Trona High School - Telescope Yearbook (Trona, CA)

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Serious business, this learning to be a secretary. Just look at the faces of Barbara Knight, Rita Skidmore, Ann Davenport, and Lois Pratt receiving instructions from high school secretary, Mrs. Stark, who gives a lot of her time teaching the girls how to run an office. Girls taking business courses have a good opportunity to practice and get good experience before they leave high school. They apply what they learn in their busi- ness classes while they work in the central and high school offices. These girls help out and at the same time help themselves. Some of the girls work under the super- vision of Mrs. Wheeler and Miss Christy in the central office. They work the cal- culating and adding machines, answer the telephones occasionally, fill out and type purchase orders and requisitions, do a lot of filing, run errands, and take messages around. Others, who work with Mrs. Stark in the high school office, pick up roll sheets, take out the bulletins, sort mail, fix at- tendance records, fill out blue cards and tardy slips for those many absentees and late comers, type roll sheets, run off tests and other data on the mimeograph ma- chine, run errands, and help the new stu- They're off! The speed tests will help the sec- ond year typing class in the business world. dents find their lockers and rooms. All girls who take office practice must be at least of sophomore standing and must be enrolled in a business course. Also they must have had at least one year of typing. Most of the girls, however, are juniors and seniors as they are preferred by their sup- ervisors. This is a regular class and the girls must be graded. Mr. Eaton, the business teacher, gives each girl a paper which they take to their supervisor, who in turn grades the paper and turns it back. Each girl is graded on the quantity and quality of work she does as well as how she coopera- ates with her employer and co-workers. Regularity of attendance is also figured in. Besides office practice, students major- ing in business may take two years each of typing, shorthand, and bookkeeping, and also a class in business English and general business. More than 80 words a minute is the goal of the first year shorthand class. ssm. .im t . V f -..,...i ,,,,. ,, g .. 0-an HMM

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me ,-404 S t u d e n t s celebrated Valentine's Day this year with two dances: one for the junior high, and a week later the SeI1lOI' high held thelI'S. B0'Ch were Here junior high girls are showing off paid for out Of the student body treas- their socks while a couple of boys get into ury, but the G.A.A. planned and dec- f-he act- orated for the senior high dance, while the junior high gave their own. The seventh and eighth graders i decorated on a Friday night after a basketball game for the dance the following evening. They served doughnuts and root-beer floats and danced to records furnished by the students. The next week the G.A.A. decorat- ed after school for the Saturday night dance. Miss Anderson, Mrs. Noel, Mr. Arnold, and Mr. Merrill sponsored the dance with Mr. Merrill furnishing the recorded music. Evelyn and Pat Cunningham, Helen Fair, and Chucky Beil sang 'tHeart of My Heart as the entertaining feature after cake and punch were served. To finish out the year, the C.S.F. put on the Spring Dance, and the G.A.A. and V.C. put on the Sadie Hawkins. Senior high students and a few alumni are dancing 'neath the G.A.A.'s decora- tions for the Valentine's Dance. Lyman Gilliland is amused at Nancy Read for getting so tickled over having her picture taken. Evelyn Cunningham dances with Mike Rho- den, who is a little cam- era shy. ! tif' 2 R . M is . fi EE W g!ti,g,:' A HWS 57

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,M M4 I 1 The subtle workings of the adding machine produce various reactions in Frances Jones, Shirley Barbee. Cheree Terror, and Diane Cassel, who work in the central office. Mrs. Wheeler is demonstrating the mechanics. Two of the most time-consuming and tedious chores are typing and collecting roll sheets. Ann Davenport takes care of the typing end while Barbara Pease zips in and out of classes collecting. Every period someone has to pick up the roll sheets as they do such minor tasks as read special bulletins, bring faculty information, and just transfer messages. Office practice girls save time and effort for stu- dents, teachers, and visitors alike and at the same time gain valuable experience. The how's and why's of the filing system are ex- plained by Mrs. Stark to office practice girls-Darlene Bell, Ruth Lopez, Bev Compton, Orrene Slafter, and Jo Rita Donham. After the explanation comes practice on the job.