Valdosta High School - Sandspur Yearbook (Valdosta, GA)

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Give Adequate Training Traditional business education courses such as typ- ing, shorthand, and bookkeeping give a theoretical background for clerical careers. Supplementing this training is the valuable assist- ance of the distributive education and the distrib- utive co-operative training courses. In these classes students learn actual techniques of selling and of- fice work. Many juniors and seniors leave school after fourth period to work in offices, stores, and industrial plants. MISS SARAH DEAN ADAMS received her A.B. in English from VSC and her M.A. in education from the University of Georgia. She teaches Shorthand I, II, and English I. MRS. DAVIE EDMUNDSON received her B.S. in business education from George Peabody College for Teachers. She teaches Typing II, business arithmetic, and bookkeeping and advises the Future Busi- ness Leaders of America Club. MRS. TOM MOODY received her B.S. in business education. In addition to teaching Typing I, she advises the Future Business Leaders of America Club. 27

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Bobbie Ellen Blanchard, DE student, works afternoons for Mr. Herchel Hamill, purchasing agent for the Valdosta schools. JIM HORN, DCT teacher, received his B.S. in social studies from Troy State College and his M.S. in school administration from Auburn University. Mr. Horn has also attended the Uni- versity of Georgia. Commercial Classes BILL GLENN, DE teacher, received his B.S. and M.S. in distributive education from the University of Georgia. Mr. Glenn, who has also attended Pennsylvania State College and Georgia Teachers College, is the advisor of the DE Club.

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Teachers Have Busy Schedules While teachers had a regular schedule of five classes per days, their work actually began the minute they stepped on the campus. Checking announcements, helping students make up work, and keeping study hall after school were but a few of their many activities. During their free period some rested or graded papers in the teachers' lounge. Coaches Roland and Green check the bulletin board for announce- ments before school. Before the first bell. Bo Hall, Dee Nickels, and Beth McCrary listen as Mrs. West, their home room teacher, explains a poem to Sirois Barker. 28