The Chemawa American, April 01, 1969, Page 4, Image 4

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CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Secretarial S ta ff Offers O ffice Practice Students
a Variety o f Practical Training Experiences
Who makes Chemawa tick? t Chemawa’ s secre­
ta r ia l s ta ff.
Chemawa O ffice P ra c tic e s tu d e n ts work in
the Administration Office under the direction
of Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Azure and Mrs. Cowley.
They h a n d le th e PBX sw itc h b o a rd , which
involves p la c in g long d ista n c e as well as
local c a lls . They answer a l l incoming c a lls
and route them to the proper extension. In
ad d ition to handling the sw itchboard, they
f i l e , prep are l i s t s and o p e ra te the Xerox
machine.
Under the supervision o f Mrs. Holman, the
Academic secretary, O ffice P ractice students
s e e y e t another sid e o f o f f ic e work, w ith
the h e c tic pace of the P rin c ip a l’ s O ffice.
In addition to answering the telephone, the
students keep the attendance book up to date,
make c a ll s on th e classroom in terco m and
a s s is t Mrs. Holman in f ilin g and typing.
S tudents placed in the Guidance O ffice as
p a rt of th e ir O ffiqe P ra c tic e tra in in g work
under the supervision of Mrs. Carlson. These
s tu d e n ts a c t as a r e c e p t i o n i s t f o r th e
guidance s ta f f , as w ell as answer the phone,
typing and f ilin g .
Other O ffice P ra c tic e stu d en ts work in the
Placement O ffice preparing the weekend work
l i s t and a ssistin g Mr. Matt.
W ithout th e h elp o f Chemawa* s e x c e lle n t
professional s e c re ta ria l s ta f f , th is on-the-
job tra in in g program would not be p o ssib le.
Terenty Buterin i s checking with Mary Kaleak
in th e S tudent Employment O ffic e about a
Saturday job in the Salem area.
Mrs. Holman, Academic S ecretary , is showing
Ire n e L iv in g sto n how to use an a lp h a b e tic
card f i l e .
Angie Douglas i s p la c in g a lo n g -d is ta n c e
c a l l th rough th e PBX sw itc h b o a rd in th e,
A d m in istratio n O ffice.