Van High School - Vandalite Yearbook (Van, TX)

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Glam Included in the improvement program are several new high schoolclassrooms The most popular of these 1S the sec retarxal training room It 1S located next door to the high school office and typing room It ha s be e n approved by the Southern Association as an accredited c o u r s e and Z3 students are enrolled in the class The subjects taught include bookkeeping mimeograph proofreading shorthand filing high school office work all of these are taught by Mr George Tuttle N1ne new machines have been added to the secretarial department Theyare two electric typewriters one dicta- phone transcriber one dictaphone re- corder one posting machine one full- keyboard adding machine one electric calculator one 10-key adding machine and one hand-operated calculator, Another of the new classrooms is the speech room in which Mrs Tom Elder teaches speech and English There are 35 members in the Speech Club The room was designed for presenting theater in the round productions square l1g hting box 15 located in the cente r of the room for this type of play A proscenium stage is at the southend and desks are on three eleva tions at the opposite end of the room S p e e c h develops personality better speakers and 1S e s s ential in every phase of life states Mrs Elder The Journalism Department previously located in the new s pe e c h room has been moved to Room 17 on the north side of the patio This location provides for more space and less interruption

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