Mount Hebron High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Ellicott City, MD)

Page 146 text:

Responding to a hailstorm of fingers, keyboards serve their human masters in many places at school. As the digits of practicing students perform acrobatics over the eighty-eight keys of a piano, the lightly sprinkled notes of a Chopin nocturne or the thundering chords of a Beethoven work can be heard in the music wing. Other keys of learning can be found on the pocket calculators in math classes, or the computer terminals at Howard Vo- Tech. However the beast of burden in the keyboard family is not the adding machine or piano, but the machine associated with the Keys fo learnin Business Department - the typewriter. The department possesses many of these and is the largest and one of the finest in Howard County. Business students are exposed to commerce in many ways: Business Day permitted some to visit an organization they were interested in and become a part of it for a dayg guest speakers from different fields, such as the secretarial, permitted many to have a first hand account of many occupations. By building a firm understanding of business activities, the department shows the many career possibilities available in the job market. -,Q a ,

Page 145 text:

Demanding dexferify The hands of a student give him the ability to fab- ricate beautiful and practical things from wood and metal. In Industrial Arts, this fact is emphasized. Many of the projects which originate from the shop areas are a tribute to the skill of the human hand . Across the hall in Phys- ical Education, the hands also play an important role as stu- dents grab parallel bars, loft jumpshots and spike volley- balls. However, in speaking of Physical Education, one cannot stop with the hands. In many sports, a certain amount of body contact is also common such as in football, basketball and others. When coeducational Physical Education Classes were instituted, there was no real reaction either positive or negative to the surprise of many people. However, the reaction to the many new classes was favor- able. Among these classes are Gymnastics, Team Sports, Out- door Education, Karate, and others. According to department head Mr. George Meyers, it was a Good year. ACADEMICS!Touch 141

Page 147 text:

LEFT: Howard Vo-Tech teaches the use of many complicated machines, includ- ing computers. Rick Wiles concentrates on his work on this machine. BOTTOM LEFT: Typewriters are another kind of keyboard used extensively in school. Penny Margaritis practices during her typing class. BOTTOM: Another obvious keyboard is that of a piano. Three hands don't bother Mark Brookhart, who often seems to possess many hands while play- ing this instrument. 'wet 15