Mound Westonka High School - Mohian Yearbook (Mound, MN)

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Andrea l.ee-Steere and Melody Byers practice their shorthand with the help of the new dictation machines. Learning the Business Field Rosemary Burton . . . Stenography I. TI . . . Office Practice . . . Typing . . . Business Machines . . . Happiness is students with shining eyes and smiling faces.” Typing is the basic course in the Business Department for it is the prerequisite to all stenography courses and is essential for many jobs. Students took the full year course which is mainly for those planning a business career or learning the elements of personal typing in the semester course. Students planning secretarial careers continued their business education with stenography I and II in which they learned Gregg shorthand. The first year course was devoted to the basic elements of stenography while the second year emphasized speed ami accuracy in shorthand transcription. Office practice, offered to students enrolled in stenography II. emphasized the use of various kinds of typewriters, adding machines and duplicators. Other topics covered were filing and job relations. Students in the semester course of consumer economies studied budgeting, savings, credit, taxes, insurance and other topics vital for running a household. Robert Fox . . . Typing . . . Consumer Economics . . . Happiness is happy students eager to learn.

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William Anderson ... Biology ... Science Club advisor ... “Happiness is having a biology lab where someone does not say, ‘Oh, ish!’” Roger Hanson ... Biology ... Track Coach ... “Happiness is asking an official an interpretation and finding his rule book written in braille. Clavtou Nielson . . . Chemistry anil Physics . . . Senior Cla s advisor . . . “Happiness is facing a group of eager, interested students and not waking to find it uas only n dream. Dennis Schrnedcr . . . Chemistry and Physical Science . . . “Happiness is having the students know what is going on in chemistry lab. Exploring Unknowns Biology students struggle for knowledge. The Chemistry lab hums with activity. Biology, chemistry, physics and physical science were the courses offered this year in the science department. Stressing research and experimentation the science courses allowed the student to learn by seeing results, not hearing them. An interest in living things was the prime requisite in biology, while chemistry and physics explored the nature of matter and its ranges. The general basics of chemistry and physics were taught in the physical science course. 15

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Job Training “Concentration conquers all. The course in bookkeeping covered the forms used in a business of the sole proprietorship mercantile sales type. Students learned to use ledgers, checks, vouchers, statements, reconciliations and other tools of business. The structure and running of a business were also covered. The semester course in clerical practice was available to students who had taken typing and wanted to further their skills with the typewriter and other office machines. Under the distributive education program students learned and practiced job skills by actually holding jobs in Mound businesses. Juniors entered tin program with a study of such areas as salesmanship, marketing arid job interviewing. Seniors studied business organization, human relations, good grooming, how to find a job. interviews, etc. Patrick Furlong . . . Distribution I. II. and Coordinator ... Hockey Coach ... Football Coach ... “Happiness is playing hockey on an indoor arena. Ervin Muth . . . Bookkeeping . . . Cleri-eal Practice . . . Molii.au Advisor . . . “Happiness is ha ing a very cheerful and thoughtful Moliian Staff meeting all deadlines. Bookkeeping challenges all who attempt it. 17