Palo Verde High School - Olympian Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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.pg Students Sue Noble, Janice Rinkle and Chris Mc- Donald did their daily assignment on the full key ES S 'Es- WILLIAM H. ANTRIM Marketing Merchandising Cooperative- Merchandising DECA GEORGE H. HOLLIS Business Automation General Business Personal Typing , Q 3? . K r I :- QT Tigris S 2 3 .1 1' x iii L I R A' SUSAN SHOEMAKER General Business Shorthand Typing 4- 1-sr, I XIX-I s...f We H.- calculator in business automation class. They were taught the use of all business machines in class. at ' 'K ,W '35 . , ii fx fl is-. NN, 1 gg J. THOMAS BARBARA ULA MAE BRADY DAVENPORT DAVENPORT Typing Secretarial Business I-CIW Notehond Practice General Business General Business EXpI0rGl0l'y BUSI- Bookkeeping ness Training Typing MARION J. WILLIAM A. MADGELENE HUDSON MCBRIDE MORRISS Marketing Typing Notehand DECA General Business Shorthand Typing . ., f If: :..-- ff L if ee :',- f-1 . 'Ns 5 yt. , , V . . sg-,if 5 V ' 15 , 1 - if ':, Z ' I I I ' L T Q ,- , iw: I x l. -: .. .,, it fi I ' A CALVIN WALDEN WANDA L. VIRGINIA D. Bookkeeping WALKER WILSON Personal Typing Cooperative Shorthand Office Typing Education Typing 44 JOHN GLOVER Clerical Practice Business Automation Business Law Typing Business Machines ROBIN F. NELSON General Business Shorthand Typing f we .. s f'ii' inns Ti 2 AJ' iw , , r '1 L .. 3' i K-ff -. fl . ALFRED ZAMMIT Department Chairman Office Machines School Work Experience Shorthand Department of A wide variety of courses were of- fered in the field of business education. An opportunity to learn new skills and to gain experience was given to anyone interested in business. ln the area of secretarial work, stu- dents had a choice of classes including typing, shorthand, notehand and book- keeping. First year typing classes stressed speed and accuracy, while second year typing developed technique further. In bookkeeping, students learned how to fill out income tax forms, balance books and keep office records. Cooperative education students were able to obtain regular iobs through the Business Education Department. Typing, shorthand and secretarial practice were prerequisites, and students were chosen on the basis of clerical tests and inter- views. ln office machines, operation of the electric typewriter, the voice transcriber, adding, calculating, mimeographing, and ditto machines were taught. Mr. Glover demonstrated the correct usage of the typewriter and ways to improve speed and accuracy. I M mw...sM..e,.,f

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Welding was one of four nine-week sections offered in the general metals course. These classes gave students a basic knowledge of the fields concerned with industrial arts. Other classes included machine shop, sheet metals and electricity-electronics. General metals was a prerequisite to advanced classes Industrial Arts Offered Extensive Program Industrial arts classes gave students an opportunity to de- velop manipulative skills for future vocational use. Through this training, knowledge of industrial processes was gained. General metals was a prerequisite for many of the courses. lt served as an exploratory class that gave students an idea of various fields concerned with industrial arts. One year of gen- eral metals consisted of four nine-week sessions including ma- chine shop, welding, sheet metals and electricity-electronics. Printing, photography, graphic arts, woodworking, auto- mechanics and drafting were other industrial art courses of- fered. Drafting classes consisted of mechanical, machine, archi- tectural and pre-engineering drawing. Pre-engineering drawing was offered to seniors. This class was accepted as a college credit at the UA. Most subiects offered beginning and advanced courses and were open to both boys and girls. Students who wished to further their training enrolled in career classes at Tucson High School. I 3 I ili , . T' plillll I ' f Q r r s . 'N if to Q- , ' ! ', Q K, Q f ' , r.. K ,,,,.' y , RONALD I. RAY A. RICHARD L. L. W. SPAHR MABEN MCKNIGHT SOUTHARD Mechqnigql Auto Mechanics Welding Department Drawing General Meluls Chairman W00dW0fkI'19 Mark Varvir used the printing press to produce programs for a drama produc Rifle Club Auto Mechanics tion. Tickets and programs for school activities were printed in graphic arts.

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Business Offered Wide Variety of Courses Senior Gail Gilbert operated a ten-key adding machine in an office machines class. Students used various machines to complete daily class assignments. Through DECA, John Hanson worked at Kinney's .M ,,. -SP4 - 'nf Q-ab l Anne Colville obtained the job as secretary for Coon and Chonis Architects y through office education, a program that found employment for students. Shoes during the year to gain valuable training. Betsy Upham and Harry Lodge operated a cash return customers' change quickly and efficiently was register in their merchandising class. The ability to one skill business students worked to achieve.