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

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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.

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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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Mr. Stiles helped Maggie Williams use a phycho-physical testing machine. She had her side vision tested by one of many devices used in the department. .lunior Karen Kelch used a dual-controlled car in Drivers' training. This was an extra-curricular course offered to give experience in actual car driving. Safety Rule earned in Driver Education Driver's education classes were taken by sophomore students. It consisted of a nine-week course taken during the phys- ical education hour. The main obiective of this class was to inform the students of safety rules while driving and what can happen if these rules are not followed. State and local law enforcement of- ficers spoke to the classes. Slides and films were also shown. The Arizona drivers manual was given to the stu- dents, and a week was spent on study- ing the pamphlet. Textbooks were used, and the stu- dents were taught about automobile in- surance, the parts of a car and how it works, and pedestrian safety. 'Stadt i , li igffff, - 2 5455, - ri-ff gf wr '15'E !ti'ls-' .ti H 1':.- N' -11 .,-:sz :- if-:..: ' if 1. 3? L C. V. STILES Department Sophomore Margie Flanzbaum used a drivo-trainer driving. Movies shown to students in the machines Chairmen machine which helped to prepare her for actual car enabled them to acquire better driving techniques. DflVel' EClUC0li0l1