Syracuse High School - Rocket Yearbook (Syracuse, NE)

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Practical arts provide students with Shorthand students, supervisedby Mr.Char1es Pickering, utilize the controlled listening stations as means of improving shorthand speeds and skills. Mrs. Barbara Otaki instructs Connie Horns in the basic skills of beginning typing. Serving his ninth year at Syracuse, Mr. Charles Pickering is associated with the advanced business courses, He teaches bookkeeping which is offered to juniors and office practice and shorthand to seniors, Mr, Pickering has a B,A, degree from Peru State Teachers College, He serves as advisor of the annual staff and in his spare time enjoys photography, hunting and sports. New at Syracuse this year is Mrs, Barbara Otaki, She instructs beginning typing and consumer economics. Typing is offered to sophomores and prepares them for the advanced commercial courses. Con- sumer economics is a course in economic principles and common business practices. She is also a sophomore sponsor. Mrs. Otaki is a graduate of the Uni- versity of Nebraska with a B,S, degree,

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l t M Y wife. 1. ' 3' he Q Y' 'w-:Ii Academics A much smoother year was enjoyed by students, faculty, and school board, The problems of moving into the new building were settled and overcrowded conditions of previous years were no longer a menace. The 1966-67 year was filled with many activities in all of the departments. Pungent odors floated through the halls from the chemistry room. Words of heated debates were often heard coming from the govern- ment room. The clicking of typing machines and calculators was often heard from the typing room. The home ec department spent many creative hours planning for special teas and dinners. A highlight this year was the Centennial Dinner given for the school- board. Several excursions were made by students to dig up old relics for history class. The government classes found them- selves in the State Penitentiary for a few minutes during a field trip to the Capital City. Yet with all these varied activities, complaints and anxieties still came from students. But through the patience and determination of the faculty, another full and busy year was completed at SHS.

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knowledge and training for job opportunities Helping the girls with the basics of homemaking is Mrs, Marion Harms. She has two classes of freshmen home ec. Juniors and seniors learn more about art principles, child care, food preservation, foods and nutrition, clothing,home manage- ment, and social relationships. Junior girls presented their mothers with a tea and a style show at Easter. They also held a pizza party for them- selves at the end of their foods unit. One project of the senior girls was to serve a Christmas tea for all school personnel and a dinner for the school board and their wives. Mrs. Harms has been on the Syracuse faculty for eleven years. She received aB.S. degree from the University of Nebraska. Her hobbies include knitting, cooking, sew- ing, and raising flowers. Office practice student, Judy Stoner, gains skill on printing calculator. Junior home ec. girls come to Mrs. Marion Harms for samples of their in class cooking. Linda Wilkins, consumer economic student, views bulletin ,board display.