Pontiac Township High School - Pontio Yearbook (Pontiac, IL)

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iffy tLUO lfflllfluleif df A Cl, Ol Commerce First year key punchers get the fundamental rules of typing a sam ple of typing letters and timed vsrit ings The second year typists, having learned now where each finger goes strive to master speed and accuracy Mrs Oltman instructs two classes of typing neophytes First year shorthand girls learn ft shortened method of spelling vxords I cant write it at 80 words a min ute This is one of the groans you might hear from Miss Mullaney s be ginning shorthand classes The second year students classes strive to improve their shorthand speed and to tran scribe letters Office practice is offered to short hand II students many of whom step right from hugh school into a secre tarial position in offices such as those of law, insurance banks and retail stores Our future C P A s of booltlteep mg and the little lawyers of business law have reserved seats in Mr Miller s room Up and coming business execu tives H11 two freshmen business train ing classes to capacity. ive 3 E I fgllllllifflf fish 'X if XX.: . 5 3. .' f-anTw'Y4- . V . ' ' all' - -.. L- 'A56ijff.-:G 1' Ready?? Start-tap tap tap ..... ta .... tap tap. Othce practice girls study techniques of applying for 'o s Bookkeepers to get an A' -no embezzling.

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.9 fAQl 8:5 Clflgf ang LUQ IIQQC Sophomores knovs the clxhference betxx een locus and locust General Math s eneral offers some cntlc humor Woodwrnds pracnce for the annual sprmg, blovxout MUSIC, Mathemaucs lfif CM, flflfe 1 b c ovcr a ba-c 7 over 51 3c Are you puzzled as to the ansvx er' Enther because of such cur1os1ty or be ct use they are talclng a college prep course, most freshmen enroll rn algebra I to learn equauons and bas1c founda tlons of algebra In the advanced coursc algebra II the student learns to be cxact In us1ng equatrons and symbols, hoxx to measure the thlngs xx hrch before you dld by s1mple ar1thmet1c Would you lrlce to find the drstance from one star to another' You may be ctllcd upon to do lust that rn a sollcl geometry class Here you learn to meas ure drstance 1n space outstde of the xxorld vxhereas rn plane geometry you learn to measure drstance on the ground General math covers a lrttle b1t of all the s1mple forms of mathematrcs such as trxthmetrc and busmess 1nformat1on mg taxes, mterest, and all the many other matters connected wxth busrness trc presented to the student enroll1ng rn commerclal arlthmetxc Thcsc courscs are taught by Mrs Westall and Mr Vose Okay, olcay so Tommy Dorsey does have the beat All I can say IS Mozart md Choprn are no amateurs rn the f1eld of musxc, and the battle 1S on MUSIC apprecratlon students have defended thelr belrefs ln many heated sessrons both rn the classroom and out of lf The efforts of the musrc class are concen trated on the lmes and compos1t1ons of the great masters through the medlum of recorded muslc Thexr out of tovln flcld tr1ps vwere chmaxed vuth a VlS1I to the opera, Carmen Students who take band and chorus recelve one fourth crednt per year for the three per1ods they pracnce per week 7 7 L' I ' I c + - ' ' c Y l 1 I- , 2 - 1,1 7. . w ' L C 1 I I l ... L .- Q ' - Fundamentals of banking, borrow- . , . C Y f y 7 3 2 . .

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Cu lfUl5 5 OU! ff0lfU I'llLl5C 05 Ol fl? IUC? IJGOIJ Q Place hanls lean forvuarl relea e relax Rea y set oycr xou llle hcl ht at launc s n 1 breatlun Oh my achrn back' I drdnt knoyx I had so many muscles trll they all got sore' Thrs moanrnf and groanrng echoes through the halls for the flrst lexy days of calrsthenrcs But xxe glrls must suffer rf xye hope to keep our hour lass hgures' Other muscle developrnf and co ordrnatrng actrvmes enyoyed are soccer badmrnton bovslmg archery prng pong basketball baseball and volleyball Thrs yclr square dmcmg made the i,1flS more graceful md ldded even more fun and lrrendlmess to Mrs Ashcrrfts classes Each Wednesday the grrls applred them selx es to first ard so they wll be able to treat themselves when semester exams come around shock you knoyy ' clothes home Frrday they ll stand up and xx alk there by themselves Perhaps the boys are so tuckered out from grvmg therr all rn a heated basketball football or yolleyball game they just cant lrft th at he Ivy tovs el Or m lybe If s tumblm xx hen they ve crlcked therr necks strrvrnt, to do a forvs ard roll over several other boys The boys also trot out to Alumnr Freld to prepare rt for football and track meets However the Indran musclemen .,et a rest on Tuesdays when Mr Wrllranason and Mr Colyx ell endeavor to make yunror grade medrcal men of them Phys1eal Educatlon ' 0 -,, 1 9 , ' I f7 ' ' ' 5 D ' Y - an 3' 1 17 .1 7 7 It ' I. 'A 4 I ' -KY s Y 33' gy A s - ' 7 1 ' an .- 6 , . V. Y . 7 7 7 L, 2 ' e , ' ' , 7 c . ,I I f ' y 1 y' I 1 l I C g gyl -1. 2 2 1 1 2 .'a . 2 'I , ' x - K u 4 - Ya ' I 7 - 7 . Y. 1 1' , fl ' Y Gee whiz, rl I dont take my gym - , I , A x . . Q7 1 V Y.. t 4 I 1 ' 1 , , 4 a 2 12 v 2 sl' ' gy . g, v sy' A -2-f ' s-- l ' by , 1 C L , Y ' ' ' 1 KY 1 7 L . - V C ' 'L, ' K, S, 'YH ft1',-,- W- 3 nor' , K' -' ,--it .. 'gi ' I