Milan High School - Rebus Yearbook (Milan, IN)

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SMior Jickio Caplinger works on her Accounting II practice set. Tiaay Covill concentrates on getting an A on a five minute timing. 6ninl businass proves to be an interesting class so Tonya Wright takes notes so she can study for her next test. All About Business “Mrs. Waehaus, why do we have to type mailable letters today? I just can’t type a letter without making at least one mistake!” “Well, Lisa, that is why we are typing mailable letters, so you can learn how to do them.” Some people believe that the business classes are the easiest ones offered in high school. This belief is not entirely true. While some may be easier, there are others that are much harder. General business was a class that in- troduced students to the world of business. With the addition of several new elec- tric typewriters, the typing classes and secretarial skills class learned how to type different kinds of letters and reports and how to increase their speed and accuracy. Could you write 100 words a minute and be able to read it? The students in Shorthand I II learned how to take dicta- tion of speeds ranging from 40 to 120 words per minute. Rulers aren’t just used to draw squares and triangles. They are also used in ac- counting to draw straight lines when we are totaling and ruling the journals in our practice sets. 29

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I Does Lsisa Burns always dress like this? Learning lo sew is a new experience for seventh grade home economic students. Rhonda Griffin gets a chance to take the pepsi challenge. Learning the Basics! “O.K., now the recipe calls for a pinch of sail.” Got it!” “Watch out! I said a pinch, you dum- my, not the whole box!” “Well, so what if our cookies taste like the Atlantic Ocean.” Racket like that above may not have been found in the home economics room during the year but there probably were some worse than that. Cooking isn’t the only thing home economics students did. For instance, many students made their own clothes to wear throughout the school year. Did you ever think you would get mar- ried before you graduate? Well, some of the home and family students took the long walk down the aisle. 28

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Gili| •v»f instructions is the first thing Greg David- son does before starling on his drawing. Ii ■•cknical drawing students are shown different things to help them better understand drawing blueprints. Mr. Howard shows Jerry Sawyer and Bili Hankins the correct way to use the machinery. Working Our New A big highlight for the Industrial Arts department was getting a new shop. Most students remember where the old cafeteria was. Well, this year it became the new shop. in Qhop! Students enrolled in classes that used the shop were introduced to many dif- ferent things like working with wood. Many students also worked on small engines and electric motors. Mechanical drawing was also a favorite to many students. Beginners learned the basics about drafting while students in the advanced class were also drafting and drawing machine parts. 30