Mitchell High School - Gold and Blue Yearbook (Mitchell, IN)

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Business Trains Pupils for Careersg '-Il, First year typing students strive for a speedy. errorless. three- minutc writing. Miss Elizabeth Beldon instructs Twila Terrell. Linda Ragsdale. and Brenda Lindley in ways to use the adding machine. Bookkeeping instructor. Mr. Asa Terry. reviews crediting and dc-biting with Teresa Cook and Tom Brooks. ali For the eager students of MHS seeking future business employments, the Business Department offered classes in general business, typing, book- keeping, office practice, and shorthand. General business courses projected better under- standing in numerous business procedures including budgeting, preparing records, writing checks. pro- ducing and consuming, advertising. and recognizing counterfeit money. With general business providing the background, bookkeeping offered training in keeping debits and credits straightg and all of this was done to the sound of the typing classes in the adjoining room tapping the keys while continually raising their rate of speed. Similarly, the shorthand students watched their rates rise. They struggled for a perfect eighty words per minute while the office practice class trained the students to become efficient secretaries. New equipment also provided the learning op- portunities forthe business leaders of tomorrow.

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Encourage Vocational Interests M .Jana W Q90 Z QZZWJE Freddy Poole. an agriculture student. explains the three main fac- tors of farm production to his instructor and the class. 1 , Agriculture students examine the quality of the grass which they helped plant last spring to beautify the barren school grounds. With today's world becoming more heavily pop- ulated, newer and better scientific ways of farming are needed. Realizing this fact, many high school boys took steps at the beginning of the year to prepare themselves for the demands of today's agriculture world. Studying agriculture from the academic stand- point, our future farmers followed the production of farm products from the grower to the consumer. Not neglecting the vital role of farm management. the ag. students also dwelt upon the hows and whys of farm accounting. Sheldon Slone and john Eisle not only learn about the plant phases of farming but also learn about thc machinery that is used on the farm.

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Drivers Ed. Encourages Safe Driving Girls and boys both were enthused with MHS's driver's education course. Although the girls did not always understand the intricacies of the auto- mobile's machinery, they still tried to learn as much as possible for some future time when they might need to change that flat tire. Although many students enrolled in the summer course, the winter sessions were always filled to capacity. And with the arrival of more textbooks last summer, the students were able to have a better understanding of the many different driving situ- ations which they might meet in the city and country or under hazardous weather conditions. Since everything could not be learned from a book, the students found experience to be their best teacher. Not only was actual driving educational, but it was enjoyable. Also, time spent in observing the actions of the other student drivers proved to be a great aid in learning from others' accomplishments and mistakes. However, when these mistakes were made, only a little laughter and a new try followed. Mary Passmore and janet King search their brains for the correct answers as Mr. Englehart questions them on driving techniques. Mr. Englehart. Cary Robinson, Peggy McCullough, X L i f W and Mary Warren prepare to use the new Drivers Training car si' ni