Waterford Township High School - Waterlog Yearbook (Waterford, MI)

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Eye The Business World J Getting on-the-iob training, approxi- mately 75 WTHS co-op students are placed in many of the local businesses. They attend classes, including co-op, in the morning, and work in the afternoon receiving a grade and two credits for the course, as well as their pay. Many students prepare for co-op and the business world by taking pre-retail- ing and other commercial courses. Mike Fernald works for Ryeson's Market through his co-op training and learns the principles of running a store first hand. Q, ci-innrrn 4 E' EPS -- A trip to a local court was taken by com

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Mrs. Losh Miss McCully Mrs. Southwell Mr. Olmstead Since secretarial work is the most Shorthand is one of the most beneficial courses for the student planning to go into the business world or on to college. it popular with girls, many of them at Waterford take courses in office training. These courses include typing, short- hand I and Il, bookkeeping, practical office training, and office machines. Also both boys and girls are enrolled in com- mercial law. By learning modern methods of efficiency they are prepared for the business world. Phyliss Morse, Gloria Biebel, and Barbara Hornsby practice the proper operation of mimograph machines. Mrs. Losh's office machines class Some Students 1 Nancy Mead learns the proper way to change a typewriter ribbon 1

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Badminton is played in class from February until the weather breaks for outdoor sports. W Miss Blair A . .3 1 sv z Girls in gym class are required to take tests on the rules and regula- tions of sports which they play. Sound Bodies Build Alert Minds Stressing cooperation and sportsmanship, girls in physical education class learn and play various sports. Through team- work and competition they work toward their four goals, knowl- edge, skill, sportsmanship, and good health. The year's schedule includes field hockey, speed-a-way, soc- cer, basketball, badminton, table tennis, softball, archery, and square and modern dancing. l 1, 3 Miss Vannorsdall Basketball is the most popular sport in the girls' physical educa- l tion classes.