Pardeeville High School - Whisper Yearbook (Pardeeville, WI)

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PARDEEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 13 on and the individual. We live in a world in which production and consump- tion are major activities. The nature of production and consumption is large- ly determined by the economic system about which these activities are car- ried on. {Bookkeeping All students know that sooner or later they will be required to earn a liv- ing, but, in most cases, they do not know how they will do this. Students are therefore interested in the following values of bookkeeping knowledge: (a) Personal and social values, (b) Economic values, (c) Educational val- ues, and (d) Vocational values. Personal and social values are derived from a knowledge of records for in- dividual, family, and community use, and for budgetary control. If the stu- dent understands that bookkeeping knowledge will be of value to him in his family and community life, he will be more interested in bookkeeping than he would be if the subject were presented to him only for its vocational val- ue. As a future citizen he will be required to bear his burden of taxes, there- fore, it is quite evident that a large majority of students will be interested in the record-keeping by a farmer, a merchant, a professional man, and a bus- iness employee. When bookkeeping is presented only for its vocational val- ue, the student may fail to recognize that it does have these economic values. The educational values of bookkeeping knowledge include guidance, con- sumer education, and vocabulary building. All young men and women should have something of a business vocabulary whether he or she will ever be employed in business or not. As to vocational value, beginning bookkeeping teaches the principles of bookkeeping and applies them to record-keeping.

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12 PARDEEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL arm and fMome Management and Commercial draining Commercial Education in Pardeeville High School is for the farmer, the house-wife, the factory employee, the professional and business person as well as the individual who might wish to prepare for office employment. Pardeeville High School offers three years of conynercial work for farm boys and girls, and six years of commercial training for those who wish to prepare themselves for office and other business positions. Each year finds several high school graduates enrolled in the Pardeeville High School Com- mercial Department. Commercial Education Objectives The commercial education program in the Pardeeville High School is or- ganized to meet the needs of youth and adults by considering the following objectives as a means in achieving economic adjustment: First: The development of an understanding and a sympathetic apprecia- tion of the working of our economic system. Second: The development of practical business knowledge, skills and ideals which will enable each individual to carry on ordinary business deal- ings with commercial concerns and public services, and to discharge his re- sponsibility as a citizen in connection with making those choices which are fundamentally dependent upon a knowledge of sound business principles and practices. Third: To enable the individual to carry on the business side of his occu- pation—the farmer, the professional man, house-wife, factory employee, etc. —receives and pays out money, keeps accounts, uses checks and notes, sends letters and packages, uses telephone and telegraph serv ice, lias business deal- ings with the public, and must know generally the principles and relation- ships with the public and the community. Fourth: To prepare beginners who expect to follow business as a career, so that they may succeed in commercial occupations. Fifth: To enable the individual to adapt himself to constantly changing business and economic conditions affecting both the type of activity carried

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