Southside High School - Southerner Yearbook (Fort Smith, AR)

Page 63 text:

Professional tailoring skills are practiced by Susie Jones in Home Economics Vll-Vlll. On-the-job training is provided for distributive education students in a wide variety of situations. Terri Sims, Diana Griffith, Terry Walters, and Robert Srygley received experience in jobs ranging from cashier to assistant manager. .X , ,, ,., ,, ,, ,, ,.,.. ., - 'K 'Q - 3 ,qw ., ffitff' , 9 ,ug ,Q ai i ' I I 5 To better understand an accounting system, Ginny Sparks studies the complicated bookkeeping records ofa former city business. Practical Skills 59 Z y

Page 62 text:

Experience in preparing business forms and term papers are only a few of the skills obtained during the year by Becky Files, Theresa Roberts, and Lee Ffeichardt in Typing Ill-I V. Three finalists in a home ec P1609-Setting contest take a look at the winning arrangement. Debbie Loux, Patt Cattaneo, and Susan Davis selec ted china at local jewelry stores for their en tries. Over 600 take practical skills courses Growth in number brought changes in distributive education and home economics this year, while the computer age added new techniques to the business classes. Over 600 students en- rolled in the 23 classes which emphasized practical skills. In its second year at South- side, DE proved its need with some 41 students enrolled in the course, a gain over last year. This group received valuable on-the- job experience at 11 local firms. Growth also brought about 58 Practical Skills the addition of a fourth-year home economics course, dropped from the curriculum four years ago. Fifteen students in the class learned professional dress-making techniques. Other home ec girls were engaged in visiting local business firms, in presenting a fashion shovv, and in conducting Christmas Open House. Adapting to the computer age, students enrolled in typing classes learned a new method of addressing envelopes for com- puters in post offices. I JNQNQQM' tg F -if ug? ' , - 18' E RW ii , I WE- . 3. 1! Thanksgiving in the cooking classes means the preparation of a turkey and other holiday dishes. Pat Cattaneo and Debbie Flippin carve the finished product before the other students taste the results of their culinary artistry.

Page 64 text:

In order to pass the 4th Army inspection, practice and precision in drilling are vital to JRO TC cadets. Cleaning rifles offers another challenge for juniors Red Khilling and Jerry Smith in JRO TC. Different goals set in JROTC and gym You're out! Dress, right-dress! These were phrases com- monly heard this year in the physical education and JROTC classes. Both of the programs attempted to improve teaching techniques by trying nevv ideas. JROTC emphasized doing more practical work in small .unit tactics as well as completing a study of American History. High- lighting the year were the lVlili- tary Ball and the visit of special guests from the 4th Army Head- quarters at Fort Sam Houston, 60 JR O TC, PE Texas, in the spring for the an- nual federal inspection. ln PE, students participated in intra-class sports in addition to the regular strenuous exercises. For the first time this year, the boys' physical education classes played flag football which is a modified form of tackle football. Among the most important activities in girls' PE classes were basketball, hockey, and fitness tests. Qualifying for the Presi- dent's Physical Fitness Citation were Mary Haney, senior, and lVlary Alverson, junior. Patience and experience enable John Patton, senior, to teach Gail Riser, JROTC sponsor, the basic fundamentals of order arms. -Q-.-