St Johns High School - Crest Yearbook (Delphos, OH)

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Using complicated business machines is routine for office practice students Darlene Pothast, Maicia Pohlman, Mary Bohnlein, and Katherine Maas. Students diligently watch Mr. Kapp as he instructs them in economics. 26 !

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Foreign language skill needed for worldwide understanding Because language, by which people communicate ideas, is the basis of all knowledge, it is beneficial to understand languages besides one ' s own. Knowledge of a foreign tongue opens a whole new field of study, making the people, customs, viewpoints, and literature of other countries more alive, and is important for world cooperation and peace. It is through speaking that friendships are made and differences worked out. Of the three foreign languages offered this year Latin, the father of the modern Romance languages, is the basic tongue. Students who take four years of Latin become acquainted with early classical literature, like that of Cicero and of Vergil. Spanish, now offered to St. John students on a shared-time basis at Jefferson, profits a student intending to travel, because it is the native tongue of so many countries. Through the works of great French writers, French has become familiar to well-educated people, and is often used as the common language at international gatherings. A relatively new subject at St. John, the course uses records stressing idiomatic conversation. 25

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All eyes focus on the board while Mr. Kapp explains the fundamental setup of a ledger page in bookkeeping showing business transactions. Information, know-how pay profits to business students Although the commercial department of most schools is good, that at St. John is ex- cellent. Fifteen classes in Shorthand I II, office practice. Typing I II, personal typing, bookkeeping, record keeping, general busi- ness, and economics salesmanship are taught each day. This year Sister Mary Herman ' s shorthand students have been aided by new dictaphones which make classroom experiences parallel those of the business world. Office practicers develop skills in various iields, such as filing, billing, duplicating and introduces students to data processing. Many students are using the opportunity to take personal typing for one semester from Sister Mary Eventia. Shorthand students use dictaphones to increase dictation speed. Typing — a course that demands practice — yields manual skill and readable papers. 27