West Lafayette High School - Scarlet and Gray Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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ART At one time or another every organization has had a project for the art classes. It would be difficult to count the programs and posters for athletic activities, dances, and plays, and the decora¬ tions for convos and holidays so skillfully done by our artists. The amount of work that can be turned out in those two hours each afternoon is amazing. Under the expert guidance of Mrs. Gwen Hammer the versatile art students gain self reliance, creativeness, appreciation, and a background of art if they choose a career in this field. Page 74

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HOME ECONOMICS Do you have a dating problem? Do you wish to be trained in the responsibilities of a baby sitter? Can you bake a cherry pie? If so, enroll in one or more of Mrs. Ruth Hamlin ' s classes. She has taught us to choose and to design suitable clothing, to care for children and to think of our home life as an important part of our living. - ■? The spacious sewing room of the home economics unit is pleasant to work in. Whether we sit around the tables and discuss personality problems or carefully cut material for a new spring outfit, the long south room with its vista of green fields creates an atmosphere of cheerful work. Pane 7.1 in

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Page Aside from the service to the school each individual has his own type of work to do. Forrest Horn, Susie Tetrault, Barb Bryan, Ann Jacques, Mary Ruth Hadley, and many others keep the poster paint supply at a minimum, while Alexis Gilliland and Jim Ash seem to like pastels. Those dress designs by Jackie LaPlante are in water color and some of our painters in oil are Pete Bartlett, Louis Carr, Jim Ritenour, and Bessie Schroyer. Other popular activities are clay modeling, soap carving, leather tooling, lino¬ leum block cutting, making silk screen prints, weaving, and making stencil designs.