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

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14 Speed and accuracy go hand in hand in Miss Karlen's typing class.

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Chairman, Mr. John Albrezzi Mr. William O'Connor The functions of the Art Department are two-fold: it is an outlet for individual expres- sion and it helps to develop artistic skills. So that students can develop an apprecia- tion of the fine arts and of commercial design, there are courses ranging from oil painting to the newest course, Arts and Crafts. In these classes students are given the opportunity to create through painting, carving, etching and several other mediums. In this way, basic concepts of art and artistic theories are instilled in the student. Next year, Mr. O'Connor will instruct a course in brush lettering with the emphasis on commercial sign painting. Students who have hand dexterity will greatly benefit by the introduction of this course into the Art Curriculum. Connie Rakvica and Richard Appley work on Peace Posters for a contest at the United Nations Building. Art: Interpretation of the Changing World. 13 Variety in expression is obtained by art students as they use various mediums of expression.

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 Mass communication creates mass demand, explains Mr. von Nostitz to a junior business class. Mrs. Elizabeth levanway Mrs. Carol Grinned Miss Hazel Holt Mrs. Mary Moon Business: Adapting to Commercial Trends Others may worry about being replaced by machines but the secretary is not concerned. She knows that al- though the demand for skilled personnel in other fields may vary, the demand for skilled secretaries is always great. Assisted by typewriters, adding machines, dictaphones and tape recorders, it is the job of the department's ten instructors, under the direction of Miss Florence Karlen, to attempt to meet this demand for well-trained personnel in all fields of business. Miss Karlen retires this year and, before she leaves, she is very pleased to announce that there is a change in the tides of the business student. The State Department has announced that a large number of colleges will now accept toward college admission, four to six units of business courses from college pre- paratory students. Prior to this, business courses did not lead to college admittance. This seems to be official recognition of the importance of the business machine. Mont Pleasant can point with pride to its Commercial Department; for in this complex world of machines and business varieties, it has equipped itself to meet the changing tides of our commercial society. 15 Putting her knowledge to work, Carol Butler prepares a stencil.