Plainfield High School - Silhouettes Yearbook (Plainfield, IN)

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Linda Dwinell and Becky Albertson mimeograph programs for the school in a business machines course, an elective in the business department. With commercial courses be- coming more and more popu- lar among the students, PHS has developed a fine business depart- ment of typing, bookkeeping, short- hand, and office machines. Speed, accuracy, and timing play a main role in the business courses. The students acquire the ability to type, check figures, and operate mimeograph and ditto machines efficiently. The students also attain practical experience in business management by running the bookstore. In the future years, PHS plans to ex- pand its business department to acco- modate the needs of the rapidly changing business world. PHS’ers Are Ready for the World of Mr. Pike checks Margie Homan's words per minute for speed and net words for accuracy on a timed writing in a typing class. 24

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Speech and Journalism Stress Communication Journalism students, Ernie Screes, Linda Harris and Rita Peters compare newspapers from other high schools. One might observe a visitor at PHS enacting the classic double- take as he passes Room 22 when a speech class is in session. He might be shocked to see a student gaily execu- ting various roller skating tricks in a very short skating skirt, or bathing a dog, or lining up a target with a forebod- ing and ominous looking firearm. The visitor would be reassured that these seemingly un-scholastic activities really are a supervised, planned part of PHS's program. The speech classes concentrate upon helping students ac- quire, through practice, the art of self- expression before an audience. Journalism students study the busi- ness of mass media; news stories, features, and editorials. They gain practice by writing for the school paper. Journalism lays a firm founda- tion for PHS's aspiring young authors. 23 In a demonstration speech, Fred Ward shows the class some bowling techniques and equipment.

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These girls in home economics are about to enjoy a meal they have prepared. Business, Homemaking, and Engineering The aim of the vocational arts de- partment at PHS is to present valuable courses for career stu- dents . The detailed sketching in drafting and the perfection in wood shop train students for a useful future. PHS has future plans to construct even better facilities for the ever growing industrial arts department. Practicing the uses of sewing, cook- ing, and designing, the girls at PHS are furthering their knowledge of domestic skills. After they have completed their home economics courses, these girls will know the fundamentals for provid- ing a good home life. At their drawing tables, drafting students con- centrate on doing sketches accurately and neatly. 25