Prairie Heights Community High School - Galaxy Yearbook (Lagrange, IN)

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Business Business offers varied training The major goal of the Business Edu- cation Department is to help the student adjust to a business environment. Busi- ness education has for its primary ob- jective two purposes: vocational and non- vocational training. In vocational training shorthand, bookkeeping, office machines, and typing II are offered. Nonvocational training offers bookkeeping, general business, and typing I. Mrs. Myers UPPER RIGHT: Filing was only one facit of the intricate Office Machines sched- ule. ABOVE: Bookkeeping class gives the student practice in accounting.

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John Coney uses the mimeograph machine to print Panther basketball programs. ABOVE: Mrs. Bobeck aids a bashful Debbie Tynor during homeroom. RIGHT; Mosaic work for Operation Abercrombie is being done by Mrs. Bobeck and her students. UPPER RIGHT: A total of 99 students tried their hand at first year typing.

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Home Economics Lois Ulch is home- maker of tomorrow Senior students in the Department of Home Economics have completed the tailor- ing of woolen suits using tweeds, flannels and knits in both bonded and non-bonded fabrics. The PH senior Homemaker of Tomorrow was Lois Ulch. The juniors studied Human Development beginning with the pre-natal development of the child and proceeding through to six years. Sophomores became skilled in the arts of Home Nursing and caring for the sick, and then began their work in the Food Lab. Freshmen touched briefly on many areas. Above — Becky Chamberlin files information on clothing in the home economics file. Right — Senior girls study during first period in the sewing room.