Stratford High School - Mnemosyne Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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carreerr orriiicermtt. ee 5 84 business sw ln Typing I, Iunior Steve Rippy does his daily warm-up exercises. Steve said that he thought learning to type would be useful in college. Typing is all right, it's not killing me. Working on a six week project, Senior Cindy Ludwig balances her books. The students in Accounting I were required to keep books as if they were running a business. practicality prompted most students to enroll in various career oriented courses offered by the business department. Taught by Mrs. ludith Chappell, Mrs. Mary Ann Haskett, Mrs. Eloise Ruhe and Mrs. Ethel Wingield, the courses covered typing, business law, management and communications and accounting and shorthand. For Senior Lori Montgomery, her V111- . .1 i 93522 ?i Gw-H. Because her mother thought typing would be a useful skill, Sophomore Mary Winsch took two typing c Mary said that she used her typing i for several other classes. college because I'm plannin major in business! She con My typing and shorthand c will help me get a summerjob in office at a reasonable salary. Less of the secretarial aspect emphasized in Business Management, where students learned the importance of office organization. Bruce jones, junior said he learned awareness of business opportunities and 1 Valuable skills were available those who wanted to develo Mrs. Ruhe commented, There i reward to seeing students build business course would help in to . . , 1 D s

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l ' ff - of i A M .W 'X-s X l-us'- 1 X After purchasinga trailer from Mr, Iaks for 5125, Senior Randy Cate straightens I ' ' f Pr it - .lf its axle in wood shop. amistake on his drawing, I Geoff Stugard works on a of a hinged plate in general l I'm going to take architectural and go into architecture, Geoff. 1 ,bs .. ' 2. .ill-fl' . .if ,r H ' L Eivfwg 3? , , ls 1, M if W flying, Sophomore Mark Sah i nen a pipe or a table in metal shop. stated, I took shop because I like 'th t I, d I I . . . , , Welding Wrpgnalfrgneighqggnlg get A Cutting wood on a lathe,llunlor Mike candlestick holder in wood shop. The Cameron attempts to flnlsh a project took three days to complete. industrialarts 83

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Checking over his bookkeeping, lun- ior Milton Howard completes his accounting project, This unit taught students how to manage the books of a business over a six week period. the skills that they have already learned. I know that they will be able to get a well-paying job. Yet, she added, It's unfortunate that a lot of students took them because of parental pressure and just couldn't get interested. The most basic course, typing, attracted more students than any of the others. Here students learned the workings of a typewriter, forms for business letters, and skills that enabled them to type papers for class assignments and perhaps even qualify them for Dislributive Education. Numbers occupied others in the accounting courses. The class learned bookkeeping, a marketable skill not ordinarily available to a high school student. Mrs. Ruhe concluded, There will always be a need for secretarial work, and if someone wants a second career to fall back on, you can always type. gl . Qu W J I Even though it wasnt easy, Senior Carie Cox said her accounting project was kind of like a game. She said it was real depressing when her books didn't balance. Using her typing for both history and English classes, Sophomore Patty Hudson said that she enjoys typing. ln typing II students worked more on their own instead of as a group. Patty said that Mrs. Wingfield, who the students refer to as Wingy , ls a good teacher. business 85