New Athens High School - Vespa Yearbook (New Athens, IL)

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The transcription class hurriedly takes a letter in shorthand . . . These bookkeeping students put their work on the board for the rest of the class . . . One of the duties of the secretarial practice class is to mimeograph the school paper . . . The shorthand students pause between each dictated letter to find unfamiliar words in their shorthand book . . . Mrs. Dudeck pauses during publications to record some grades of the day . . . The bookkeeping class busily works on their practice set. The secretarial practice and transcription classes, under the leadership of Mrs. Joyce Dudeck, try to improve their speed and accuracy in typing and shorthand by taking dictation and then transcribing the notes into mailable copy. Valuable experience is gained by serving as secretaries to the members of the faculty. The very practical course of bookkeeping teaches that the key to good business or home management is good bookkeeping records. The shorthand class practices faithfully writing the shorthand symbols to increase speed and accuracy. At the end of the year, shorthand students are awarded a pin denoting their progress. Mrs. Dudeck also is serving as librarian for her first time at NACHS this year. JOYCE DUDECK, B.S. in Ed. 6

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 p€Vu4t4 — Tfatcott The teaching of agriculture in schools today will mean food for the American citizen in the years to come. Mr. Taylor, teacher of vocational agriculture, instructs the pupils who wish to become tomorrow's farmers, veterinarians, agricultural teachers, and the workers of the other related occupations. Throughout the four years of ” ag everyone works on projects at home and in the shop. These projects are graded at the end of each school year to test the student's progress. DENNIS TAYLOR, B. S. in Ed. Mr. Taylor explains the difference between good and defective corn to the first and second hour ag class . . . Seventh and eighth hour students test soil to see if it will produce good crops . . . After seeing this type of brier, you'll be able to exterminate it at your home, explains Mr. Taylor to the third and fourth hour ag class . . . The senior ag boys weigh some corn taken from Clyde Zanders’ field . . . After completing their record books, the freshman ag class files them . . . The sophomore ag class is proud of their paint job on the old tractor.

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Industrial arts IV boys busily work on their wood projects . . . The boys in industrial arts I are learning the basic fundamentals of mechanical drawing . . . The boys in industrial arts II work on more complicated forms of mechanical drawing . . . Kathy Brown receives permission from Mr. Pieron to go to the typing room from 10th hour study hall . . . Industrial arts I boys listen to a lecture about electricity . . . Jim Fewer thinks it is fun to shave wood. to Do it ‘TfoccioeCfi Under the supervision of Mr. Joseph Pieron, the industrial arts classes learn to make many useful items. Woodworking, mechanical drawing, metalworking, and electricity fundamentals are the major fields of study in this course. In the 7th and 8th grades instruction is started so that the students are fairly well acquainted with the course upon entering high school. For metalworking, a new 18 roll forming machine was added. The upper classes spent a day touring Granite City Steel when it had open house. JOSEPH J. PIERON,