Sansom High School - Talisman Yearbook (Alabama City, AL)

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 Eyes on the Copy, Connie! LEFT: Jan Armstrong runs off the daily absentee list on the mimeograph machine. BELOW: Loyce Shirley multiplies on a Comptometer while across the table from her Judy Knight and Brenda Croft practice using the Monroe Calculators. The girls gain valuable experience while using their machines for they are used in the Accounting Departments of most big offices.

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Commercial Course Provides Practical Training for Future Goals Most of the girls taking the Commercial Course work in the office here at school to gain practical experience. Mr. Akers discusses office procedures with Wanda Lambert and Betty Jones. Divided into well-defined units of study, the commercial course provided practice in all im- portant fundamental business practices. These courses were the foundation for most of the clerical positions sought by students in an office. One of the major purposes was to equip the students with a working knowledge of those basic principles of Bookkeeping. Shorthand and Typing were the basic skills needed for almost all types of office work. The courses will be valuable for personal use as well as vocational application. Office Practice combined all of the other cours- es available. The students had a chance to show their ability to work in an actual office situa- tion. They applied all of their skills they had learned in previous business classes. ABOVE: Norma Cox, Sherron Brooks, and Marilyn Smith gain practical experience in working with adding machines in Office Practice Class. 22

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Mathematics Is Essential Mathematics is essential tt everyone. There are five mathematics courses offered at Emma Sansom—Business Math, Algebra I and Algebra II, Geometry, and Advanced Math. For the non-college bound student Business Math rounds out his basic math needs. For the college bound student the math curriculum offers subjects required to enter college. Also the more complicated maths help the individual develope his reasoning power and clarify his thinking. All math teachers use modern, well-informed methods to teach. Their superior knowledge is supplemented with equipment purchased at the department's request. The solution of many of the technological problems on which, in large measure, our national survival depends in the atomic and space age has become increasingly de- pendent on the solution of scientific problems involving a high level of mathematics. ABOVE: Mr Dale Beason gives an Algebra II textbook to an unknown student. One of the most time-consuming jobs at the beginning of school was the issuing of state-owned textbooks.