Watseka High School - Watchekee Yearbook (Watseka, IL)

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H Shorthand I students take advantage of the tame given to get their home- Taking Care Of Business Mrs. Bricker's Shorthand students look over their assignments . After a timed writing, Typing I stu- dents check for errors before continu ing. wb' General Busmess students are tested on their newly acquired knowledge , Z, 4 ,f mt, Q P ,mfg V317 'JL Q

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Nm Q? i'f - .-, -'-,,,.-.ns A 3 .L+ Building A Future The Agriculture department continued its program under its new instructor, Mr. Keith Lauritzen. Many dif- ferent phases of agriculture are being taught this year, giving students a wide selec- tion of courses . First is the Ag. Co-op course. Students spend much of their time working, by obtaining a job relating to agriculture, and the other portion is spent in the class- room. Ag. I is a course de- signed mainly to give fresh- men students an overall con- cept of agriculture. In Ag. ll, students also receive more of a basic type training by studying such things as livestock, crops, soils, re- cords, and feed rations . Ag. Ill-IV goes into the manage- ment of a farm, along with its business aspects . This course for juniors and sen- iors deals with such things as taxes, farm records, and farm insurance. Another course offered is the small engines and metals class . Much shopwork and practical experience is acquired in this course. Basic Horticul- ture is also offered, giving students the opportunity to learn about vegetables , trees, flowers and flower arrangements, and other modern horticultural issues . Mr. Avery is the Industrial Arts instructor and teaches two phases of it. ln Industri- al Arts I, students work with electrical wiring, blueprint- ing, drafting, and wood- working. Industrial Arts Il strives mainly to give stu- dents a background in house wiring, advanced drafting and woodworking, and sheet metal work. Sophomore boys work individually on their lndustria Arts projects. JI , 5. -. -. , 1.-f I' xv -. 3 Q : ,fl Q . X. u. 'w . Ag- Industrial Arts 33

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2 - 'Q :.S,f.,, 1 1 The business classes ranged widely in both difficulty and subject matter. Most of the classes, which were de- signed to give the student a basic knowledge of business, also served as a preparatory course for those going on to college or entering the busi- ness field. Typing I students, after learning the keyboard, con- tinued to build their speed. Typing Il, a continuation of Typing I, dealt with higher standards and more compli- cated production work. Marsha Fults, Typing Il student, straightens her papers before handing in her production work. Accounting students read and answer quesiions from their books . Another business course of- fered was that of Shorthand. In Shorthand I, the students learned the alphabet and took letters which they tran- scribed on the typewriter. Shorthand II students exper- ienced longer letters and achieved higher speeds in their timed writings . General Business was a ba- sic economics course which taught the students such fun- damentals as personal fi- nance , credit , insurance , and checking. The Accounting course was a bookkeeping cycle for ser- vice and merchandising business . Not only did the class stress assets and lia- bilities, but also computing net incomes . w. H? 33 if-1 i ,R a 'CFI-f 'X N-L--nie idk? 1 MC. r . -VX l xk If -' 'lf 7 - l xiii' Ni A. ,. S., Business 35