Oneonta High School 1967 Yearbook (Oneonta, NY) - Full Access

Business course stresses vocational preparation By the addition of Office Practice I, the business department broadened its curriculum to better· pre– pare students for jobs as typists and office workers immediately uron graduation. Office Practice I is a continuation o basic typing which includes units on manuscript, statistic and .legal typing. As seniors, the office practice students complete their training with Office Practice II, which gives them a chance to apply the theory they have acquired to a realistic situation as student secretary. Distribution students learned about the various opportunities available in the field of retailing and about basic jobs such as buying, advertising and de– sign, accounting and control, sales promotion, store layout and stock: control. P lanning the organization of their own businesses, business management stu– dents studied business and economics in depth. Courses in bookkeeping, business arithmetic, shorthand, transcription, business law, salesmanship, and personal typing completed the diversified offer– ings of the department. Business student judy Stanton deftly prepares a stencil as part ofher secretarial duties in secretarial practice. During the lunch hour Mary Dorritie displays the ]Japerbacks, notebooks, pens, and other school supplies in the school store as Virginia Laterra looks over the wide selection. Business students manage the store. 61