One-third of the seniors enrolled in Mason City High School are participating in the co-operative part-time training program.

Under this program the student spends two to three hours each day in the classroom and then puts in several housra at the business, store or hospital in which he has been placed under the on-the-job training program.

Three separate programs of co-operative part-time training are underway in the high school.

The diversified occupations course consists of two sections - trades and industry and nruses co-operative training.

Co-operative training in the trades and industry is designed mainly for boys interested in learning a trade or those interested in learning management procedure in stock room work, such as automotive parts or wholesale establishments.

Senior girls who expect to continue in the nursing profession after graduation are placed in doctors' offices and the hospitals.

The distributive education course enables students to receive training in the retail field in downtown clothing department, variety, grocery and shoe stores.

Both secretarial and clerical part-time training are offered to seniors who plan to enter these fields. After morning sessions in the classrooms, these students are employed in insurance and lawyers' offices, in school offices or in offices of processing and manufacturing companies.

Ernest Cory (left) knows just what information Robert Newberry needs in order to become a mechanic. Five years ago Cory was a student in Mason City High School and enrolled in the Divesified Occupations course. He was assigned to a mechanic at John Gallagher, Inc. After graduation from high school Cory continued to work for the automotive firm. Now a most enthusiastic backer of the Diversified Occupations course, Cory never hesitates to answer the questions of Newberry, a Mason City High School senior.

Mabel H. Zickefoose, elementary school nurse, is checking the eyesight of Joey Bittner and Trudy Hickok, kindergarten students attending school in the Administration Building. Note the children are extending their fingers to correspond to the placement of the letter. The school nurse program is only one of the special services offered students in the Mason City Public Schools.

Although the students enrolled in the distributive education program of Mason City High School leave school at noon to receive training on the jobs, they have related instruction in the morning in the classroom.

During the morning students spent part time studyings such things as advertising, display and customer service, personality development, finding out why customers buy, learning about merchandise and something about the opportunities in merchandising as well as how to get into the various types of jobs in this field.

This program is authorized by the State Board of Vocational Examiners and observes both school and business regulations concerning training students.

This year 24 students are enrolled in the program. They are under the direction of Miss Aileen Stern.

Mary Lou Dutcher, a high school senior enrolled in the on-the-job retailing course, sells a handbag to a customer in Damon's department store.