Schuyler High School - Warrior Yearbook (Schuyler, NE)

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Commercial Courses Provide Wide Choio 1 L? r Joan Svoboda, Diane Hoppe, Mrs. Kluck, Donna Jisa, and Dona Woods are making preliminary plans for a vocal concert program in office practice. Anyone wishing to take a commercial course has a Wide choice from which to choose---typing, shorthand, office practice, bookkeeping, or jour- nalism. The key Words in typing and shorthand are speed and accuracy, accomplished by practice. Office practice, a combination of both preceding courses, is taken by the seniors. One Week out of the year students taking office practice Work for local businessmen. In bookkeeping a student gets a chance to use the adding machine While learning bookkeeping procedures. Journalism students are responsible for printing the school paper, the TOM-TOM. Arlene Kluck, B. S., Commercial, Sophomore Classg Alvin Dietrich, B. A., Commercial, Ath- letics. Mary Schneider sells a TOM-TOM to Mary Jo Cerny and Charlene Hespe.

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The policy makers of SHS are J. L. Hampl, Dr. Merlin L. Sucha, Harry Chronister, Richard G. Folda, Dr. H. D. Myers, Arthur Waak, Gustav Payman, and Supt. E. Warren Peterson. Administration Outlines School Policies Supt. E. Warren Peterson, M. E.g Pr in. Paul C. Baker, M. A.g Lotus Weingart, M, E., Student Councilg Robert Urbanek, M. E., Librarian, A, V. Aids, Freshman Clas S. Guidance, English, Preparing an annual budget, hiring employ- ees, and establishing policies to be followed by the faculty and students--These are some re- sponsibilities given to the SHS school board. Mr. Richard G. Polda, president, conducts the meeting the first Monday of every month. Dr. H. D. Myers is vice president, Harry B. Chronister, Jr. is secretary. Gustav Payman, Dr. M. L. Sucha, and Arthur Waak are members of the board. James L. Hampl is the appointed treasurer. Working in close conjunction with the board is Supt. Peterson, Who completed his fourth year here this year. Mr. Baker, who has been here for six years, is in complete charge of the high school. Other administrative personnel are Miss Weingart, guidance instructor, and Mr. Urbanek, librarian, who also teaches literature.

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pkdgf alive R , 5 . U Speech English Athletics Darrel Kluck and Delores Svoboda are returning their SRA booklets after completing one exercise. Languages Teach Today English is not simply grammar, but it includes such things as Writing poetry and short stories, taping radio broadcasts, dis- cussing the reason behind a character's actions, and analyzing Writing styles. A visitor might Walk into an English class to find a student dramatizing a character from a play. He also might see students taking ex- tensive notes on a literature lecture. Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, echoed through the halls as the seniors fran- tically memorized a short excerpt from Macbeth, which Was read in senior English. In c r e a s i n g the students' reading speed was encouraged by the SRA reading program Which is taken by the freshmen. This program includes timed readings and questionings. A monthly routine in most English classes is ordering paper-back books from high school book clubs. Many of the Worlds' best sellers are offered to the students at reduced rates.