Stratford High School - Mnemosyne Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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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

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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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cmrrmiufmgg while learning in D.E., V.O.E. While most students suffered through their fifth and sixth period classes, a small number of students were out working through two school programs. Vocational Office Education tV.O.E.j and Distributive Education tD.E.j offered students the chance to attend classes in the morning and work in the afternoon. Thru V.O.E., taught by Mrs. Barbara johnson, students obtained jobs in banks, real estate agencies, and other offices. Mrs, johnson set up the interviews with companies and the students then choose one of the jobs offered to them, explained junior Sallee Aven. Through their jobs, students learned many things. Senior Kristi Griffis commented, I learned how to use a CRT computer. Working for George Moody Inc., a real estate construction if . company, Sallee Aven said, I learned my way around Houston because I ran errands for the company. Meanwhile, D.E., taught by Mrs. Mary Ann Cole, helped students find jobs that were not office oriented. Senior Robin Avery said, D.E. taught us how the free enterprise system worked. Robin worked at a department store, handling the phone and paging. Senior Maria Elam was employed at the same store as a stocker and a salesgirl. V.O.E. and D.E. taught students skills that would be useful in the future. Senior Charlotte Hinkley explained, I'm going into business and be the manager of a store. Through D.E. l've learned how a department store is run. Denise Langford, senior, added, I worked for a law firm and this should help me when I go to law school. Listening to advertisements in D.E., Seniors Ann Laverick, Stephanie Hauge and junior john Pate learn how to write an effective advertisement. Looking utp from her work, Senior Dana Clif ord takes a break from adding a column of figures in V.O.E. Through V.O.E. she obtained a job , a data processor. M . gf., '33, 86 v.o.e., d,e. quit , t,,l V .':'.unn- -L'-S A