Tolleston High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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Business courses developed accuracy Joyce Yudt found fKot crediting or debiting on occounf wos not difficult after Mr . C. M. Reietor's exploootion. At the beginning of every school year o great many of Tolleston's students enroll in business courses. This year o complete four-year program was offered with courses in bookkeeping, general business, Typing I and II, Shorthond I ond II, and clerical practice. College-bound students ond students bent on working after graduation found courses in business education helpful in their homework and part-time jobs. Business education, for most students, begon with general business or bookkeeping In these courses students leorned the accounting phase of business. Accurocy, together with neatness, mark- ed on excellent beginning for future businessmen. Advanced business students, with their thoughts on college, utilized to the fullest Typing I ond Shorthond I periods to gain proficiency, which is so important for doing college research work. Business students knew the importance of speed ond occurocy in typing ond shorthond. Two years credit in each course assured students of the necessary training for o job in the business field. For even more assuronce of business pro- ficiency, many students enrolled in clerical prac- tice This course enobled students to learn how to type stencils, charts, ond forms, os well os how to operate severol business machines To start students in the work world, it) 1958 o co-operative program was developed to enable senior students to go to school half o day ond to work the rest of tne doy in their chosen fields. Many business students, os well os students in the field of mechanics and monuol arts, hove begun their coreers this way. Mr R P. Sifng explained to Cheryl Noylor, o ir t-yeor typing student, where the home-row key ore locoted Mr . I. R Leek observed Mary Brown os she demonstrated how to use the mimeograph mochme to her classmates

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Social sciences stressed citizenship aH FREEDOM SHRINE Deployed in Mr Wise's room, the Freedom Shrine, given to our school this year by the Gory Optimist Club, con- tains copies of the original historic documents of the United Stotes. Mr. Som Poliak pointed out to World History students the first trode routes m the For East. World History is the study of foreign lands, their problems, and their history. Eoch rveek World History students took part in class discussions, and questions were answer- ed concerning the countries of the world. United States History acquainted students with a complete history of their own country. U S. History students leorned that people to- day profit from the mistakes which were mode many years ago, likewise, decisions made to- day will affect the people of the future Throughout the year students also studied and discussed mony of the important documents of the United States Current affairs, another important part of U S. History, informed stu- dents os to what was happening all over the world. In government, students leorned about the intricate workings of the Federal and In- diana governments; however, before studies were completed in this course, students were required to learn how Congress passes a bill, how the President and other top officials are elected, what their qualifications ore, and many governmental operations—all of which started each student on his way to taking active part in politics. Seniors were also required to take Eco- nomics, the science which explains how people make a living and how they spend what they earn. Students enrolled in this course studied four important factors of economics: consump- tion, production, distribution, and exchange Through the study of psychology, students leorned why and how people react as they do under certain strains From this study students got a better understanding of the people with whom they work and associate. Miss A F Morsh's U.S. History classes, with the oid of on opoque projector, used enlarged mops for discussion ond study. 14

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