Pineville High School - Kepi Yearbook (Pineville, LA)

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(jovdm omu society detnaitds a No nation was ever ruined by trade.” Benjamin Franklin Since graduation from high school terminates formal schooling for many, it is essential that the curriculum offer studies that will prepare such students for employment. Commerce courses arc designed to do just this. Commercial offerings at Pinevillc High include typing, shorthand, bookkeeping, office practice, and business machines. Many graduates of our school arc gainfully employed in local businesses, a fact indicating the high quality of training offered by the commerce department. It is also possible for those who have completed high school to do post graduate work in commerce. This year a 1961 graduate is taking advantage of this opportunity. Undoubtedly such students will become a familiar part of school life as time goes by. Our post graduate student. Mary Ann Tousek, carefully checks her shorthand dictation.

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It has long been knoun that a school curriculum based only upon academic and practical subjects cannot provide proper training for all. This fact makes instruction in the fine arts a vital part of our school's program. Choral and instrumental music classes provide musically talented students opportunities to use valuable skills. I:or the creative student, there is also provided instruction in painting and ceramics. During the ten-year history of PHS, music activities have offered many students a chance to develop their talents. In the case of the art department, instruction in that area is a rather recent addition but full classes indicate a real interest and a need for art education at our school. As the sun colours flowers so does art colour life.” Sir John Lubbock Pleasures of Uje

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ofr O G tmCjS in tji School! Distributive education is on-the-job vocational training for students who wish to prepare for careers in retail and wholesale distributive businesses. Those participating in DE must be juniors or seniors, sixteen years of age, maintain at least a C” average, and be recommended by several teachers and the principal. In the mornings those in this program must attend a class in distributive education in which they learn selling procedures, merchandising, human relations, and other related topics. During the afternoons students must work in various business enterprises to gain essential training while earning a salary. • Physical health is the most important factor in our lives, especially in this modern era when a frantic pace exposes us to great physical stresses. One of the chief aims of the physical education programs is to teach students to better care for their bodies. Boys and girls are separated in these classes. They are taught healthful living, sportsmanship, and they arc introduced to various sports and their rules through actual play. Automobiles play a very important part in todays America. They also are very much a part of today's teenage life. It is the aim of the driver's education program to make our students the safest possible drivers. Those taking this course prepare themselves with six weeks of classroom study in which they learn the basics of good driving. Then there are two weeks of actual driving with the instructor in a dual control car.