Paramus High School - Delphian Yearbook (Paramus, NJ)

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prepares secretaries and For students entering the commercial field, the Business Education Department offers a coordinated curriculum of studies. Starting with general business, a course which covers the fundamentals, the regular courses of book¬ keeping, typing, and shorthand follow. Office prac¬ tice, a half-year course in conjunction with business machines, further attempts to prepare students for future jobs in the various commercial fields. Com¬ pleting the program is secretarial practice which gives the finishing touches to a complete business education. A unique feature of the business program is the distributive education course. In this area seniors who have taken salesmanship and commercial law may take their required majors in the morning and work in the afternoon. This part-time work is supple¬ mented with a classroom major, in which the work experience is evaluated and the ins and outs of salesmanship are explained. Be careful to make clear outlines. Mr. Di Taranti is shown giving instruction in proper techniques of writing good shorthand. In the foreground: Irma Ferrante, BettyLou Ayerlee, Pat Baselice, and Diane fiarone. ' Dolph Haug Bookkeeping, Business Math, General Business Golf, Little League Baseball. Lucille Gibson Shorthand II, Secretarial Training, Typewriting I, II. Delphian, Business Staff. Sewing. Frederick F. Rapp Business Law, Salesmanship, and Distributive Education — Grades 11 and 12. Business Staff, Chariot , Student Store. Ruth Stegen Typing and Bookkeeping — Grades 10 and 12 Student Council Ways and Means Committee Outdoor sports. Tennis, Sewing, Teaching Adult School. osdfghjlclm Miss Stegen points out an error to Eloise Monti, as the rest of the class types away. Shown typing ore: Kathy Pounds, Anne Knight, Eloise Monti, Miss Stegen, Evelyn Meyer, Rita Milazzo, Maureen Karasik. 29

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Business Class Cut-Ups. Mr. Rapp is helping one of his sales classes in the proper methods of cutting out letters. Louis J. Di Taranti Stenography I, Bookkeeping H, Office Practice Ring Committee Musfc, Bowling, Reading. Chairman, Business Oept. But, what if I hit the wrong key? Mr. Haugh explains the workings of a machine to a member of his class. 28 V

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Remember your firs mud pie? Jane Marzell , Mrs. Kaestner, Joyce De Feo, Linda McLaughlin, Pat Sinatra, Mr. Dash, Bob Fioria, and Harry Asdorian in a Creative Arts class. ce to show their skill... 1 Under the heading Creative Arts are grouped three related fields: art, home economics, and indus¬ trial arts. These three departments work very artis¬ tically together in oil their school projects. One such example is the production of a play. Settings are sketched by the architectural drawing classes; they are built by the shop classes; and they are painted by the art classes, while the costumes are made by the home economics classes. In art a wide choice of programs is ofFered. Em¬ phasis is placed upon technique, design, color, and self-expression. Two connecting art rooms provide ample facilities for students to experiment with pastels, water colors, oils, costume designing, archi¬ tecture, jewelry making, pottery, ceramics and leather work. Harvey D. Dash Chairman, Art Department Stagecraft Music, Sports, Painting. That is just what I mean by good art work! Mr. Dash is commenting to his class on a piece of art work which obviously illustrates his point. Kathy Gelis, George Bates, Courtney Murphy, Judy Karlstrom, Mr. Dash, Ricky Ricciardelli, Chris Dietrich, Bob Krapish, Charlotte Astor, Rodney Palmer. Jean V. Kaestner Fine Arts - Grades 9-12 Delphian, Art Staff Art, Sewing. The finishing touches. Tom Hazen, Diane Arno, Steve Sobel, and Harriet Hyman are busily engaged in putting the finishing touches on the setting for The Diary of Anne Frank. 30