North Side High School - Legend Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Business student Sue Beamer, newly acquainted with the adding machine, finds that it is a very useful device for checking to see if her calculations agree with those of the machine. of Business World Provide Sound Basis for Future Work Since the hunt-peck method is unacceptable in the business world, students practice diligently to become accurate, efficient touch typists. Hoping that an employer will answer y es J u dy Rice checks her appearance before applying for her first job. I 1 r 1 n

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Vicki Hartwig finds that developing the correct typing position is essential to becoming a proficient typist. Standard Methods, Codes The business classes prepared students for their future work regardless of occupation. It explained the minor steps of business used in any type of work. The service center was an experiment used for the first time this year. Girls from the cletical practice classes took turns using the ditto and mimeo- graph machines to help the teachers with their paper work. While not working in the service center the girls worked transcribers, and filing to prepare them for work in an office. Typing, the most populated of the business classes, taught the students the fundamentals of touch typing. Bookkeeping gave practice in dealing with record keep- ing of personal and business income. The study of general arithmetic problems from a business standpoint was the basic outline of business arithmetic- Selling taught students the methods of merchandise and marketing and acquainted the students with advertising, dis- playing, and the proper sales approach. Shorthand, general business, and business law were among other courses studied in the business classes. In clerical practice, June Held finds that filing is vital to efficient office work. 24

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Journalism, Speech, and Dramatics Teach Us To Express Journalism students spend Thursday afternoon folding an infinite number of Northerners to be distributed the next day. Galleys of Legend and Northerner proofs must be checked for errors by ar leasr three people before being sent to press. Conveying news and other information to the public in the most interesting way was the main function of journal- ism students who worked on the Legend, Northerner and News Bureau. All students in the journalism department took an active part in some phase of work on one of the publica- tions. Finding interesting subject matter and learning to write the gathered material in a factual and complete mariner were fundamentals learned and practiced by all student journalists. After studying the work of professional journalists and learn- ing to evaluate news, the students practiced writing their own stories. They followed the same procedure when studying leads and headlines. The students also learned proofreading and copyreading symbols and put their knowledge to prac- tical use while preparing the Northerner and Legend for final dummies which go to the printer. Many editors use journalism periods to write their columns or put their pages together. Laurie Popp sets a good example. ■2i