South Garland High School - Sabre Yearbook (Garland, TX)

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Development of Skills Distributive Education Clubs of America presents an introduc- tion to the business world. A guide outlined in such subiects as human relations, sales, stock control, and iob interview. The students have a chance to participate in contests and show their achievement in sales demonstrations, iob interviews, business speaking, advertising, and product display. Mr. Floyd Frizzell, Sears 8K Roebuck Company, spoke to D.E.C.A. members about sales and a representative trom Zales Corpora- tion spoke about shop lifting. Among D.E.C.A. activities were a luncheon at Wyatt's Cafeteria, the Area ll Contest at Grayson County Junior College, and a trip to the Dallas Apparel Mart. W. B. HEAD E.T.S.U. B.A. and M.ED. Distributive Education LOWER: Mr. W. B. Head conducts his D,E.C.A. classes with enthusiasm. LOWER RIGHT: The D.E.C.A. store has various school supplies for S.G. students. Xiillklilli ,,.. .Z MM, if fi f

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VOE ond DECA Encourages ln Vocational Office Education the students learn to use transcription and dictation equip- ment, adding machines, and calculators. Operational procedures of electric typewriters are also taught, in addition to duplicating and mimeograph machines. Some time is spent on grooming, professional actions and attitudes. Knowledge of filing, record keeping, spelling, and business English may be gained by using sources of information and exploring all facts of working in an office. Guest speakers were as follows: Mrs. Tonia Blair, Patricia Stevens Career College, Mrs. Ann Cogburn, Pompadour Wig Salon, Mr. Glenn McLaurin, McMahon School of Stenotype, and Mr. Rodman Kypke, Executive Secretarial School. The Office Education Association Club is a part of the V.O.E. Department. Contests in record keeping, and management, typewriting, machine transcription, 10-Key adding ma- chine, shorthand, spelling, and iob interview were held at the area conference. Students winning in these contests went on to the state competition in Abilene. A field trip was taken to El Centro Junior College. 22 i Dixie Orten E.T.S.U. B.S. V.O.E. BELOW: Mrs. Dixie Orten goes over the Reveille with Dee Thompson and Gail Hamilton.

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iii . fv . Commerciol Arts Emphasize Proficiency Elsie Carpenter Ohio State Univ. B.S. Shorthand Typing fl .11 if a Qff if I iii' V- r RIGHT: Barbara Judy Sharon Barnett, Grissom Agnew senior, uses the North Texas NOl'TI'1 headphone to State Univ. Texas improve her skill B.S. STBTB Univ. in shorthand. Typing I Record Keeping, Catherine Typing 1, Smith General Univ. of Business Texas B.B.A. Betty Typing I, Wolfe Bookkeeping Stephen F. Austin B.S. Commercial Arithmetic, Typing I The 62 shorthand students practiced daily to help perfect their business techniques. Scribbles and curly Q's unfolded in a lan- guage designed to train shorthand students for the business world or college where they find notes to be a vital necessity. Mr. McLaurin from School of Stenotype, Mr. Kypke and Mrs. Rabb of Executive Secre- tarial School were the three speakers who gave talks to the shorthand classes during the fall semester. Typing students pecked on the typewriters each day to improve their skills. It was hard at first to get all of their 1,510 fingers moving and to learn the letters keys, but after awhile improvementwas shown. Realizing that equations were not the only balancing acts of life, 96 South Garland stu- dents worked on posting perfect ledgers in on the bookkeeping classes. 24 Betty Peace East Texas State Univ. B.A. English III, Typing I O Susan Lowe Texas Christian Univ. B.B.A. Typing II TQ