Mont Pleasant High School - Montaneer Yearbook (Schenectady, NY)

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Mr. Richard Green Miss RUTI1 SIGN Business EducaTion is one oT The subiecT maTTer areas oTTered aT IvlonT PleasanT To TurTher a sTudenT's knowledge oT The business world. The Ten Teachers in This deparTmenT endeavor To presenT work which will prepare The college-bound as well as Those who will seek employmenT aTTer grad- uaTion. WiThin This area, a sTudenT may be enrolled in eiTher The secreTar- ial, clerical. or cooperaTive reTailing course. SecreTarial sTudenTs broaden Their scope wiTh Typing and shorThand. while Those in The clerical course learn The operaTion oT business machines. ATTending school and receiving on-The-iob Training aids The sTudenT enrolled in cooperaTive reTailing, Tor he has The advanTage oT gaining TirsT hand experience in selling and clerk- ing. ATTer aTTending classes which enable him To mainTain a balance OT required subiecTs, The cooperaTive reTailing sTudenT leaves school in The aTTernoon To work aT a iob which The school has aided him in acquiring. The sTudenT receives a salary Tor each day's work. ln addiTion To This Training on various jobs, The TacTors necessary To succeed in The business world-good grooming, aTTiTudes. and social maluiiI'y-are impressed upon The sTudenT. Mr. AIberT Aldinger Mrs. EIizabeTh Levanway I8 Miss Hazel HoI+ Mrs. Mary Moon . . . DILIGENT IN HIS BUSINESS

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..,-...M--annum' fi ff il- ,i 5 gf, eff! 'r ,Q if 5' A-f ra.. , if ,. Ellissl Florence Karlen Mr. Michael Pinchulr Mrs. Carol Grinnell airman . . . THE SALT OF LIFE Mr. Charles VonNos+i+z gs All -'WML 5' MPS. Helen Cummings Teresa Landau and Julie Pofler heed +l'1e careful inslrucfion of Mrs. Carol Grinnell during Secrefarial Pracfice.

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E1 X - .ff Mr. Fred Dufcher Mr. Anfhony Parisi Mr. Wal'l'er Suprunowicz Chairman IN ORDER TO FORM A MORE PERFECT UNION . . The primary aim of rhe Social Srudies Deparrmenr is +o help 'rhe sludenr become belfer acquainlecl wilh his own counrry and lhe nalions of lhe world. Eiforls are being made io induce sludenrs lo enroll in The Jrwo-year American hislory course. ll is fell lhal lhis +wo-year course gives rhe sludenl a beller opporlunily lo gain enlrance lo college and succeed lhere, and prepares him belrer lor slandard Jresls and College Boards. l-lislory isn'+ all work al lvlonl Pleasant This year. for example, inler- esred sludenls were given an opporlunily To parlicipaie in a model Uniled Narions along wilh sludenls from olher schools in 'rhe area. On special days. sludenrs may be lrealed +o a special acliviiy such as a Jrrip ro lhe counly courlhouse on Conslirulion Day. Our hislory classes are made more inleresling by lhe frequenl addilions of new lexrs and malerials as well as by movies shown ro illuslrare some specific Jropic. We af lvlonl Pleasanl are being prepared ro meer lhe qualiiicalions ol a good cilizen rhrough 'rhe eiiorls of our Social Sluclies Deparrmenl. F nces Fonda. James Quick, and Norman Buechner look on as Carol Passamonre locales a remoie l d T1 . Mr. Richard Grinnell Mr. Jack Hickey