Prairie Du Chien High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Prairie Du Chien, WI)

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OUR FUTURE SECRETARIES X Keep your eyes on the book, Janyce! One ot the busiest rooms in PHS this year was the typing room, Not only the students trom the two typing classes, but students WL h to ave a knowledge of typing nmy obtain permits to do their outside wfzk when a rlass is not in session in room 4 Coi's'de'ecl as Junior 5-irtjzvtw aiu- the classes in Gust year typtng axcl tizwt ye-at shorthand, After learning the lvtyivmircl, the tirst year typists study yariori letter tornis, both personal and business li-ne trials are also takew io encourage speed anal .irrniary inthe initial year, First year sltoitlrxmt is also tundantental with assignments consisting of practical applications of the HdlJlNl'UVlillf'Cl form ot writing, The second year typists, Seniors, continue with the typing of letters, only in a more advanced style and form Speed was stressed as well as error reduction. The second year was combined with typing, by of shorthand taking dictation, then ' d irnme lately transcrib- ing it. Another course offered by the Commercial D . . . epartment is bookkeeping. This emphasizes the basic knowledge of keeping ftnancial and business records. The entire department is under the direc- tion of Miss Charlotte Ryan. New 10-20 desks in use by the commercial d Twenty-eight eparfment.

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COUNCIL AND CDUNSEL First Row ltnii Nlzirtiii, Mvlxiii i':ii'l, l':1ul Milvln-ll, .luliii Svliiw-iiivi'. 'Pom Sin-t-kit-ig l.:1t'i'y 'I'ipin-iw' llwrnlil I'i-rln-i'ii'li Second Flow l IIIN lulmrliiziii, ll:-li-ii lilmi. Ix.illioiiii llimiilli, , . 1 . 1. Maury Ifrzilii-lx, .Inmf llvss, .Xlli-nv St'llllll1lj'l'l', llium- l':itti-rsmi, XY:iyii1- Milf-in-ll, .loiin l'l'jil1'lI' .-.,. '. 1, , iiuinl, 1':iri-ull l':iuiIsim. Third Flow--Mix liviini-ily, Ilzin I!i'1-siirilinn, l.:ii'i'y lfillyi-l', Iiivli Wliilv. ,li-rry l'l'Xlll'lIlllll1l, Nu- .Xlirm-ns. The school, each year, through its homeroom and class presidents forms a council, This stu- dent council is organized to promote civic and school spirit, better student-faculty relationship and the improvement of student life in general. The council of 1954-55 sponsored many pro- iects and activities which included: changing the school colors from maroon and gold to maroon and white, voting the Prairie Dog in as a yearly publication, providing snacks for the basketball players after games, arranging for student buses to football games, assisting with plans for Col- lege Day and Career Day, and sponsoring the Junior-Senior buffet supper. The greatest responsibility of the '55 council was holding a district council convention here April 21. Some eighty schools from four states were invited. The meeting offered a chance for student leaders to introduce and share new ideas about student government with their neigh- boring schools. In the spring the council directed a magazine campaign, the proceeds of which were set aside to help complete the installation of the public address system. The ofhcers chosen the previous spring were John Schreiner, president, Tom Sheckler, vice- president, and Paul Mitchell, secretary. Thirty Dutch has plenty of help. The best of all governments is that which selves. teaches us to govern our- -Goethe