Rosman High School - Oriole Yearbook (Rosman, NC)

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Type a little harder, Donald, and you ' ll reach the moon. BUSINESS CWOJT gNTftlES posreo DE6)T entries POSTED DUTIES AND IRIETORSHII I TMt LEDGER ' hC .EDCEft DWIGHT D. HOWELL, as head of the business de- partment tries to give his students a well-rounded back- ground in business courses. In the typing classes speed and accuracy are stressed, along with instruction on personal typing. Office Practice class offers advanced instruction in typing, filing, and business correspondence, as well as work on the mimeograph machine, electric adding machine and electric typewriter. E a ch student is required to do a certain amount of actual office work. First yearbookkeeping is set up to introduce book- keeping and accounting to the students who might further their education in the business field, and it is also designed to train the student to keep the records of a small or medium sized business establishment. |j Students are taught how to keep family records on in- come, budgeting, and income taxes. For the student interested in becoming a secretary a course in shorthand is given. The student is required to take dictation at a rapid rate and then transcribe with reasonable accuracy. ' Mr. Howell is giving instruction on the Opening Entry in the Bookkeeping class. 12

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HOME ECONOMICS H A three-year course in home-economics is offered WinRosmanHigh School. This course benefits the high % school girl because it includes these seven divisions: Child Development, Clothing, Family Economics, Home experiences are a valuable part of the home- economics course. Here Mrs. Vaniman is discussing different projects with a group of tenth grade students. Family Relations, Foods, Health, and Housing. The girls learn the tricks of the trade from Mrs. Dorothy Vaniman, home-economics teacher and FTA sponsor. Doris McKinney and Majorie Raines are preparing material for a dress while Margie Galloway is decor- ating a curtain. AGRICULTURE A four year course in Vocational Agriculture is of- : fered in our high school. The course is primarily de- , signed to give farm boys experience in the various j fields of agriculture such as crop production, beef I cattle, swine and dairy production as well as farm ■ and home improvement and self sufficient agriculture. ' B. E. Keisler, second from right, is giving instructions i to his Land Judging Team: Harry Powell, Wayne Mc- ; Call, Clinton Owen, and Bramley Fisher--This team ' won first place in the Pisgah Federation Contest. The boys engage in such competitive activities as judging dairy cattle, beef cattle, land, and seeds, as well as parliamentary procedure, public speaking, tool identification and the like. Farm mechanics and shop work also are basic parts of the agricultiual pro- gram. In shop work the boys make a variety of useful things. 11

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MUSIC ( I i Linda Moses and Berlis Owen, presidents of the high school glee clubs, confer with the director MRS. M. J, WINGET. This year the Music Department boasts of two glee clubs. From these two groups come six vocal ensem- bles. These are volunteer groups working, without credit, for the sheer joy of singing. This group of juniors and seniors expressed a desire to do extra-curricular work in music. A natriral apti- tude for singing and many hours of do mi so ' s have produced some fine results. A volimteer ensemble of sophomores and seniors who harmonize with ease and fluency.