New Haven High School - Mirage Yearbook (New Haven, IN)

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Law classes make court appearance This take is at 100 words a minute for three minutes . . . Ready . . . Dear Sir . . . This is familiar to shorthand classes preparing for dictation. In- creased speed was the goal of all shorthand students. In other areas of the business de- partment, over $10,000 worth of elec- tric typewriters alone are used daily by students. They operate rotary cal- culators, 10-key adding machines, transcribing machines, and fluid and stencil duplicators. Steno-lab girls spent three periods daily in an office situation, while Clerical-lab students spent two hours daily in the lab. The requirements for the Steno-lab are a minimum typing speed of 55 words a minute and a shorthand speed of 80 words a minute. Business law classes took a field trip to the Fort Wayne Circuit Court where they witnessed an actual crimi- nal trial. Sergeant Charles Meeks showed a film and spoke to the classes, warning them about the dangers of narcotics. Transcriber Sue Hinrichs listens to auto- matic speed tapes then types the message. Debbie Jackson carefully listens to a tape as she transcribes letters in Steno-lab.

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In preparation for the model United Nations in world history class, Denise Jackson does re- search to represent the Soviet Union.