Nicolet High School - Shield Yearbook (Glendale, WI)

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BUSINESS EDUCATIO DEPARTME T Teaching students skills for their personal use and for business careers is the aim of the Business Education def partment. As swift fingers dash over a keyboard or as short hands practice the basic forms, students are acquiring the use of skills with both accuracy and speed. As gen- eral business and bookkeeping students complete tax forms and study insurance, they are equipping themselves for the problems of everyday life. As students in clerical practice learn the uses and functions of ofhce machinery and apply office etiquette, they are gain' ing the finesse of future secref taries. Through this variety of courses, students are benef Hting -- benehting from a business education. N-sewer? Aiwa

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HOME ECONOMICS CLUB 5 Club members made plans for the annual brunch on the patio. Frosting cupcakes with bright pink icing and bringing bubbling fudge to a choco- late soft ball, the Home Economic Club members employed classflearned skills in preparing for bake sales. Contributf ing to the A. F. S. fund and buying aprons for club hostesses, they utilized the money earned from their sales. Then adding hand fagoting to Indian head cotton, they constructed table cloths for the family living area and for school teas, dances, and parties. Through these activities the club girls gained further practice in home making as they served Nieolet. Ofhncrsz vicefprcsident Val Hornby, president Isolde Fuchs, treasurer Ellen Shea, and secretary Mary Brady 26 Mrs. Rudert received a glass of punch from a club hostess at the faculty tea.

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FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF A ERICA Assistants, supervisors, leaders are Nicolet F. B. L. A. members, part of a state chapter, part of a national organization. To stimulate their interest in the husiness profession, memf hers inet and talked with men and women active in the lwusiness world and conducted a husinessmen's survey which involved writing four hundred letters to employers and em' ployees. At the state F. B. L. A. convention in Madison, memhers entered spelling, oratory, and parliamentary procedure contests and competed for Mr. and Miss F. B. L. A. To practice the hasic husiness skills learned in Nicolet classrooms, they sold supplies in the school store and typed material for teachers. To hecome competent, intelligent leaders conf trihuting to their school, their community, and their future professions is the goal of these future husiness leaders of America. Oil to the state F. B. L. A. convention in Madison. --S President Walter Schoenfeld, vieefpresident and Mary Schulpius, secretary Loreen Fratrick, treasurer Fred Shapiro, and reporter Ellen Shea discussed the agenda for the next F.B.L.A. meeting. Eyes focused on the stage, attentive F.B.L.A.'ers listened to a Zg progress report of their husinessman's survey. Q