Waterford High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Waterford, CT)

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Business Courses Teach Organization and Efficiency IIK Knowing how to type is a help in almost any profession. The in at least one of their four years at WHS and most business majority of students take personal typing, a half time course, students take typing all four years. E Finance courses enable the student to manage his future. Many business students gain experience by helping in the school office. Here Ellen Bitt- man runs a posting machine. ln the spring the Business Department also has a secre- taries day in which future secretaries work for a day in downtown business firms and ofiices.

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Debbie Campbell raises her voice in a song. Chorus offers students who have vocal ability and the desire to sing an opportunity to express themselves as a group. PAUL FITZGERALD B d, Ch ,ch ' , RICHARD BROWN SHARON WILLNER Baiiriid, Appcxcileijtaiblri? Art, Department Chairman Art Music Theory s is At band practice Rodney Tulba and Mario Richards blow pounds of wind into huge tubas. Frequent practice enables the band to present several concerts throughout the year, including Christmas and spring. Qi

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ARTHUR HADFIELD 05,66 pracuce, EDWARD NARDONE Office Machines, Business Law, Bookkeeping, I Department Chairman, Typing, Junior Class Advisor, Bookkeeping, Business Math, Adult Education School Store Typlllgt WHS BIISIHCSS Club TVPSNG WN' ' CAROLYN RIGGS PAULINE A. WHITE Typing, General Business Stenography, Transcription, Future Secretaries of America Because of the increasing mechanization of our world, there is a growing need for skilled people who understand the operation of complex machines and computers as well as the simpler machines such as the typewriter and other office equipment-also essen- tial to the business world. To provide the training necessary for employment in business, WHS supplies a large number of courses designed to meet the re- quirements. The most popular course of the business curriculum is typing, and this year there are many new type- writers in order to accommodate all those students wishing to learn to type. Although typing is a busi- ness course, it is not restricted to business students so that college-bound students may also take advantage of this training. Other courses offered in business in- volve stenography, business mathematics, bookkeep- ing, and office machines. A fair percentage of WHS students go on to secretarial and business schools, and some enter into the business world immediately after graduation from high school. Being able to organize and catagorize by putting things in their proper place is an important quality of a good secre- tary. Here Kathy Avena, like other business stu- dents, by regular practice in Filing will soon acquire this quality of organiza- tion.