Wilkinsburg High School - Annual Yearbook (Wilkinsburg, PA)

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CCDMMERCIAI. lilizzlbeth Steele. Typing . . . Keillru M. Cuvil. 'lrzmseriptifm . . . Marion Limluy, Buukkeep- ing . . . H. 'l'. Gritllth . . . XY. -I. lilliott. licfmoxmlies . . . XY. AI. Berry. liookkeeping' . . . Merlin Chute. Typing . . . G. M. Lfamrpbell. Com. Geugrzlplmy . . . Sue Reclcz1y,'I'yping' . . . Bess linger, Sllllflllilllil . . . Myrtle 'l'Iwmpsrm, Ollice l'r:urtice. 21 '

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Comptometer drills . . . Seen in the transcription class . . . Vtforking for speed and accuracy in typing . . . Acquiring skill using the dictaphi une, Finance at a Glance typewriting crew. Peck! Peck! Peck! Back space. Swish! 'l'ap! Tap! Tap! New paragraph formation. 'l'hus they march to the rythm of their favorite sing. Hltltl XYords ln ,X Minute. Now in perfect order we see little bottles of ink with pens. and rulers coming next, followed by the debits and the credits, the protits and the losses. the assets and the liabilities. with the overheads. the in- comes. the costs, and the retail prices, all striving to keep in their places and some to keep out of the red ranks. Singing in a me- chanical language of their own. queer little figures consisting of dots and dashes. with twisted lines and curves, tramp proudly along in the parade of shorthand. Behind them come their less known but equally dignitied companions. the tripletsfCtammercial Geo- graphy directing routes with product-arrayed maps: Commercial Arithmetic counting the miles and demonstrating the short cuts. while Commercial Law keeps them all within bounds. VK'ith them are all their relatives from Office Practice and Transcription. 'llhere come the packs of the tiling cards with card indexes. Behind them quietly march the llictaphone drills. Speedy tigures from adding machines and comptonieters with mimeograph forms in 'nolicate copies keep a steady pace as whole sets of bookkeeping and accounting problems strive to keep a perfect balance. Bring- ing up the rear comes another group of the typewriter crew keeping time with their tap, tap, tap! Click! Click! Click! Here comes General Business with his f 20

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Rs ist a part of the German class busy at work . . A l rench class dramatizes a recitation . . . Sunt tres discipuli. in a Latin class . . . Singing Christmas carols in Spanish. l-lands ACFOSS tl'lZ S26 NVith English leading the international display of words, we exhibit our banners proudly waving on high over the heads of our neighbors across the sea. XYith bands playing the Marseilles, Deutschland ueber alles. and other national anthems, the parade comes to a halt for everyone to salute. The marchers then swing into line joining hands and thoughts with those of other lands. Thus parades the foreign Language Department in all its glory. Latin. the parent language of all. is leading the way with French, Spanish. and German following in close formation. French verbs and Spanish pronouns step along with Latin declensions, keeping in perfect time with the music of the Romance languages. In the distance may be heard the steady tramp of Caesar's legions, thun- dering voice of Cicero, or the quieting musical refrain of Virgil's versesg while nearer may be heard their modern counterparts from France, from Spain, and from Germany. lin avant, marchons! Liberte! Ngalite! lfraternitel Las senoritas lispanoles bailen. Parade! Marsch! So onward march these students of languages trying to promote a better understand- ing for international peace and good will. 22