Mississinawa Valley High School - Buckeye Yearbook (Union City, OH)

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Prepares For MILDRED PATRICK. A. B. . M. A. The industrious figure behind the business department is Mrs. Mildred Patrick. In addition to teaching typing, of- fice practice, sales, economics, and shorthand, she is also advisor for the annual staff and the Valley Hi-Lites. She holds degrees from the University of Kentucky and Ball State University. Her spare time is occupied by collecting antique art glass, and boating and swimming in the summer. Each morning one could see Typing I students pecking away at their machines. Throughout the year they learned proper stroking techniques, the operative parts of the typewriter, and tabulation rules, which aided them towards attaining speed and accuracy. Daily dictation provided the shorthand I girls with an opportunity to gain high speed and still main- tain their accuracy. A chart informed each stu- dent of the number of mailable letters transcribed. 16 GRAY'S JEWELERS Greenville, Ohio SECOND NATIONAL BANK Greenville, Ohio

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Business Education JOYCE A. YARBROUGH, B.S. For the past 13 years, general business and bookkeeping students have begun their study in the business field under the guidance of Mrs. Yarbrough. As she said, I am kept very busy trying to follow the activities of my two teenage children, Leese and Betsy. She also enjoys Rod-Yak Sua, a Siamese cat, along with traveling, golfing, and knitting. General Business classes were a prelude to other business courses. The students studied the fundamentals of the business world. Bookkeeping students completed two practice sets during the year. Through the use of these sets, the students learned the basics of bookkeeping. 15

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Future Occupations The Office Practice class learned many things from Mrs. Patrick, and it was never mulcted an easy class. During the year units on composition, filing, and employment were covered. The hardest units were on legal documents, which had to be perfect copy, and office machines. Four types of office machines were brought in and had to be mastered within eight weeks. The Valley-Hi-Lites staff worked hard putting out the school pa- per, which covered everything from new teachers and sports to gossip and the girl watchers report. Putting out the paper was not all work - they had fun, too. STANDARD AGENCIES INC. Union City, Indiana 17 McCarter gift shop Union City, Indiana