Silver Creek High School - Silver Leaves Yearbook (Sellersburg, IN)

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Business: Elecfives help studenfs prepare for compe'ri'rion S.C. business courses attempted to prepare students for the business world in every possi- ble aspect. There were courses in typing, shorthand, bookkeeping, general math, eco- nomics, and business math. All these elective courses were training for college business courses or almost any job. Although over one half of the students that .Were enrolled in these courses were not interested in getting an office job, some of the students already had part-time work in which they used this type TOP LEFT: Typing for girls used to be the common thing, but today boys are often seen pecking away at the typewriter. TOP RIGHT: Students were given a chance in advanced typing to use electric typewriters in order to give them experience for a business career. LEFT: Short- hand always required a lot of work doing chapter exer- cises and preparing for quizzes. BOTTOM: Mrs. Sue Mosley took her General Business Classes to the R.E.M..C. facilities to give her students a first hand knowledge of how a well-organized business is operated. of knowledge. Every job these days requires a little ziknow-howii of the management of a post. To have unlimited bzgkground experience in these areas may supply a higher pOsition in a particular chosen field. A person can apply this useful knowledge to whatever field he has chosen. The business world of today is very compe- titive and whatever experience a person can get, it is going to help him in the long run. 29

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28 The real business world is a serious place and SC. students take their work seriously, too. TOP: Senior, Patty Broady, concentrates on a test in her shorthand class. ABOVE: All of the members of the bookkeeping class are busy at work trying to complete a practice set. ' .' Liz;-?

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Home Economics: Qiudenfs sweai over he sieve: bui +he resul'rs are onh H Home-Ec was offered to all interested stu- dentsundet Mrs. Jackson and Mrs. Diefen- bach. Mrs.jacksor1 taught first semester; fresh- man itConsumer-Edii and junior Housing? arid second semester; sophomore Beginning Clothingii and senior Advanced Clothing? Mrs. Diefenbach taught first semester; senior iiExperimental Cookingii and sophomore 5cm RFood 1K and second semester; junior uFam- ily Relationships and Child Developmentii and freshman RInterpersonal Relationships? All classes were busy with their own class- room experiments and with speakers such as; an interior decorator, a home financer, and a fashion merchandiser from Spencerian, all year long. m LEFT: Senior Sandra Conner shows off her baking with her original elephant cake? ABOVE: Monya Turner and Carla Lomax participated in the initiation ceremonies for future F.H.A. members,