BUGIE, BAILEY, NORTH CAROLINA, N0VEI.1BER Page 7 TypinglStudenfs Stress Speed and Hccurocy With the goal to type with more ease, 23 typing I students tackle units on speed and accuracy v/ith "much enthusiasm," relates Ifrs, Laurine Lassiter,com mercial teacher. First in this unit of study vfas personal notes and letters. The students typed announcements, for mal and informal, personal notes (com^^osed at the typevrt'iter), themes, and poems• Next, en^.'hasis v.'-as placed on speed through the use of various devices. Guided Y.riting, half minute base rates, one, two, three mD.n- ute speed witings, and calling the throw for sen tences vrere used most ex tensively. Third, accuracy was stressed* One of the most popular and helpful devi ces v/as seeing how long one could type v/ithout an error; when an error v/as made the pupil s;topped typing and waited until all the students had stopped. Other methods used were error-aralysis charts for analyzing and recording errors and cor rective drills for each error made. On a recent tlirec minute test Kay Ferrell lead the class ' by typing liii. CWrLI v;ith only tvfo errors. Next, in relation to their speed, were Jackie Lamm, 1^2 words. and two errors; Agnes Bis- sette, Ijl vfords and one error; Llary Ann Hiller, UO words with 3 errors; and La Hue V.'instead and liary Lou Lamm, each JkQ vfords \;ith five errors* Fift h Gr. EI sets Of f icGfs Miss Frances Gardner’s fifth grade has elected class officers for the third month. They are pres ident, Diane Tapp; vice president, Roselyn Turnage; Secretary, Faye Morris; Program chairman, Audrey Finch* FLOUR,SUGAR, DR.INKS,CANDY MEATS , ICE CREAM ROCERIES MA NNING'5 GROCtRY fln Idea For Others To help keep their buses clean, Jacquelyn Vfinstead and Theron Sanders pay Jerry Taylor and R, E* Vifhitley a small salary each month. IT CLEflnS PfliniED UJflLLS k Across from the ^mMll ;ORNERQlOaRY pmiEy, n.c. Have your Hoir Styled for the Holiday Seasons at LILLIAN^S BEAUTY SHOP Bafiley.N.C, ^^honoSS^l

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