Muskegon Heights High School - Oaks Yearbook (Muskegon Heights, MI)

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104 THE OAKS BOOKKEEPING Income, two bucksg outgo, one buck: prosperity! Louise Cardd A very well organized course of bookkeeping is given in Muskegon School under the ablc Mr. Roy A. Peterman. Heights High supervision of Two years are required for the course. There are two hundred thirty-one stu- in this department. dents enrolled The lirst semester work consists of: bookkeeping equations, journalizing, trial balance, work sheet, statements, cash journal, cash book, sales journal, purchase journal, general journal, and Potters' Practice Set involving all the foregoing headings. ln this section are enrolled forty-seven students. Second semester students are given a bookkeeping practice set in addition to their other work. ln this section one hundred tive pupils are enrolled. In the second year bookkeeping there are seventy-nine students. The text-book that is used is Twentieth Century Bookkeeping' which offers practical bookkeeping transactions. During the second year some actual office practice is given. Mr. Peterman has a really worthwhile method of teaching this course. During the fourth semester, a iinal examination consisting of two months' work, is given. The students are instructed in detail for the first month, but the second month's work is completed entirely by the students. This test is of exceptional value to anyone desir- ous of doing bookkeeping work in the future. The class is so organized that the pupils may govern themselves. It has proved successful in other high schools and also this one. At the end of a two ycar term the students are ready to meet the business world's needs. This course is equivalent to any good commercial college. Single Rows Beginning on Left, Front to Back: J. Johnson thidden in cornerj, Walicki, Ochs, D. Smith, Kelly, unidentified. Second to Left on Outside Row, Front to Back: Mellow, Wiscll. Gould, Atkins, J. Wilson, Dodds. Third Single Row from Left Wall: Sandy, emnty seat. Frisbie. Dougherty, Zona, Cardd, empty seat. Monitors at Back Tables: Vandervelde, Braley, Howard, E. Peterson. Standing: Mr. Roy A. Peterman. instructor. Fourth Row from Left Wall. Front to Back: Pehr, Clark, S. Wagner, Fowler,VanderVeen, McArthur, J. Thomas. Second Row frotn Right, Front to Back: Melin, Shuttie, Engle, Lutz. Fortier, Prus. First Row on Right, Front to Back: G. Veeneman, Steiner, Keefer, Arnold, Sweet.

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T H E O A K S 103 - SENIOR OFFICE TRAINING Listen to the clatter of the keys! Senior Office Training is designed to lit students for future secretarial work. The usual activities with which the stenographer-secretary is concern- ed are studied. The main object of Senior Ofhce Training is to develop and perfect the secretarial students ability as a shorthand writer and typist, and to broaden his knowledge of business procedure. lt provides practice in the laboratory in solving secretarial prob- sufficient materials lems, so as to add not only to the student's equipment as an effective business worker, but also to provide for his future growth. Certain factors typical to a large number of businesses are woven into the text, Secretarial Studies, so that they will be valuable in any business the student might enter. JIJFIICB Van KHITIDBI1 Hn Monday of each week the stu- dents are given an assignment long enough to keep them busy the entire week. Un Monday a budget is handed in by each student containing the com- pleted assignment. Every day three accuracy tests are given, out of which one must be perfect. Besides these, speed tests are offered twice a week to help build up the speed of the stu- dent on the typewriter. The students also are required to finish ten lessons on the adding machine and ten lessons on the comptometer. Each student has the use of a type- writer two hours a day, of which part of this time is devoted to doing work for teachers, and practice on the add- ing machine and comptometer. Miss Kathryn Reid is the instructor. Standing tat hack of roomj, l.eft to Right: Workman, Mss Reid, instructor, Starks tat bulletin boardi Back Row Cseatedl, Left to Right: Burandt, E. Pettrson. Goranson. Cincush. E. Hansen thalf-hidden! Second Row, B:ck tseatedl: Marek, Papuan, Jedrezak. Melin tface hiddenb. J. Veeneman, Praskac Third Row, Back tseatedlz Spence. Chris'ophersun, Barr, Felber, Katt, Roth Fourth Row: M. Earle tstandingl. Hulka, Clark. Hendricks, Pomuer, Lorenz, Trosko, Walker Front Row: Skodack tall but scalp, hiddenl, Ouellette tnose hiddenl, G. Veeneman, Benedict, Shears, Fling s, ,, wwe- ' H

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THE OAKS 105 l .y TPTJT o ' Back Tables and Machines, Left to Right: Sutter, Kesteloot. Jones, Stockli tslandingy, McCaIeb,WiIson.Schr.ebo, Miss Morris, instructor Two Back Tables on Right, 1Left to Righty: Whiflow, Rhodea, Reed tall facing hack wall! Second Row from Back. Left to Right: Hansen tat machinel, Fling Cat tableb, Burandt, Nienhuis. Marchuk istandingb. Mz-nes tfacing Flingj. Vandervelde tfacing Nienhuisp, Parrott tfacing Marchukb Second Machine irom Front: Fowler: 'irst machine: D. Ostling: Front Tahle, facing camera: Dewitt: Prus, Prudick lfacing Dewitth: Far right table: Lawton Simplicity is beauty. That simplicity is beauty is one of the iirst facts taught about style in the introductory work undertaken in the clothing department. But in addi- tion to style notes, the ninth grade classes are taught to identify various Fibers, weaves, and by combining these two, the materials which they com- prise. Nine-two students are required to make four weaves: plain, basket, twill, and satin on a piece of cardboard for handicraft work. Advanced garment design classes cover the principles and elements of design which are very completely de-- tined and studied. The girls are taught the necessity of knowing how to har- monize color, te-xture, line, and light and dark. By doing this, they learn to combine the study of the elements and the principles. This also teaches them how to choose their material and pat- tern wisely. In general, the course is very practical from the standpoint of CLOTHING Betty Sikkenga both design and economics in the mak- ing of their own garments. The girls are allowed to make any clothing they need. according to their ability as judged by the instructor, Miss Mina Morris. Some garments made in the laboratory are blouses, skirts, dresses tboth sport and after- noonj, sport coats, suits, evening gowns, and beach wear. The girls may select their own pattern and mate- rial, but all work must be done in the laboratory. ln the spring of each year the cloth- ing classes present a style show to which guests of models are invited. The girls model the-ir own garment and tea is served to the guests by the foods classes. Miss Mina Morris has been the ve-ry able instructor in clothing for the past several years.