Plainfield High School - Milestone Yearbook (Plainfield, NJ)

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“Take a Letter...’ comptometer. STOP THE CLOCK—Mr. Warren Sterling ends a five minute timing in his first period Typing for Personal Use class. COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT Left to right: Nora Conahey, Elaine Morecraft, Ruth S. Wyer, department head; Marie Maurel, Warren Sterling, and Joseph R. Malt. Missing: Adella L. Wotherspoon. The sounds of clacking typewriters and dictation for shorthand can be heard on the second floor of P.H.S. as future secretaries and clerks learn the skills neces- sary to prepare them for their chosen vocations in the business field. The Commercial Department offers courses that enable students to learn the '‘abc's'' of many differ- ent business fields. For instance, stenography, typing, and a course in secretarial practice are available for pupils interested in becoming secretaries; bookkeeping, business mathematics, and clerical office practice are subjects that the future clerical worker would take. Special courses given are Business Law and Mer- chandising, Economic Geog raphy and Salesmanship, and Junior Business Training. Interested students are given the opportunity to visit business firms to see how they operate during the year. This visit involves actual participation by the students in the firm's work, A HELPFUL HINT—Mrs. Ruth Wyer assists Carole Messana as she practices on the by,

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Our Do It Yourself Program Do you relish the thought of becoming an efficient homemaker? Are you seeking the opportunity to work with tools and machinery, or are a paintbrush and pallet more to your liking? Whatever the desire, the Industrial, Home and Fine Arts Department is ready to prepare students for a useful and satisfactory future by teaching them to use their hands as well as their heads. Fine Arts students learn principles and elements of design as well as basic fundamentals. To prepare food, plan meals, and buy wisely are the objectives of the Home Arts course. Additional fields covered are grooming, social etiquette, sewing, selection of mate- rials, and interior decorating. Modern Living helps to prepare students for serene human relationships, while Arts and Crafts and Interior Decorating are accompanying courses of study. Boys in Industrial Arts classes can learn different trades in auto, machine, metal, woodwork, and electric shops, and they can also study mechanical drawing. In this department they are instructed in basic fundamentals and the handling of various tools and devices. INDUSTRIAL HOME AND FINE ARTS Front Row: Julius Senyshyn, Robert P. Schultz (front), John J. Pearson, William Gordon (front), and Kermit A. White- head, department head. Back Row: Edison R. Burden, D. Lina Lukinov, Helen G. Morton, Marian G, Berry, Elizabeth M. Geiss, and Franklin E. Wurster. “BEAT THE WHITES OF TWO EGGS .. . —Bar- bara Gibbens is given expert advice by Mrs. Berry in the making of a cake. THE FINISHING TOUCH—Mr. Schultz aids Arthur 18 Freeman with the last, but most important, step.

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Seay, IRENE THAT Period 3 ce i. skills in volley 2a Our Olympiad Arms forward, raise! Arms at sides, place! included in a typical week's program. These familiar commands can usually be heard ring- In addition to driving skills, it is the aim of the ing through the high school gyms while many driver training and safety programs to enable P.H.S. students are attempting to make themselves student drivers to become acquainted with the physically fit. Other physical education activities, mechanical principles of an automobile; emphasiz- such as swimming and health classes, are also ing, furthermore, the very important role that pedestrians’ safety plays in skillful driving. HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, AND SAFETY DEPARTMENTS First Row: Elizabeth B. Persinger, Marion L, Newson, Abram Nicholas J. Chrisicos, Joseph Black, Marshall C. Brown, E. Smith, department head; Ruth B. King, Wilbur F. Brann, Thelma C, Barnes. Third Row: James R. Kern, Lewis Won- Audrey Joyce, Dorothy Rose. Second Row: Ellen Clark, sidler, Jack Liddy, John M. Pepe.