St Wendelin High School - Foslin Yearbook (Fostoria, OH)

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Through the Business World we have come to see the importance of commerce On the list of courses offered at S. W. H. S., the commercial de- partment has a high popularity. The business course is very important because it prepares students for the immediate future as well as that which is years hence. Business affects everyone, every day. The different subjects which comprise this course strive to develop in the student a perfected skill which is vitally important in this modern world. This course offers many assets to the student as a person, also. In the midst of the skilled training goes the accumulation of the knowledge of how to meet and associate with people from all walks of life; how to sell, not only one ' s product, but also good will, as well as oneself. The commercial student is constantly striving for perfection under the force of competition, for perfection is her goal. Indeed, it is quite obvious to everyone that business plays a leading role in the drama of life. The subjects included in this course are: Typing I, and II; Short- hand I, and II; Office Practice; Bookkeeping; and Business Arithmetic. The members of the first year typing class are learning the fundamentals of typing a letter. (All except for one, that is.) Our top student secretary, senior Mary Lou Schalk, shows her ability as she busily types a letter for Father Walter. One of the first things the Shorthand 1 class learns is to be neat. The work done by the secretary not only reflects her personality, but that of her employer as well. Susan Thompson, Judy Gobel, Betty Miller, and Judy Relnhart are developing their skills. As Mr. Pocs looks on, these Bookkeeping students, Sandra Degan, James Miller, Mary Lou Schalk, Sandra Coleman, and Rodney Dell show their know-how in keeping systematic records of business transactions. 24

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■ ' ' • ' I are Man ' s Tools V 7 : ft ■ i- - What ' s this? Mr. Herman teaching Music? No, he ' s just showing Mil(e Etchen how sound waves vary and why these variations cause a change in pitch in both the musical in- strument and the human voice. Mike doesn ' t quite understand but he ' ll take Mr. Her- man ' s word. The attention of Gary Scherger, Clifford Young, and Richard Park is focused on Ronald Aurand in this physical science class. He Is explaining to them the process by which natural gas is brought from its origin to your home. to perform an experiment concerned with the coloring of acid. Man has alwa ' ys had on inquisitive mind — a mind filled with questions of how and wh ' y. Science, which is an insight to the realm of God, attempts to organ- ize and distinguish fact from fiction in an effort to answer these never- ending and challenging questions. Keeping with modern trends in education, St. Wendelin offers a com- plete high school science program. Accuracy is essential in drafting, and students lake pride in constructing figures. Here Larry Scholk and Donald Crawford observe the drofting efforts of John Peiffer and Joseph Burkart.

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No, that is not o hearing-aid or a transistor. Janice Fillialer is listening to the dictaphone and typing on the Executive I. B. M. Both machines re- quire sl lll and complete concentration. There is no time for day-dream- ing when accuracy and speed ore the foremost requirements. oster copy. Elaine Ziegman offers Suzanne A liquid duplicator supplies the operator with up to 150 copies from one Bugner some paper, whik Mary lou Schalk and Arlene Wise operote comptometers, onother t.me-savmg device. 25