South Side High School - Totem Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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And this, class, is what he is saying, points out Carol Harader as she illustrates a report by Don Stevens in a U.S. history class. Sue McGinnis and Alan Mitchell explore the wealth of material avail- able for government students seeking topics of current news. As the class takes notes. Bill Wilder, Sue Perry, Warren Burns. Dayna Harader, and Mr. Wilbur Wilson explain the influence of foreign countries on American economv.

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Social Studies Stress 'You,' U.S., and World Beth Burnett uses a map to illustrate a history report for her fellow srudents. Rick Vanderford and Karen Finfrock. To stem the tide of communism while still keeping prestige in the eyes of neutral countries is one of the main aims of the United States' foreign policy. Students in Government 2 classes, as well as those in all areas of social studies, become aware of their vitality as citizens and the importance of stimulating inter- est and action in the betterment of their own country. Putting the emphasis on you as an individual personality and a pupil in high school, citizenship tries to educate the stu- dent to make him a good citizen, who will live and build in tomorrow's communities. Wars, battles, heroes! moan those who take general and United States history as they fight the Spanish-American, the Revolutionary, the Indian, the World Wars I and II, and the various foreign wars during their course of study. Through informal discussion, arguments, topics of the day, and an outside speaker explaining the stock exchange and the miles of ticker tape, students taking economics learn the whys and wherefores of our dynamic and massive economy. While Government 1 deals with government on the fed- eral, state, and local levels, sociology combines a smattering of anthropology and genealogy with common social problems to stress an understanding of America's social structure and to define its weaknesses. 28

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Students Type, File, Budget Their Way to Careers Whether it is buying a class stock in Business Office Man- agement, calculating the family budget in marketing, or labor- ing over phrase families in shorthand, all students in the busi- ness department receive a foundation for future careers. Using newly-equipped Room 180 as their office, future- secretaries execute brief forms, take dictation, transcribe their notes, and make use of new dictaphones, which add the authen- tic touch of the business world to the stenographic course. Fingers poised and minds alert, typists practice their strok- ing drills with the aid of music to achieve rhythm, speed, and accuracy; while merchandising students, studying retail selling, learn such principles as The customer is always right! Filing, signing contracts, keeping books, and adjusting credit provide the clerks and business managers of the future with valuable on the job skills. Once a month selected business students attend a conference hosted by such corporations as Town and Country and Lincoln Life. Here students and businessmen discuss the problems and responsibilities of office management. f Ss. — P Ik jk . sff7 f ' ■yf $fe i Mr. Robert Kelly points out to his marketing students — Kathy Martin. Lorretta Grider, Linda Snyder, and Pat Keck — the importance of includ- ing a product's ingredients on the can label. 30 Electric calculators give valuable on-the-job training in the use of typical office machinery to students on the secretarial course. Diligently typing up a business letter, Vicki Adams takes dictation with a modern dictaphone in the business department.