Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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HOME AND FAMILY LIVING The Home and Famnly L1v1ng eourseQ provide an excellent opportumty for glrls to acqu1re practlcal experlence ln the methods of home maklng These classes consrst of a varled pro gram mcludlng sewmg, cooking chrld development, famrly relatlons home decoratmg and home nuremg Durmg the course of the year, three proyects are requlred lllustratmg the prlncxples of the course At the end of the year a style Qhow and the Board and Faculty Banquet are preiented through the co operatlon of the whole class I. K , 9

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AGRICULTURE ,,?.....r--H Cur agrrculture department offers a great deal of practlcal tralnmg for those boys who mtend to farm There are three courses offered each one belng a combrnatxon of shop and anlmal scrence The begxnnlng courses cover the basrc fundamentals and PFIDCIPICS, whrle the advanced courses deal wlth more drfflcult management problems The agrrculture shop was moved th1s year to the room DYCVIOUQIY occupled by the mdustrlal arts department, thus allowrng more space for power machlnery and larger projects Some new equlpment was also purchased for the shop lncludlng a grxncler a drlll prcss a hand saw, a radical saw, and numerous hand tools , , L Q . 4, O ,hw fri' . Q, .. . . V . , C I Lo A ei T . . I . . N Y i . K , .., c

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COMMERCE General Buslness the baslc commerclal course may be taken durlng the Freshman or Sophomore year It ns a general course whlch lntroduces all the phases of commerclal work Typlng and Bookkeeplng are open to anyone and are usually taken durmg the JUUIOI' or Senxor year In the typlng course you learn the b89lC prmclples of typlng, HCQUIFC speed through timed wrmngs, and learn the .hfferent forms of buslness letters Book keeplng w1ll teach you the knowledge of keeplng books through the use of workbooks and practlce sets Shorthand l IN usually taken durlng the lunlor or benlor year When the forms are learned dlctatnon IS stressed along wlth the IYPIDH of the shorthand materlal Offxce Practice IN the advanced course of Shorthand and Typlng Durlng the frrst semester dxctatlon and transcrlptxon mlmeograph mlmeoscope addlng ITlHLl1lI1C 'md hectograph IN learned as well as general offlce procedures Durlng the second semester, the grrls work up town at varlous offlces to galn practncal experlence All of what they have learned durxng the prewous semester IS put to work lvluch ns gamed by thns experlence that wlll be a further ard ln SCCUTIDQ a job after graduatlon OFFICE PRACTICE lohnson or johnson Audrey Smlth Schofxeld Soll Service o Wllllams Claude M Swanson Milly Cottrell Fred Wlllls Sue XX'atts Nlr bchroth bue Nelson Xlr Harrell Nlarylln Saldeen bchool Cffxce Barbara Brrnegftr Mr Gwen ackre Frederlck Mrs Shunk Patty Turner Mrs Shunk Betty lvllller Muslc Department Florence Ford qs, .3' ' 3 , ' ' , ' Y 1. If .l l N' U A F h o nl K 1 h A V.. tl mln. -. K A o l V lf c F Q .K B V are stressed. The proper use of office machines such as the I y . Al , ' F V 1 I 'Ax ' Ani n A ' I 'ni . . ,S . .i -J . . S 1' . -lf ' ' S. . -J . .N I