Warren G Harding High School - Echoes Yearbook (Warren, OH)

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t l Flying fingers whiz through timed Writings and budgets. I I Everyone who expects to work in an office should study typewriting. The course at- tracts future bookkeepers, stenographers, and office clerks. During the second semester, the wheels were set in motion for the Co-operative Com- mercial program. All important phases of business procedure were stressed in a three- Ill hour morning class to the 12-A students, who then worked in industrial and profes- sional offices in the afternoon. Yipee, exclaimed wide-eyed Business Education students when they first caught sight of the modern equipment added to the department. What fun it was to operate a comptometer, Sound Scriber, calculator, and dictaphone! -25-I Page Twenty

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Miss Lynn's Problems class tunes in on hot political issues during the November campaign. 0 I III III From Iulius Caesar, across the Tropic of Cancer, to the Taft-Hartley law, social studies classes searched through the past, roamed the globe, and caught up on current events in order to better acquaint them- selves with the world in which they live. One of the highlights of the year was the keen interest in the Presidential election. Civics and Problems classes especially studied this phase of our national politics. Speeches were given and campaigns were waged within these classes. The culmina- tion of this campaign was a school mock- election directed by the Hi-Eco-Sy Club with the cooperation of all social studies teachers. As in the official count, the Democrats won this one too. Many students of the department en- joyed the privilege of a trip to the Cleveland Art Museum to see the collection of Berlin masterpieces. +21 Page Nineteen lif-

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Foods I class concocts a hot cereal dish. ,., 0006 When walking past room 308, we are greeted by the pleasant aroma of foods being prepared by our cooks of tomorrow. The installation of new, glistening Tappan gas ranges this year gave these kitchen artists added incentive. Now there is no excuse to have fallen cakes. I Ill Girls in Clothing classes blossomed forth in new suits and blouses of their own making - naturally, the New Look. In other Home Economics courses, they ac- quired the know-how of furnishing and decorating the home. Of course, these teen-agers also learned the latest in smart grooming and tasteful costuming. fit Page Twenty-one lie