Ridley Township High School - Archive Yearbook (Folsom, PA)

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Ill lt is the purpose of the Commercial Department to give students the training necessary to enahle them to secure positions in the husiness world. By taking ei -ininercial courses through three years students may hecome stenographers. typists, tiling clerks. or book' keepers, Many graduates from Townshipis commer- cial course hold responsible positions in the husinesses and industries of Philadelphia and Delaware County. COMMERCIAL TRAINING Elf, M R. As early as the ninth grade students may elect Junior Business Training, an exploratory course in commercial work. In this course students may dis' cover that they have an interest in and an aptitude for business training. The suhject matter of the course includes the handling of personal hank accounts and check writing, money orders, the use of the mail service. transportation, personal budgets and costs- information needed hy people in all walks of life whether they are in the husiness field or not. Most commercial students take work in shorthand for three years. During the first year students learn the theory of shorthand. and hy constant practice they acquire the ahility to write this fascinating language. ln the second and third years the students are given dictation for transcription, and as the ahility of the student to take dictation increases, the speed of dictation is gradually increased. The first yearis work in typing stresses the acquirf ing of skill in the use ot the machine. an understand- Upper Left: Bookkeeping II class learns to operate office machines while working on bookkeeping practice set. Middle Left: B. L. Wien illustrates correct shorthand forms to class. Lower Lcfl: Shorthand class takes timed dictation.

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laecwmes a 'vital and mcaiiingful part -tt their schwil work. Science teaches lla laws 1111 life and nt' nature as well as the laxxs that govern the 1n11ye111ents nf heavenly hndies nr iiuclear illillll reactiniis, A greater ltiinwledge ntl science. 111 any nr all nt' its l'ranches1 gives L14 .1 hetter LlIlLlCI'SI1lIlLllIlQ4ll. the world 111 which we liyc and enahles us tn live a hetter and fuller life. I11 the 11i11th grade all students have a cnnrse in general science which gives them Qlll insight into the laws that govern the scientific phcnnmciia with which they have alinost daily experience. 111 the tenth grad: students may elect hinlngy, a course which teaches some nf the hasic facts of plant and animal life. The two most advanced courxs in science are chemistry and physics, which may he elected hy students in the Ll n cl of fd e n l.U0l .50 -iuninr or senior year. M11st students who take the advanced work in science select chemistry for the junior year and physics in the last year J. Clymer exhibits Hgures he made for solid geometry. Mr. Smith explains the principle of the parallelogram on a Dietzgen drafting board. T. Beck shows Algebra II class how to find solution to an intri- cate problem.

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or flee Z?u5ine:55 mr ing of the mechanical principles involved, and accuf racy in work. Students learn to type straight copy and to set up letters. Only toward the end of the year are the speed tests introduced. The second year's work stresses speed with accuracy, and each student has a budget to complete. During the third year the typing course is expanded into general secretarial training. It deals with filing, transcription, speed tests, work with the dictaphone, tabulation, setting up letters, and filling out forms varying in range from telegrams to income tax returns. The work in hookkeeping is continued through two years. Students receive hasic training in handling journals. ledgers, and financial statements in the first year. ln the second year the students hecome ac' quainted with machines used in husiness ofliccs adding machines, calculators. bookkeeping machines. comptometers, and ditto duphcators and mimco' graphs. Commercial students are also taught the elef ments of husiness law. The Commercial Department also offers a course in personal use typing for general and academic stu' dents to enahle them to acquire enough skill to do their own typing work. The Commercial Department has the responsif bility ot placing graduating xniors in jobs. Nlrs. Kline takes care ot the girls and hir. Martiii the boys. ln thc past several years many students have obtained positions as a result of the departments recommendations. 'I'u'e1ityfmie Above Left: Typing II class strives for accuracy and speed. Above: E. Spardoski demonstrates use of dictaphone. Filing in Office Practice class. rg