Merrillville High School - Merrillvue Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

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All eyes are on Mrs. Bovard (department head) as she demon- Toth, (student teacher), and Mrs. Wanda Stevens, SEATED; Miss strafes an adding machine to the business department. They Barbara Sunyog, Mrs. Robbie Bothweil, Mrs. Grace Bovard, Miss are: standing; Mr. Chris Choncoff, Mr. James Lenig, Mr. Ben Gladys Leas, Mrs. Helen Brunton. It looks as if Rick Piskoty is concentrating hard to perfect his score in business math. Business is a way of life in the modern world because all people engage in business transactions and are concerned with the operations of the nation ' s economy. As career preparation and as a means of support during college, students find these courses to be very important. The business department includes courses in general business, business math, shorthand, typing, office practice and bookkeeping. To this, three new courses, recording, note- hand and college typing, have been added. David Keever seems to be concen- trating very hard in Typing II. 22

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Mr. Gerald Rainford (chairman) explains the techniques of a mathematics teacher to the rest of the math department, (left to right) Mr. Miles Dunscombe, Mrs. Genevieve Wool- dridge, Mr. Lyle Stoelting, Mr. Max Hutchinson, Mr. Boyd Leoman. Mr. Hutchinson helps two of his geom- etry students with a difficult problem. Mr. Rainford is very emphatic about stressing that, Inch by inch math is a cinch. Mathematics is becoming a universal language. As our world becomes more complex and technical, math becomes a com- pelling force in the formation of a new society. Math is the queen of the sciences. Today as never before math is becoming important in the lives of everyone. Science plays a tremendous role in the development and in the solution of both peacetime and wartime problems of organization and production. Science is based on mathematics. This year 668 MHS students are enrolled in the various modern math courses offered. Their language is symbols. The structure of a cone Is explained by Mr. Yeoman to his geometry students. 21

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Bob Patty thinks the change from a regular typewriter to an electric one is difficult to make. Mr. Lenig helps Margene Waffler in bookkeeping skills, which he hopes will help her in her future job. Patty Ester is improving her shorthand, to be ready for her career as a secretary. Mrs. Stevens watches her pupils to see if there is anyone she can help.