Parkersburg High School - Top Talk Yearbook (Parkersburg, IA)

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COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT UPPER LEFT AND UPPER CENTER: -Typing class, UPPER RIGHT: Jeanne Moore, office secretary. LOVSAER LEFT: Shorthand class. LOWER CENTER: Book- keeping clalsa LOWER RIGHT: Frances Dresselhuis at ditto machine. The commercial courses under the supervision of Mr. E. J. Hem- bera included Office Practice. Shorthand, Typing and Bookkeep- ing. The Office Practice course was offered to seniors who had form- erly taken shorthand and typing. Included in this course was: Sten- ographlc work consisting-of taking :dictation and transcription, a. briet study of the mechanics of a busi- ness letterg answering lettersg personal qualifications, and pro- npe-r conduct for office workersg the use of relerence books: com- mercial paper: filing and alpha- betlsing and a brief study of Business and Office Organization. The typing class consisted of twenty juniors. The main purpose of the course was to type at a moderate rate of speed. Accuracy was stressed throughout the year. The average typing speed' was forty-six words a minute. The highest rate attained was seventy words a'mln'u.te in a filteen min- ute speed test. In the bookkeeping class, the entire bookkeeping procedure was discussed with both personal and business practice sets -used. Such time saving devices as the colum- nar Journals we-re studied. The formal financial statements, com- mercial papers including notes, time and sight drafts and trade acceptances were' also studied. This course also included the study of bookkeeping for such professions as -- dentists, doctors, CLASS PROPHECY 'Advice to the Lovelorn' Dept. Seattle Daily News Seattle, Washington May 16, 1952. Dear Eunlllce, Your asked me in your last let- ter lf I had kept in touch with the memfbers of the class. Becamlse I have just sent out the last of boday's letters and have time to spare, I will try to tell you what I have learned of them. Jack Schuck has a very fasci- nating job, He is broadcasting 7 A. M., reducing exercises over a National Hook-up. Harold Heffner is employed by the Big Mac Over-all company. He is a moldel for stout sizes. And what do you think? Just last week Frances Dresselhuis be- came Mrs, Tommy Manville, the 11th. Youufve probably heard that Joe Trey is the inventor of this year's greatest incentive to saving - a rulbber piggy bank so children can fatten the pig as they save. He is unmarried, but says he is still lawyers and farmers. Partner- ships and corporations were lbrieffly discussed. Forms were used for all the phases of fbookke-e-ping, thus en- albling the .students to grasp the practical advantages of this course. looking for the right girl. Fame and fortune have come to at least one of our classmates. Harold Bergman is the owner of the greatest money-making horse in history, Flux-ry-Zoot, this y98,l',S Kentucky Derby winner. A Berdyne Nicklaus was a June bride of '42 and tells me Helen Doescher just returned lrom h-er fifth trip to Reno. John Behnke is selling maga- zines-stlll trying to work his way through college. When I last visited Parkersburg I found Kathryn Bronsema is liv- ing on a farm near there. She and her husband are the proud par- ents of twins. I also learned that Frances Schuck Kwon the Butler Coulnty pie baking contest. CShe's had plenty of practice-, no doubt.l Leuie Korte is a taxi driver. fParkersburg has grown consid- erably in population, you know.J Claude Harrison is a chef in a popular N. Y. night club, where Humphrey's Hotsie 'I'otsie's are playing this season. Miles musical ability has made him a. favorite with the N. Y. hep cats. Notre Dame's second Knute Rockne is none other than Kin- zey Reeves. Fred Everts is a. coffee taster for the Maxwell House company. Just the other day I met Irma Van Hauen. She is touring the coruantry giving lectures on Men's Attire. Wery interesting. Eddie Schneiderman is a butler tConcluded on Page Tenl

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ACADEMIC UPPER LEFT PHOTO: Betty Lee Becker explaining problem ln geometry. UPPER RIGHT PHOTO: Semester exam day. LOXVER LE-FT PHOVPO: Students in physics class perfonrn experiment. LOWER RIGHT PHOTO: Class discussion in soclal problems class. Although some members of the class of 1942 are being graduated with only one year of mathematics in hifh school, members of the class of 1943 will be required to present one year ot algebra and one year of geometry for gradua- tion and lower classmen must have three years of high school mathematics. The present re- quirements are general mathema- tics in the ninth grade, algebra in the tenth grade and plane geome- try in the eleventh grade. Fresh- men have made a general re-view of fractions, studied simple graphs and started to study algebra. So- phomores have made a thorough, rather leisurely study of algebra through quadratic equations. The geometry course had been built around the base propositions of the College Examination Board. Science as Webster defines it is knowledge of principle of facts: however, in high school general science, bl-oolgy. physics and chem- istry are generally incduded in the term, science. The majority of students believe that these courses are among the most difficult courses offered in high school. It is undesirably true that these courses require as much if not more actual thinking than any other course offered in high school.. When taking oneof the-se subjects it is absolutely essential that you study, 'but your efforts are by no means uncompensated efforts. You can think of count- less numbers of instances when the beneficial qualities you com- prehended lnom these courses were of use to you. Social science courses include general history in the tenth grade, United States History and govern- ment in the eleventh grade, eco- nomics, psychology and social problems in the twelfth grade. The-se subjects have geen taught this year by Mr. Dory, Mr. Hem- 'hera and Miss Olson. The general history class com- pleted a number of interesting projects in connection with their study of ancient and modern his- tory. Drawings, original newspa- pers of various periods, soap carv- ings, illustrated time charts and other activities made by individ- uals in the class were exhibited at the Iowa Council for the social studies, meeting in connection with the Iowa State Teacher-'s As- sociation in Des Moines, and aroused much favorable comment. The social problems class has made a. number of investigative studies in connection with this subject. They completed charts of their Family Trees and will finish additions of projects in the home and community planning. In the lour year program of' English courses offered in Park- ersburg high school, the freshmen and sophomores have a thorough review of the fundamentals of grammar and t.heme writing. They make a study ot spelling, diction, punctuation, capitalization and some literature. English and American literature comprise the major portion ot the work covered in the junior class, The seniors had a comprehen- sive course in grammar the first semester and studied the funda- mentals of journalism the second semester. Fundamentals of gram- mar, diction, speech, spelling, vo- cabulary, written letter of ap- plication, research theme, and the essay were stressed in grammar. Study of the newspaper, news stories. feature stories, editorials, vocabulary -building, headlines, leads were some of the topics cov- ered in journalism. They had charge of the school news and the school annual the second semester.

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P' V 'o i BASEBALL UPPER PHOTO: Left to right-John Korte, Kewn zth llnok, Frnnl: McDowell, .lohxi Blair, Fred Clrksenn.. Conch A. Buntrork. Bottom How: Robert H.x'ack, Wilbur - V ' Emxelkes. Eu-gent Haack, Cliff Lindley, Alvin Hul n1a'1 John Eilers. LOWER PHOTOS: Scenes of a baseball game lust fall. This the year at the beginning of ,-the baseball season the boys were greeted by a new coach who was full of pep and enthusiasm for the coming baseball season. The team he selected was Gene I-Iaack behind the plate: Wilbur Engelkes at firstg Alvin Huisman at second: John Eilers at short- stopg Claude Harrison at third, Class Prophecy lContirnued from Page nine, in the great Vandenbllt home at Beverly Hills. Did you know Yogee Hama the great crystal gazer, who knows all, sees all and tells noth- ings-tor less than Dive dollars, is RJBJY Nieman? Soon after graduation Dorothy DeGroote Went to Mexico where she is now living on a ranch. Avis Hagen is a, metropolitan opera singer. Fred Cirksena is a. keeper in one of Chica,go's largest zoos. And you'll never guess what occupa- tion Ruth Kemmerer chose. She :is raising purebred canaries on a small farm in Florida. Much of Jeanne Moore's time is spent in the air. Her job is that of an air stewardess. Ruth Tjelbkes is BJ matron in an orphanage in St. Joseph, Missouri and her husband, Don Conslldline, is a candlidate for senator in the coming election. Remember Kay Dausener? She is studying art abroad. Did you see the pi'ctJuu'e of Americafs most beautilvull baby contest winner in the last issue of Life magazine? It was Frances Akkerman's youngest child. ' An item :ln last night's news tells me you are billed as a blues singer at the Silver Pheasant this week. Must close as I have an alp- pointment with Betty Jane Nickel. It seems she wants my advice on some difficulties she and her hus- band are having. By the way, Eunice if ever. the blues get you down and you need some advice-remember that's my business! Your friend, Elizabeth. with Bob Haack, Kinzey Reeves and John Blair in the outfield. Cliff Lindley, Clalude Harrison and Fred Cirksena. completed the team as the pitching staff. The boys completed a. succest- ful season with five wins in six games. Below is the schedule and results of fall games. We They Dumont ..... .. . 17 3 New Hartford .. 4 3 New Hartford 7 4 Wellsburg . . . . . 6 3 Aplington . .... 1 S Aplington .... .. .. 5 1 The following was the spring schedule: New Hartford .. .... 12 6 New Hartford .... , 5 7 Aplington ...... .. 3 5 Aplington, May 8 .. .. Here vlcm I B .1 RY Q UY N5 5, 2:1112 EFENSE f ilirhgf' 1 AND ,ff sums V l -