Whitmer High School - Oracle Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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A football field serves as a scoreboard in typing class. Here Lois Mitchell and Tom Roth mark their own progress and move closer to a touchdown. Typing techniques are an invaluable aid. 18 MRS. GERTRUDE SHANTEAU — Business, F.B.L.A., Ambition — to teach, Appre- ciates — music, Peeve — students who don’t do their assignments. SUE HARTMAN — Business, Soph. Y- Teens, Ambition — to be a private sec- retary, Appreciates — art, Peeve — Question, “Are we doing anything im portant today?” ROBERT LOWTHER — Business, Senior Hi-Y, Ambition — to be a commercial airline pilot, Appreciates — a good choral group, Peeve — gum chewing. MRS. MONA JANE MILNE — Business, Ambition — to work with people, Ap- preciates — T.V. program, “The Ameri- can Economy,” Peeve — lack of benefi- cial television.

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GERALD GRIESINGER — Social Studies, Student Council, Football, Ambition — to be a salesman, Appreciates — politics, Peeve — desire to cheat, but not to learn. STEVE KERLIN — Social Studies, Wres- tling, Ambition — to be a coach, Appre- ciates — good music, Peeve — Yankee blow-hards. JAMES LARSON — Social Studies, JCWA, Ambition — to teach, Appreci- ates — well-played sports events, Peeve — historical “Hollywood” movies. JOHN MATTIMORE — Social Studies, Ambition — to coach basketball, Appre- ciates — sports, music, Peeve — copying. activities in the world around them. The study of geography literally encompasses the surface of the earth. After the basic knowledge of oceans, continents, prominent mountain ranges, bays, and landmarks has been mastered, individu- al countries are studied. The effect of land on the people, economy, and customs is analyzed. Whitmer’s sociology program stresses the individ- val and his purpose in society. Problems are de- fined, analyzed, and interpreted by each student, as they affect him in his daily life. Issues of the day, as well as age-old topics, are used as the subjects of class discussion and debate. The study of American history teaches students to appreciate our country today, by showing them how it was founded and evolved. The causes and effects of civic, social, economic, and moral changes in the nation’s development are studied in as many aspects as possible. A rudimentary knowledge of the Constitution prepares the student for another mandatory course, civics. Civics emphasizes the ne- cessity for a working knowledge of governmental machinery so that citizens may vote intelligently. By studying human culture from the earliest times, students of world history learn to understand the true origin and development of much of what has been inherited from past ages. The contribu- tions of great people, states, and in stitutions to modern times are analyzed thoroughly. Contempo- rary history requires students to read the newspa- pers daily so that they learn of world occurrences when these things are “news,” and not when they are “history.” Dennis Karsh combines proper military dress with a pure civil- ian smile to help recruit volunteers.

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eB Aw Ambition — to be a priest, Appreciates — symphonic orchestras, Peeve — people who Andrew Dieringer — Business, don‘t follow directions. Linda Van Gunten Ambition — none in particular, Appreciates — reading, Peeve — men drivers. Business, F.B.L.A., Mrs. Virginia Baker — Senior Y-Teens, Ambition — to be an outstanding Business, student, Appreciates — perfection, Peeve — carelessness. Shorthand supplies symbols for sentences. In our world of growing technology, greater emphasis is pla ced upon clear and efficient communication than ever before. Typing helps solve this need because typing can be read easily, even though it is put on paper muc faster than a person can write. Any student, no matter what his plans for the future, can benefit from a typing course. A requirement that is often expected of secretarial ap- plicants is skill in shorthand. By simply using symbols to represent sounds and words, the secretary can write as many as 120 words a minute. After one year of short- hand, students are expected to be able to write 60-80 words a minute; after two years 90-120 words per min- ute are required. Many toilsome office chores are being done by machines today, but often the machines are so complicated that a mere novice couldn’t just “push a button’ and make them work. The business machines classes learn not only how to operate these time-savers, but also haw to take them apart to clean or adjust them. Bookkeeping proves to be a useful course, no matter what a student plans to do when he is finished with high school. People are confronted with standard records and tax forms everyday. This course teaches the funda- mentals of the system and provides a solid backgro und for those who wish to study bookkeeping at a higher level. Carol McHaffie checks her figures as she operates a bookkeeping machine. EDWIN KNEPPER — Business, Ambition — to direct a band, Appreciates — musicals, Peeve — not enough time to do everything ‘d like to do.