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

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Students gained experience for teaching S Igns of 5p.,. Kain ma tes l ie aras? - A arttn. - r lowers one plan-l-s Ring-around-around-the-rosey? This is one example of the varied studies exploratory teaching students make. Nancy Jennings, a future teacher, is checking out the bulletin board to see that everything is in order. Mr. Schoonover explains to students Tom Moore, Sue Keith, and Dave Cashdollar some valuable assets in teaching cor- rectly. Mr. Lester Grile, superintendent of schools, and Dr. Lloyd Bridges, president of the Board of Education, spoke to the students in explorotory teaching on the different aspects of school administration and teach- ing. These visits were designed to help the group understand better all that their intended professions would entail. The exploratory teaching course, taught by Mr. Augustus Schoonover, was open only to seniors who were planning on teaching as their profession. Be- cause the course involved traveling to other schools, it required the time of the first two hours of the day. During the first semester the students prepared unit plans and discussions as teachers do. They also were responsible for designing and preparing bulletin boards. Traveling to other schools began toward the end of this term,- it involved observing teachers in kindergarten through the ninth grade. The second semester allowed the students to choose one of the teachers they had observed and with her permission be a kind of student teacher in her room. This gave them the opportunity to participate in the classroom. Exploratory teaching 23

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Mr. Doehrman is being interviewed on athletic problems by beginning journalism students. In an effort to beat the bell, journalists Jerri Kline and Sara Kolin write vigorously as they are tested on their skills on writ- ing quickly and coherently. Writers recorded news weekly, annually W Srni Journalism, taught by Miss Norma Thiele, involved class study of the mass media and the communica- tion skills. Instruments used by these classes included the publications, radio, and television. Redskins learned how to obtain information and then to compile it in the clearest and most interesting manner so that it would be useful to others. These students gained experience in writing stories, fitting headlines, and arranging pages in the most effective position through assignments given by their instructor. Each student was required to gather news from one classroom which was assigned to him and to compile it in a short paragraph. This gave the student the opportunity to interview people and then to write the information correctly. These were printed in The Northerner. By second semester these students were eligible to apply for positions as reporters with regular assign- ments on the newspaper. After completing the second semester they were able to begin work on The Legend, The Guide, or the News Bureau. This marked copy of the Northerner is being examined by Northerner agents in Miss Thiele ' s journalism class. 22 Journalism

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Business students learned many skills Students studying clerical work are ta ught how to operate many kinds of business machines, including adding machines, xerox machines, mimeograph machines. Two students be- New to the Business Departnnent and the Fort Wayne Community Schools was Distributive Education. By this Redskins were enabled to combine their basic background of typing, shorthand, bookkeeping, busi- ness law, and selling with actual work experience. Students formed their background by enrolling in any of seven business courses. The fundamentals were covered in the general business class, which is es- sential to all business-minded ' Skins. hiandling records of business and personal income was the main purpose of the bookkeeping classes. Business Law taught students the legal aspects of longing to the special service center are operating a xerox machine. management. Legal principals, practices, and pro- cedures were also covered. After ' Skins have successfully completed one year of typing and one of the shorthand, they are eligible to enroll in the advanced shorthand class. Pupils who ore able to take this subject spend one hour a day taking dictation and another hour translating it on the typewriter. Methods of marketing and displaying merchandise ore among the topics studied in the selling class. Advertising is also covered. Mrs. Johnson listens in while one of her students takes dicta- tion from shorthand tapes. 24 Business