Durango High School - Toltec Yearbook (Durango, CO)

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Mechanical Drawing and The aeroplane or a battle- ship is figured out on the drawing board first, by constant planning. Here we see some of Mr. Schneider's students doing such planning on the board. Two girls, Yvonne McAllister and Mary Huntsman, are studying mechanical drawing and shop this year and are showing considerable skill. Shop work includes fundamentals of tool processes, wood turning, and adv-anced cabinet making. Outstanding students this year are Don Young, Rudy Bonan, Kenneth Thompson, Robert Wilson, George Fritz, Kenneth Williams, and Eddie Baer. I a ,, . The geometry student spends his time discovering the reasons Page Forty why something is true, and then applies the facts in the solution of the practical problems facing the architect, engineer, and the artist. Mapping is to a great extent a geometric process. ln this picture, Lois Colwell and Laverne Ralston are finding the shortest air route between two cities at distant points on the globe. Miss Owens, the teacher, recognizes the necessity and demand for accurate maps and map reading today, and has inculcated this unit into her geometry course.

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Business Training. In the upper picture the students of Mr. Dilley's dictation and transcription class are busy typing letters from their shorthand notes. In the picture below, we find Mr. Fuller instructing in the art of type- writer cleaning and care. The goal to be reached in dictation and transcription is umailable letters from readable shorthandf, The goal in typing is a typing speed and accuracy that is usable in the office and at home. The members of these classes this year have learned to cut stencils, operate the mimeograph machine, address envelopes, and prepare pamphlets and bulletins for distribu- tion. Bookkeeping, business arithmetic, and business law are also a part of the business training received by Durango High School students. Page Thirty nin

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Spanish. Students who intend to enter college upon graduation from high school must have completed a language requirement. Spanish meets that requirement, and here We see students busy at mastering that language. Mr. Howard has taught this course for several years, but upon his entrance into the Army in the middle of this year, Spanish was taken over by Mrs. Noland who is doing a good piece of work in carrying on with this subject. l Latin. Instead of a foreign language such as Spanish, students may elect to take Latin. Latin has long been recognized as a valuable course for mental training and vocabulary building. Mrs. Emigh is the teacher of this subject. Here we see her students doing board work in Latin vocabulary. Two years of Latin are offered in 'Durango High School. Page Forty-one