Pendleton Heights High School - Papyrus Yearbook (Pendleton, IN)

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Others Train for Business Careers Ron Burchette tries in vain to match speed and skill with the nimble-fingered girls in typing class. The shorthand class is all smiles as the girls dream of the day they ' ll hit 150 words per minute. Pendleton High School offers a wide pro- gram of busine s courses to any student planning to go into a career in the business world. Short- hand is the official language of the modern sec- retary. The students develop speed and accuracy through practice on brief forms and transcrip- tions. A business machines course gives valuable experience in filing and the operation of the vari- ous machines needed for a complete office. The course in bookkeeping teaches the stu- dents how to handle all the accounting problems that go hand in hand with operating a business concern smoothly. Students learn to keep bal- ance sheets, depreciation records, payrolls, and various other records used in the business trans- actions of a modern company. The two years of typing offered at P.H.S. are essential parts of a well-rounded business curriculum. The typist gains speed and accuracy as he learns to think through his fingers. The courses of business mathematics and general business cover the mathematics of commerce. The students in these classes learn to solve all the problems of finance and budget. Susan Jones wonders how she will ever get the cor- rect answer in business machines class. 29

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Some Plan for Future in Industry; Learning to use these tools properly and efficiently is just part of the training boys get for the future in industrial arts class. Here Mr. Umberger helps Ed Davis, Robert Edwards, and Glen Howard in their work. Students who wish to study vocational courses and prepare for their future occupations using the manual skills they acquire have a variety of such courses from which to choose at Pendleton High School. Boys taking industrial arts courses not only gain knowledge from text books but obtain valuable experience from spending time at the controls of the machinery used. The boys in woodworking and metalworking classes learn to use the machinery and various tools involved. They develop good safety habits to be used while around machinerv and the abil- ity to properly care for equipment and tools. Mechanical drawing is offered to boys inter- ested in architecture or drafting. They receive the fundamentals and principles involved in drafting and learn the techniques of blue print- ing. Printing is offered to boys interested in this vocational field. They learn the proper tech- niques and procedures in printing while practic- ing these techniques on the school presses as they print programs and other supplies for the school. Personal typing is one of the courses offered during the summer to students wishing to increase their own speed and efficiency. 28

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Students of Social Science Examine All is not hard work and tests in senior government as one would expect. As indi- cated here, Mr. Caton ' s classes are always filled with many amusing remarks, whether pertaining to governmental structure, political parties, or current events. In order to live in today ' s complex society with its political and cultural problems, it is necessary for all young Americans to understand the American ideal and the philosophy and cul- tures of other nations of today as well as those of centuries ago. In world history students learn of the gov- ernments and the customs of the people of old civilizations. In United States history, taught in the junior year, the story of America unfolds, beginning with the colonial period and including politics, customs, and the basic principles of our nation. In the government course seniors study the principles and functioning of the federal, state, and local governments to learn how our democracy works. In sociology seniors learn about and com- pare the social habits, problems, and beliefs of today ' s societies. An understanding of our own society as well as those of other groups is es- sential for reasoned judgments between opposing factions in today ' s world community. The psychology course deals with the study of the mind and how it works, and brings about a better understanding of human actions. The flag flew at half-mast for thirty days while the nation mourned the tragic death of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, and again in respect to General McArthur. 30