Cobre High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Bayard, NM)

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Tony I ' dero gives the engine a performance test, while Arthur Duarte and Jerrv Silva check over the eng Auto Mechanics: Skill For The Future In the auto mechanics class Mr. French instructs his students in the construction of various automobiles. He teaches how every part is made and its function in the automobile. The students are taught how to re- pair cars that are not working. So while going to school they are also acquiring a special skill, that they can use when they leave highschool. Jimmy Rich aiid RaMiioiid Delgado. with an interested bystander, weld a lieam together.

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Prepare Students For Future Occupations • ' y-fK Av ' ftfe Mr. William Crav Learning all the safetv rules is a ma- jor factor in the general shop, car- pentry and woodwork classes, it the boys are to work efficiently. After the first six weeks of school, with this knowledge behind them, they start working on their selected projects. The students in woodwoik use hand tools, the power saw, and other power equipment to accomplish their projects. They construct such useful things as desks, tables, shelves and other wooden articles. The students taking general shop do all sorts of repair jobs, build fee- ders, and do other welding jobs. This year, Mr. Fred Tillman taught botli general shop and wood- work. Mr. William Gray also taught two courses, which were woodwork and carpentry. General shop was taught also by Mr. Dwight Houston. During his carpentry class, Ray Baca helps construct a ticket booth for the football Homecoming game. Gabriel Chanez. Joe Chavira. Riibcn Facio, Joh.uiy uesada. and Ralph Delgado work on the talile a in wooduork.

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Electricity: A Growing Field Of Jobs fiiiiinHenwiiiin| Electricity class covers the basic con- cepts of the subject. Here, students become familiar with a large variety of basic topics. These topics are the generation of electricity, motors, bat- teries, and all related material. Elec- tronics deals with the theory and ap- plication of basic electronic devices. The equipment with which they work are transistors and tubes. Stu- dents learn how to handle these fun- damental pieces of test equipment. In summarizing this field, electricity deals with large quantities of elec- trical power, whereas electronics deals with minute quantities of elec- tricity. Mr. Cosgrove teaches his stu- dents with actual experiments, of the problems in the field of electricity. Ted Martinez, Benny Norero, and Vernon Howard are perforii class. xperiment in Mr. Cosgrove ' s Robert Cosgro Ravmond Carreon, Renie Villegas. Sonny Rodriguez and Bobby . ndazola give a big smile as the cameraman takes a picture of them testing transistors.