said Susan. -30 - f .- 'ww -Cr11hyWohl -n .2-if 'L W -... I iffifgrf' . 1, T ENJOYING IT ALMOST AS MUCH AS MONOPOLY, Business students Denton, Florian, Bill O'Donnell, Kammy Kurtin, and teacher Mrs. Emily Wilson play a game involving money man- agement. THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS CLUB, FRONT ROW: Hal Lott, Gray Gregory, Steve Sanderson, Elizabeth Moore CSweetheartb, Kim Morris - Treasurer, Julie Van Tash - Secretary, Brzyan Harvey - Reporter, Terry Atmar - Vice President, ike Sharp - President, Ronnie Presswood, Mike Brown. SEC- OND ROW: Karen Schafer - Sponsor, Vince Bernd, Greg Turner,-Ronny Weil, Susan Joachim, Mary Grace Pennington, Kristi Kimmel, Charles Boswell, Carol Riewe, Tom King, Kay Fortson. THIRD ROW: David Jackson, Ray Hendrickson, Brad Powers, Alan Cox, Roy,Witten, Steve Agplegate, John Carring- ton, Pat Stracker, aul Kaisher, ddie Dunnam, Gary McFarland, Mike Tita, Alex Power, Larry Griggin, Byron Snie- deau, Susan Andrews, Tray Roper, Ron Smith, Sponsor. ' Business Education ' I

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DEEP IN THOUGHT, Miky Kim and Brian Cun- ningham work through their day's assignment. Accounting classes began the year by learning to read simple financial statements and prog- ressed until they were working with five journals and three ledgers for a single proprietorship. Photo by Scott Waughtal. FIGURING IN HIS HEAD instead of on his add- ing machine, Mark Christiansen ponders the wonders of accounting. Mastering the machine was only one of the many facets of the course. Photo by Scott Waughtal. BOTTOM: WHILE FLIPPING THROUGH HIS DRAFTING BOOK, Todd Sawtelle finds an inter- esting desig1n. Students are taught to draw through mat ematics. Photo by Scott Waughtal. I 82 Business Education L ,gigs 'ft 5- MW 'u: mmf W--1 'cz - XX Q I MH

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STUDENTS LEARN BY DOING, in drivers edu- cation. A student puts the final touch on the hub cap after changing the tire while his class watches. Photo by Kathy Epps. WITH HUB CAP AND LUG WRENCH IN HAND, Coach Nic Nichols teaches his class how to change tires. Nichols tauijht World History, Drivers Ed., as well as coaching football. Photo by Kathy Epps. ' 184 Special Report, Driver's Ed Ar'ccl0rr1l1'ng V Byfynfloa C2Hey 1 'T' Q 'ands clamped tightly around the steering, wheel of the driver's education car the student concentrated'intently' on tlte road altead of hint. . . ' . The vDriver's Ed. teacher broke into a cold sweat as he warned tlte student of' tlte car in front of him. Slow down. you are about to hit tllat car. watch out! As the words of, his teacher slowly sink,in. tlte student slatnmed on his brakes sending his teacher andhis classmates flyingl I A ' , , - Driver's Education taugltt students how' to drive'a car and taught the' instructors to control tlteir nerves. Near accidents were a conunon occurrence. We were driving in the car arotmd Addicks. lturned around to talk to my teacher who w'as'resting her head on the windsheild. When I. turned back around I saw this lmge dip in tlte road. I slannned on my brakes and we skidded into' tlte dip and hit tlte front of the car. My teacher's head slannned into the windshield. When'I started the car again the back ofthe car scraped tlte street. Sophomore Stephanie Gross stated.-1 ' ' ' Most students looked upon.Driver's Educa- tion as something to be endured in order' to receive their license. I liked Driver's Ed. because I had to take it to get my license. said Sophomore Tommy Hornsby. Soine students really enjoy Driver's Education because of a love for driving. Sophomore Boozie Cathell stated. Driver's Ed. was a lot of fun. I got a kick out of driving but the sinmlators were a pain. Driver's Education was also looked upon as just another class like English. It was jttst anotlter class you had to take and you had to be thereon time. said Sophomore Jill Harris. to the DPS rivers Ed The Behind tlte Wheel phase of Driver's Education was divided illto two separate segments. Simulation and Driving. ln sinmlation film strips were Sll0VI'll'I'0Cl'C3IIIIg actual driving situations. ln simulators they took poiltts on the tilnes you react right to certain situations and ottce I didn't get any points at all 'cause I was speeding and running stop signs and stuff like that. recalled Boozie. U A new SXSIIEIII for teaching Driver's Education was enacted so thatvit was taught straight througlt dtlring regttlar scltool ltours. Driver's Ed. was set up tllis year so tllat you went to your Counselor's office and sclledttle it like ally other class. Driver's Education was now a quarter long class including both tlte Classroom phase attd tlte behind the wlleel phase. explained IVIr. John McCoy. The new system for teaching Driver's Education has been criticized by stu- dents because of tlte amount of time it requires to complete the course. Twelve weeks was jttst too long. it was jttst a big waste of time. Ilalf tlte first six weeks you jttst sit there and talk. Freshman Melissa Lange stated. The switch over front tlte old method of Driver's Ed. was handled to the new nletllod delayed lnany stttdellts froln completing the course. I didn't like Driver's Ed because it took so long. I started Driver's Ed last year and could 'not take behind tlte wlteel until they set up special classes for people like me who finished tlte first half of fit. said Sophomore Rob Cagle. ', Having tauglu Driver's Education for several years. McCoy is known by almost all students. If a student has not had McCoy. the odds are that an older brother or sister or a friend had. Mr. fVIcCoy was pretty funny. You should .seeythe way he acted when you made a mistake. said Cagal. Some students took pride in Itow lnuch trouble they caused McCoy. We had Nl-r. McCoy for bellind tlte wheel. Ile was very' proud of Itow he had never hated a student. My class holds the honor of conting the closest to having FVIcC'oy hate ns. We never had a norlnal day ill that class. Once this guy screwed up tlte filln machine tlte day' after it was returned froln the shop where it had resided for two weeks. We allnost always screwed something np. stated llornsby. In classroom phase of Driver's Education students were instructed on tlte traffic signs and laws of Texas so tltey would be able to pass tlte written driv- ing exanl. I-'ilm strips showing tlte consequences of had driving were viewed in Ilope of avoiding accidents. We watched some really gross movies. all tltey sllowed were people gettillg into wrecks. We also watched some really queer ones witll Goofy and otlter Walt Disney animals in theln telliltg us Itow to drive. 'I'hey were really funny. .lill llarris said. - 30 -