Union College - Golden Cords Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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. .. n uv. A Z aff.: Don Stricker watches intently as Mr.s. of his class projects. 64 Simpson checks for typing errors in one . -ef? :je - A brief intermission helps clarify a question as Juanita Cox and Lorraine F riestad confer about their assignment. Secretarial Science Department litters 26 Courses The wife of the Audio-Visual De- partment head has stated that black- boards are out', and overhead pro- jectors are inf According to Mrs. Irma Minium, chairman of the Sec- retarial Science Department, the over- head projectors are faster and easier to use. It saves the teachers a lot of energyf explained Mrs. Minium, by permitting them to write their class notes on the plastic roll prior to classf, A new class in stenotype was of- fered this year. The courtroom is not the only place where stenotypes are usedf' Mrs. Minium said. They are used in businesses and classroomsf she explained. New teaching techniques include multiple listening in shorthand. The

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1 Mrs. Irma Minium, department chair- man, i1lu.s'tr11te.s her class lectures with an overhead projector. Secretarial Department has about 25 desks that are installed with electric devices which make connections pos- sible to the teaeheris tape recorder. Students use earphones and select their own speeds by controlling a small knob on their desk. She has a choice of two speeds. First-year class- es select speed qtil, 60 to 100 words a minute or 80 to 120. Second-year students have a choice between speeds 1-2 aml::f?3. 120 to 150. Because of the addition of a new class in stenotype. the number of semesters have been cut for the course from six to four. President li. XV, Fowerls personal secretary. Mrs. Alva Downing, spoke to the secretarial students about the role of the executive secretary in busi- ness. The classes also listened to a Lincoln attorney, Russell Strom, ex- plain the work of a legal secretary. This year a spring awards banquet was the setting of the presentation of the a n n u a l shorthand and typing in in Miss Brown reflects a mertitatiee mood as .she pauses at her file eahinet. awards, along with the popular Miss Secretary, and Miss Business Teacher awards. The awards had been pre- sented at an hono1's convocation the last of May. Three personnel directors of Lincoln conduct personal inter- views with candidates for the Miss Secretary award. The candidates are selected by popular vote by class- mates, grades, and supervisory teach- ers. Three department are involved in the selection of the Miss or Mr. Busi- ness Teacher. The Secretarial Science, Business. and Education Departments are represented by Mrs, Irina Miniuin. Dr. Paul Ioice. and Dr. Melvin XVol- ford. Each department has a special interest in turning out only the best teachers of business and secretarial science. A question from the side halts a stu- dent-teaeher ftiseussion Lnrmzentarity and- then Jlr. Burton returns his attention to the question at hand,