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

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Shorthand Offered To All Kelly Business Students Mr. Leon Dolby explains to his students the proper procedure {or using an adding machine. Mr. Stanley Post checks the work of bookkeeping students as they practice balancing accounts. Shorthand students find that taking rapid dictation from Mr. Ernest Walker is no easy task. Daily drills help students acquire the skill and accuracy that will be demanded of them if they hold good secretarial jobs in the future. 25

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Bookkeeping, Typing, Law, Mr. Robert Kelly lectures to a business law class on adver- tising and customer relations. As typing students practice to develop speed and accuracy, Mr. Ralph Boling checks their work. Students in Business Education received excellent training in their classes due to the fact that every effort was made by the faculty to keep up with rapidly changing business trends. Stenographic students received competent training for secretarial jobs by taking dictation regularly, and transcribing it by typing. Business English specialized in the various problems that a secretary might face in her vocation, such as spelling, punctuation, mathematics, and word usage. Secretarial practice included the fundamentals of filing and the operation of business machines. In business law, students learned to draw up various types of contra cts. Business organization and manage- ment classes dealt with organizations and operation of small business. The general business students gained an over-all view of the needs in the business world. Marketing taught the student valuable information on purchasing and budgeting. Here they pondered over consumer problems and their different aspects. By this program, including text study, drill work, and actual business contracts, the business students received valuable experience in preparation for careers as business executives, salesmen, clerks, and secretaries in our expanding business world. 24

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Journalists, Speakers Learn Better Communication Students in the Speech Department this year en- deavored to learn the fundamental skills of communica- tion and expression of thought. By giv ing many basic types of orations, the students fulfilled the aim of the course, to increase self-confi- dence. Embarrassing moments in front of the class were part of the sometimes hard-to-accept learning process. At the end of the year the student discovered that he had some of the traits of a poised speaker — facility of movement, alertness of mind, and a sell- ing quality to his voice. In the Journalism Department the student became acquainted with the running of a newspaper while attempting to better his own style. Writing news stories, editorials, and visiting the Fort Wayne Newspapers were a few of the activities tackled by the class. The students read high school newspapers to learn good and bad journalism; 'the South Side Times was examined in detail as one example. Thus, this course of study made the student aware of the many different methods employed by one of the greatest news media in the world. Stan Phillips, with the aid of Miss Anne White, finds mistakes in a newspaper during journalism class. To be, or not to be. That may be the question, but Mr. Robert N. Storey still looks pleased at the progress of Ros- alie Shanebeck as she delivers one of many speeches practiced by the class throughout the year. 26