Wilkes Central High School - Green and Gold Yearbook (North Wilkesboro, NC)

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HOME ECONOMICS . Putting into practice what she has learned at Studyinghouse plans and construction prepares these girls for their position school this student is conducting a home ex- as future help-mates. periment in meal preparation. Homemaking is an art requiring specialized train- ing. Classroom periods teach students the basic essentials of homemakingp but in order to gain confidence and skill each girl carries out home proiects. Wilkes Central's Home Economics Department has as its principal goal to better prepare girls for this all important career of homemaking. The department also seeks to introduce girls to vocations in dietetics, interior decorating, and home economy. Good grooming and personality devel- opment, another phase of Home Economics, is not only preparation for the future, but applicable immediately. Home Ec. is certainly a worthwhile endeavor for any high school girl. Qen. ,J I f l' i V children enables these girls to understand the Observing pre school behavior of young chill-

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COMMERCIAL Learning to operate the various business machines, duplicating for the school, learning and practicing clerical office procedures such as filing, and banking transactions- these make up the program of the Office Management class. Business students are trained in the operation of various business machines, duties of clerical workers, and personality and correct dress for business. Wilkes Central has many typists: during a day's time 80 typewriters 35 electric IBM and Royals and 45 manual Royals-are used by ap- proximately 462 students who make up two classes of Typing ll, seven classes of Typing l, and three classes of shorthand transcription. Students type all kinds of material: authentic office correspondence, manuscripts, bills of lading, tele- grams, production work, letters, cards, and envelopes, and, as many in the classes would tell you, those horrible timed writings and tabulat- ed reports. .Mg--G -f 2. Research . . . interviews . . . let- ters requesting material from re- cognized authorities and national associations . . . part-time work in the chosen field . . . hours of work -in class and out-culminating in a 2,000-word research paper and an oral report-all this is involved as thirty senior business students corre- late advanced bookkeeping, busi- ness English, and typing in an in- tensive study of the accounting sys- tems recommended for a selected business or organization. Page Eleven

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Dr. Thompson opens these steps built by our Agriculture Department. The grounds of Wilkes Central are constantly im- proved and cared for by our Agriculture Department. VOCA TIONAL AGRICULTURE . . Home proiects are encouraged and supervised by the teachers of this department. All phases of the vocational program have shown much progress this year in both quantity and quality. Highlights are: Farming programs in general show improve- ment. Four purebred dairy calves were added to our chain and arrangements for eighteen additional purebred gilts have been completed. The highest corn yield U41 bushels per acrej since the depart- ment was organized was obtained by use of im- proved practices. Three of our members are candi- dates for the State Farmer degree. Of four calves shown, two received blue ribbons, and two received red ribbons. lmprovements were made to the school grounds by reseeding lawns, building steps and beginning a new storage building. Use of the Chapter owned tractor increased and a new pickup was purchased. Approximately 250 attended our annual pic- nic, and two honorary chapter degrees were con- fered at this meeting. Additional books were ordered to supplement our chapter library, which already contains more than 750 books. We placed first in two of the seven Federation contests. The above activities gave us a standing of second place in District Six and ranked us in the top 'IO per cent of all chapters in the state. Preparation for a Father-Son Picnic proves entertaining to these agriculture students. Page Thirteen