Business Course At
Appalachian High
The «tudents ia Mr Pipes* un
ktr Engliah cluim bin nuda
book JackeU M a purt ai thair re
falar clauwork during tha paat
woek. The Jaekat designi «rara
craated by Uta «tudents íto m
fcfea» gaíned from tba raadla* ol
Iha books. Os the Lotide flap of
cach book jifkft, the itudfotx
pirróte « "publlsWs Wurb" to tell
otkcn somettüng ibout the book
Md to «neouraga othen ta raad
the book. A great deal of original
hjr and utictkr worfc m put tato
Uve activíty bjr the atudenta, aod
muy oí them iuv* atated that
they enjoyad haviog • change
¡rom tbe imual routtae oí oral «
arruten book reporta.
Tbe book Jackota have been put
om duplajr in tbe eUaarooot. and
man y oí them are t» be aaod látex
aa a Book Weok dupla y ta th«
bitíb acbool library. Many mem
bon of the «tudent body and fae
ulty have atopped br to admira
excallast work ara: Mollie A He
Ruby HiyM, BKqf Rotan. Pal
Dowling. Pat Brown, Jewei Me
Gw, Pnak Pajraa, Baliy Crowall,
Tmd Owsiay, F.t Wilcox. Pat Prof
fitt Alma Teittr. Clara Bcacb,
Cjmthia Kluu. Linda Wey, Pal
Tnvett, Kliiabeth Haga man. Lar
ry Austim, Batty Swift, and Jody
ama
Butimrm Majan
Por the pul lwo y «ara, Appala
chian tligh School ha» offcred a
somewfcat difíerent course for
business majan The course ls
eallcd "Ottkt Practica" and ta de
stinad for thrae dletinct purposes:
1. To (tve more experience, bet
tar tnining. and a (reatar variety
of practica] work to atudents who
definiteiy plan to become secre
tar íes.
2. To hooor atudents who are do
ing exeellent work ln the regular
buainasa claaaea.
3. To provide more office help
for the principal and the aaaiatant
principal.
Students who are selected to
take "Office Practica" work in the
principal'* or aaaiatant principal'*
office two houn each day. The ir
duties include: anawering the
telephone, taking dictaUon, trans
cribing letters, typing reporta,
typing stencils, typing testa for
teachen, keeplng financia! re
cords for the magazine aala, and
learning to opérate the mlmeo
graph, dictaphone, duplicator. and
addlng machinas.
At the end of each achool year,
Dr. Crew and the teachen in the
commercial department select six
rising seniora who will receive the
honor and experience of working
in the office. The students muat
meet the following requirementa
in order to be conaidered for the
course:
1. Have a good scholaatic aver
age in all business subjeets.
2. Be a good typist and a good
shorthand student.
3. Show outatanding qualities of
peraonality and dependability.
4. Be neat and accurate in all
kinda of paper work.
Tha students who are taking
"Office Practice" thia year are:
Pat Proffitt, Clara Beach, Wilma
Moretz, Pat Trlvette, Pat Brown,
Judy Gragg, and Betay Rogers.
Dr. Crew has stated that he la
very well pleased with the resulta
of the program. Studenta have
Washington News
Washington. O. C.—The launch
ing oí Sputnik II by the Soviet
Unió 11 h a cicar Indicaron—tf any
more la nredad ihit thc United
IMatca i* falling dangeroualy be
ldad tk* K uiatan* ta a niuaber of
lleids—oot )u*t one.
lo Washington there are thoie
who feel that thc long-enjoyed U.
8. technical and industrial super
iority ia at aa end Of course. thia
reault cannot come overnight in
all (ields, but It le pointed out that
the Rusa iana ha ve more acientists
than w*. have a larger misaile*
and rocket program than ve do,
and are pushing harder and are
further advanced than we
It i* now a case of catching up
—not maintaining a lead The tone
of aome U. 8. officials, when
Sputnik I was launched, was that
the United States could have
launched a aatellite If we had been
engaged in a craah program in
this speciflc fleld.
Moreover, it waa said that we
would launeh a larger aatellite
when we launched one. But the
launehlng of Sputnik II—aix times
heavier and twice a* far into
•pace—takes the icing off these
reasauring remarka. The Ruasiana
have a rocket engine of "astonish
ing" power in the words of one of
Britain's leading rocket acientiata.
That they could throw a thoua
and-pound misaile more than a
thouaand milea out into space,
with various eqifipment on it, and
in apparent control of their effort,
waa an amaxing feat. There ia no
getting around that fact. The Unit
ed States haa nothing in thia fleld
which can equal the Soviet achie
vement.
What ia more, the Rusaiana no
doubt have other modera weapona
and are probably more advanced
in the dealgn and production of
them than we have aaaumed. The
United States haa alwaya under
eatimated its enemy and overesti
mated i ta own weapona.
The hiatory of World War I and
World War II shows that we
(ought botb wara with weapona
which were inferior to some of
the enemy's weapona. But we were
told, especially before World War
made a real contribution to the
achool and at the same time have
received a broad and practica]
educational experience.
II. that we had tbe best weapon*
ta tbe worid tu same fielda tu
which we were ibown to be clear
Ijr outrlmrd a* tbe war progreaa
ed.
Student» oí history do not have
lo be remioded that nothing i*
laating in tbe way oí worid power
or worid donlnation or influence
The United States, which reached
■ zenith in World War II and be
ca me the greateat power on the
earth, may not enjoy it» era for
ever—or «ven for many y car».
The Román EmpLre, tbe Span
iah, even the Britiah Empire—
til had their day and theec coun
trief paiaed from the worid icene
ai the leading authority on the
face of the globe. Tbe United
States tbould have enjoyed an
"era" of a hundred years or more,
as did the Britiah, it wai assum
ed, but if it loses the current race
with Russia—for technical su per
iority—the era could be a short
lived one. (
That is a grim poaaibility to con
témplate but defenae officiala re
•lia* uut «c irt ip a<ania> a
(rialy determiiwd tai numarotia
toe tai oppoaing worldwida Con
muaism. And there H na doabt
Uut the Communist success io
launchtng the satellite* ta raccat
day» has done much for thetr
prestige
The araied (orea* ot the United
SUtes. and tbcir hi;ify romniod,
ha ve not beea intimidated. Even
if th« Ruanians have aa JCBM cap
a ble ot bombardiaf the United
States, as soma feel they aow
have, our military leadars say we
have the means to deliver enough
hydrogen bomba oa Kussia ta
maka it certain that the Reds will
not wtn World Wa^ lili
< For this reason. our military
leaders feel that we néed not be
panicky about the la test Ruasian
scientifk achievements. There is
no denying, however, that the
Kussians are ahead ot os in this
all-important (ield and there is no
guarantee that the United States
will not be surpassed, scientifical
ly, in the next few yeaH.
This is the great^at danger
brought forth by the laanchings in
Russia.
ATTENTION
THERE WILL BE
NO SALE
ota the
W. J. Livestock
Market
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, DUE TO
THAISKSGIVING HOL1DAYS
But There Will Be Sales
As Usual On
Wed., Dec. 4th