Central High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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WE LEARN DOMESTIC ARTS The American women are known for their versatility. They have successful careers as well as orderly homes. Learn- ing to be a homemaker is the most im- portant part of a woman's life, and consequently, sewing, cooking, home management, and dietetics are offered. Practicing in a special building arranged in typical rooms, on the campus, the girls learn the difference between a house and a home. By stitching bedjackets for tho hos- pitalized wives of soldiers and sailors, wrapping surgical dressings, making over old garments, and conserving pins, needles, and metal sewing machine parts, the home economics classes have certainly done their part in the war effort. Top: Working on projects in a clothing clots seated at the table in the foreground, left to right are: Betty Krizsan, Jackie Moore, and Vivian Vans. Above: Turning out fresh-baked bread in a foods class are. left to right: Janet Brown. Helen Bengo. Frieda Woigandt, and Dorothy Frandten. Home Economics instructors, from left to right, are: Miss Florence Soller, Miss Inez Whitney. Mist Mae Nantx. Miss Cora Wilson, and Miss Ida Haller. 19

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Playing a game of shuffleboard. from left to right, are Margaret Schuldt. Betty Coonan, Claire Stoltenberg. Darlene Traeger, and Barbara Maas. WE BUILD STRONGER BODIES While commando fighting units are defending vital areas, the boys in our gym classes are learning the same tactics. A rugged commando course, modeled after the Navy Pre- Flight schools, is divided into four ranks, from Rookie to Ranger. The Big Ten Parade , presented by all the athletic groups, hailed the universities of that conference by short exhibitions of the sport in which each school excelled. As for femi- nine gym, the girls may play vigorous sports such as basketball and base- ball, or they may choose modern dancing, tennis, and ping pong. To promote interest, inter-class and in- tra-mural tournaments are conducted. Abovo: A group of boy from on of Mr. Johnson's commando class- os perform exercises. Top: Physical training instructors, left to right: Miss Deono Gibson. O. E. Jon nson, and Miss Cather- ine Patterson. 18

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Don Ferrell and Glen Mattie inspect a blue-print machino. WE LEARN MANUAL SKILLS Draftsmen sketch, presses whir, and lathes turn in our industrial arts building, equipped with presses, welding machines, and a blue-printing machine. Whereas a few years ago, the youth- ful machinists were engaged in making steel tools, small motors, and other personal articles, today their main objective is to learn how to turn out weapons of war quickly. Many funda- mentals and techniques must be learned in our timely industrial arts courses. The boys learn the art of patience, for everything must be done accurately and carefully that they may achieve efficiency for work in later life as well as safety at the present time. Industrial arts instructors, from laft to right: C. S. Holbrook. R. M. Hammas. Forrast Sissol, and Robert Hanning. A view of the forgo shop in the indus- trial arts building. 20