Rutland High School - Norwester Yearbook (Rutland, OH)

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Commencal Department General Business The vital knowledge of operating a good business was ac- quired in General Business. Budgeting, interest rates, insurance and writing checks constituted a part of this needed education. Typing is an essential part of a secretary’s duties. In typ- ing 1 the students acquire the basic fundamentals needed by a good typist. Orderliness, penmanship, and accuracy in keeping books were accentuated by the use of practice sets in Bookkeeping. Typing 1

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Preparing to be Secretaries Secretarial Practice is a culmination of all business education sub- jects with much emphasis on stenography and typewriting. These stu- dents are qualified for a oosition which involves the taking of dictation, typewriting, and being a receptionist, general clerk or straight typist.

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The industrial arts program is based on the general shop plan. This plan provides for a shop in which two or more different types of work are being done simultaneously by different groups of students. Woodwork- ing, drafting, basic electricity and light metal work comprise the scope of work offered in the present program. The pri- mary aims of the program are: To ac- quaint the students with the fundamental processes, materials, and products of in- dustry and to help them in the selection of a future vocation by developing a better understanding of the world of work. Chemistry students per- formed numerous experiments pertaining to the natural elements and the man-made elements.