Northwest High School - Vanguard Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Computing a long list of figures is lim Crosley, senior, in machine calculation. Miss Marguerite Lamar assists Paul Hankins, senior, on the adding machine. Senior Susie Huber has Diane Buchanan help tie her hair back for advanced secretarial prac tice to conform to class rules. 44

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Senior Nancy Huisman shows Vicki Ander- son and Stephanie Bastin, juniors, how to operate the lab machines. Mr. David Banks employs the total method by speaking only French to his classes. Language studies expand with addition of German New to the foreign language department was the total method of teaching. Mr. David Banks, new French teacher, spoke to his stu- dents in French at all times--even after school. In class conversations were only allowed in French, too. About 800 Pioneers were en- rolled in German, a new course, French, Latin, or Spanish. New tapes came with new textbooks. By using recorders and ear phones, students could practice more drills and vocabulary. Several honors were offered to deserving young linguists. An l.U. Honors Program and a one-week Latin Summer Institution took the student from classroom teaching to practical everyday use of the for- eign language. Living and studying the total method for the summer in countries such as Mexico and Italy benefited not only language perfection, but foreign relation as well. Awards given on Awards Day at NHS included the best student in all four languages and announce- ments of the l.U. Honors Program winners in state language contests. Proper pronunciation is being learned by Gary Cosgrove and Bill Humphrey, seniors, who lis- ten to a playback of their own recordings. 43

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i u l l l Miss Diane Hibbeln points out the lesson to Ann McColough, her student teacher. Pupils prepare for future with new business stud Although strikeovers, correct copy, transcription notes, and debits and credits threatened, hundreds of Pioneers learned skills applicable in college, personal life, or any private business in the busi- ness education department. Varied courses from typing, to consumer business education attracted 1,493 students. Two new one-semester, full- credit classes, merchandising and introduction to data processing, re-emphasized the diversity and specialization of Nor'thwest's busi- Dicta-phones prove useful to Jeanine Smaltz, senior, and her instructor Mrs. Phyllis Carroll. 45 ness curriculum. Added equipment benefited machine calculating classes: new machines included an electronic calculator and printing calculators. In class new filmstrips broke the routine of daily work. Business education participated in the National Secretaries' As- sociation Contest, and the Legal Secretaries' Scholarship Awards. In cooperation with Northwest. Indiana State University offered its work-study program to business students. usa. Gloria Sholar, senior, is intent in the perfec- tion of hertyping.