Scotia Glenville High School - Acropolis Yearbook (Scotia, NY)

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(Above): Lynn Hurley tries out some shorthand while Margaret Greene dictates. HOMEMAKING TEACHERS Miss Caroline Kilts and Mrs. Sonja Klinkow HOMEMAKING It used to be simply doing what came naturally. Today, running a home efficiently and economically has become a science. Modern living demands planning healthful meals, budgeting, making clothes, beautifying the home with the decorator's art. Scotia-Glenville students, who elect these courses, learn the basics of maintaining happy and orderly homes. (Right): Jill Campbell and Susan Mabee sew while Jean Johannson tries a fitting on Margaret Hockey.

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BUSINESS EDUCATION TEACHERS BUSINESS EDUCATION In recent years business and the schools have taken long, second looks at each other. Businessmen visit Scotia-Glen- ville, and teachers, in turn, ar- range frequent trips to com- mercial establishments. Many non-college students start looking for a position after graduation. Others are placed by the department even before that time in part-time jobs. Due to the above-average prepara- tion in typing, shorthand, busi- ness machines and the training in the niceties of secretarial prac- tice, businessmen are generally well gratified, and many careers have been successfully launch- (Left to right): Sitting, Miss Lillian Davis, Mrs. Monica Greco, Mrs. Katherine Fox; Standing, Mr. John Evans, Mr. James Lockhart, and Miss Rouette Mochrie, Chairman. (Left): Connie Hill, Joyce Porter and Carol Powell in Typing II class. (Above): a homemaking group receives dietary instruc- tion from Miss Kilts.

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Mary Jane Kinum learns from Mr. Smith that there is more to Driver Ed. than she expected. (Below): School programs, posters, and pub- lications are turned out by the printing divi- sion of the Industrial Arts. Best workers in this line are: (left to right) Bill Zuend, Lou Stocker and Allan Onderchain. INDUSTRIAL ARTS The Industrial Arts program offers the student a training in the fundamental skills of the machinist, the carpenter, the metal- worker, the auto mechanic, the printer and those of allied fields. In addition, the pro- gram aids in developing desirable working attitudes for the future. Driver Education is also taught by qualified I. A. instructors. Another well attended course is Blueprint Reading, taught for many years by Mr. Leis- ring. (Above) Lets look under the hood, says Mr. Mancini who teaches Dick Thayer jacks it up and gets into a dirty job in the auto auto mechanics. shop.