Newcastle High School - Blue Racer Yearbook (Newcastle, OK)

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Enjoying an early lunch before dashing off to Vo-Tech are Marilyn Curl, Retha Klopfenstein, Cindy Hildebrand, and Gayla Henson. Business Vo-Tech: One-Hour Bus Rides, Paper Shortage, Writer’s Cramps Current trends place emphasis not only on college prep courses but also on gaining valuable tech- nical training for entrance into the working world. This trend was re- flected locally as the business courses were filled almost to ca- pacity. Each day a disappearing act among some of the students took place. It began at 8 o'clock every morning and ended about 4:30 ev- ery evening. Where did they go? Why did they go? What did they do? These students went to Mid- America Vo-Tech at Wayne. Se- veral different courses offered there led to promising futures. It took incentive on one's part to get the work done in the business classes. Every day, typing warm- ups had to be done. Assignments were given in weekly units. Busi- ness Math, Accounting, Bookkeep- ing,Key Punch, and Office Practice also had to be mastered. In n u r s i n g , students learned how to be nurses' aides. This in- cluded taking tests, making beds, and bandaging fingers. Actual training was received in nursing

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 To conserve energy, I am not doing much. For one reason I don't use much so I don't have much to conserve. But I think that we have plenty of energy to last us for quite a while, and when we run out we can depend on wood for heating, and probably use atomic energy for driving cars ana airplanes. James Rawson Well, for one thing I am not firing up my jet and flying up to San Clemente, and I am not trying to see how many days I can stay in space in Skylab. Dennis Griffin Now that you think about it I don't think there are very many people doing anything about it. I have to be honest and say I haven't been doing anything about it. If you call being out of money to buy gas to go anywhere con- serving then I have been conserving gas. I really haven't been too concerned about it because I don't believe we could have a shortage on everything at once. I could not be for sure but somebody is going to have to be finding out how we could be short of every- thing at once. Kerry Keen I have heard that they are trying to put a 50 mile anhourspeed limit on us. This might help, but I heard that driving slow would cause truck drivers to shift more. This would cause more use of fuel, so what good would it do. I haven't done much myself, but my mom has cut down the temperature in the house. Steve Wilson I really haven't taken it that seriously up until now. My reason for this is because I always thought with a place as big as this we would always have enough resources. After the President's speech I have been driving slower and set the thermostat down. This is only a little but maybe it will help. Debbie Henley There is now no doubt in most peoples' minds that there is a true energy shortage in America and in the rest of the world also. I intendon doing my part to the fullest. First of all I will try to be more sensible in my driving habits. Actually it is better in the long run to take care in the first place. I will also try to influence my parents along the same lines. Robert Smith I try to cut down on trips to the city unless I really have to go. Sometimes I drop my speed down to fifty or fifty-five. When work- ing around the house on Saturdays I cut down on trips back and forth to Newcastle, like going to the dump and the store or gas sta- tion. My dad laid down a law that we don't go over fifty-five. It's hard to follow it but I try. Kevin Carrel The first thing I did was try and stop my running around as much as possible. I really don't have to worry too much about gas be- cause my Dad has a gas station. Robert Mason High-fashion, casual wear, sepa- rates, sportswear—many types of clothes for many occasions. Jan-Ann Fashions has them all. Easily located and conveniently arranged, Jan-Ann's is the 'clothing place to be.' JAN-ANN FASHIONS Hyway 62 387-5101 Fashions await you at Jan-Ann Fashions. THE ENERGY CRISIS 9

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Poised and ready to type, Carol Dean con- templates her typing II assignment. homes. Now, how about electronics? These students were involved with the workings of TV'sand radiosand how to repair them. They even took field trips to TV repair shops. In addition, carpentry was of- fered. Students built a house from floor to roof and sold it at the end of the course. Auto Mechanics was one of the most interesting classes. This class proved valuable for job train- ing and personal need. Distributive Education envolved learning all about merchandising and marketing of products. The stu- dents gained experience by working in a store set up at the Vo-Tech center. Besides classes, there were three different clubs to join: Future Business Leaders of America, Dis- tributive Education Clubs of Amer- ica in which Mike Howerton served as Reporter and Promotional Man- ager, and Vocational and Industri- al Clubs of America in which Becky Fletcher was elected President and Marilyn Curl was elected Vice- President. Even with so many students goingto Vo-Tech, Typing and Gen- eral Business classes at the home school had very few vacant desks. General Business was in such demand that one of the two classes was in the Home Ec. room. Learningto master the keyboard took up the first nine weeks of Typing I. Stu dents struggled to complete their lessons, turn in work, clean up their desks, and rush off before the second bell rang. By the end of the year, the hour went faster, and the typewriters actually seemed to work. Ten of the older machines had been re- placed by new models, thus re- ducing the odds of having a totally inoperable typewriter. Ten students were enterprising enough to enroll in a second year of typing. Classwork was done on a weekly unit basis with emphasis on independence, accuracy, and care of typewriter. Yearbook and newspaper was another course offered in the Busi- ness Department. Staff members combated late pictures, sick du- plicators, numerous copy revisions, and endless deadlines.