Oakfield High School - Oak Leaves Yearbook (Oakfield, WI)

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WORD PROCESSOR ADDS TO BUS. ED. Our Business Department is headed by Mrs. Linda Eschenbach and Mr. Doug McLean. Freshmen year starts off with a basic typing class, then a year usually goes by before you enter into the official business courses. Business Computers is offered for a semester. It’s an introduction to the machine, where basic business programs are used. Business machines is a class used for teaching the use of office sets, calculators, copiers, transcribers, and computers. Accounting is a full year business course where you keep records of money; and it could be the proper training for a future job. Short hand is offered every other year and is beneficial to those who are going to be secretaries. A good class to take is Office Procedures if you plan to be a secretary. Merchandising is the class that rounds out your education in business: how to work in stores, handle and sell merchandise, advertise, make displays, and go on a field trip. Upper left: J. Mielke is up to something while teacher has her back turned. Left: Mr. McLean points out the fine points of Accounting to S. Guell. Upper right: M. Seyfert concentrates on keeping her eyes on the book and not on the keys. Above: A. Albrecht and G. Birschbach study, while J. Schmitz checks to see if her work is right. 17

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AGRICULTURE Mrs. Retzleff teaches Ag I, II, III, and IV. In agriculture class, students study many topics such as tractor safety, Parliamentary Procedure, and animal management. Each class has a unit where the students go into the shop and get hands on experience in woodworking, putting small pieces of machinery together, and welding. As an outside activity, every student is required to pick out a project such as a calf or any other thing that they are interested in and can keep records of feed time and cost of equipment needed. Since classes are small, each individual gets to participate in every activity. A computer is available in the agriculture department that can be used by all the students. During the year, the agriculture department will have guest speakers come into the class rooms and tell about what the agriculture business looks like for a career in the future. In the spring, the agriculture classes go on a field trip that has to do with agriculture such as going to American Breeders Association or else they go to a feed mill that will show them how feed is mixed up for their dairy animals to eat so they don’t go hungry. 16

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EXTRA-CURRICULAR T. Messner with his cunning smile is above and beyond the rest. J. Kottke uses all she can to lift 90 pounds. J. Counsins and R. Justman laugh at something? Maybe its Julie trying to lift her 90 pounds! P. Nickel and C. Tietz share an “extra-curricular” moment! Get the point? 18