Norman Thomas High School - Hourglass Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Secretarial Studies In a recent issue of TIME Magazine, there was an interesting article entitled Help Wanted-A Shortage of Secretaries. The article stated: Despite today's 8921 unemployment rate, there is still a severe shortage of secretaries throughout the country. The Department of Labor reports that more jobs are opening up in the secretarial field than in any of the other 299 work classifications on which it keeps tabs. Although there are already a record 3.6 million secretaries on public and private payrolls, new positions are being created at a rate of 440,000 a year. But while secretarial schools are filled, almost 20'Zi of the new jobs are going begging. What does this mean to the graduating student majoring in secretarial studies at the dawning of this new decade? It indicates that you have made a wise choice of career and that your opportunities for success and advancement are better than ever before. Whether you plan to attend college or other advanced education, or whether you expect to enter the world of work, you will be able to find a good job immediately. Even those graduates who may wish to marry and raise a family will always be able to brush up their skills and find a good position in the business world whenever they wish to return. The Secretarial Studies Department congratulates you on your excellent choice of career and wishes you happiness and success. R+, David Baer Yolanda Balodis Bernice Bignon Doris Buday -.I ,sv 1.0, Q K, Rosemarie Canty Jacqueline Combs Irene Ferguson Bernice Fishkin

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X r Assista fixix X N ,Lf . xx vid' In L W Us K xll Nr XIX X . V, A ,Mr hm' ,fn X. t x I t fx , I Frith X WMI X L 28 Social Studies To be one in a million is to be outstanding. To be outstanding requires commitment to excellence, scholarship, knowledge, performance, participation and achievement. The Social Studies sequence of courses, which includes West- ern and non-Western culture studies, American History and Government, and Economics has been designed with this commitment in mind. Students completing the Social Studies sequence have begun to make a com- mitment to understanding their fellow human beings by learning to avoid stereo- types and by understanding the origins of human culture. They have begun to participate in government on a school-wide basis, and have learned both the rights Bitterman and responsibilities involved in effective citizenship in a participatory democracy. Their commitment to scholarship and knowledge has been encouraged as they have learned to support conclusions and opinions with appropriate data and to distinguish fact from opinion. Many students have pursued college courses while still attending high school. As a result of their performance and achievement in their Social Studies T classes, the students of Norman Thomas High School have demonstrated their commitment to excellence and thus will surely be one in a million . ,t - f Gi . ., x. Ross Bloomfield Ann Cusak Seth Klores Harriet Magath Bernard Maier i' Joseph Mancin Lenza McSulla Jack Medvedev