East High School - Angelus Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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file line between acloieocence and maturity io drawn not only by yearo, but ciloo by ccctiono and ialeaof' MRS. MARY GARDNER X HERMAN CASAGRANDA Creative art REGINA C. DESJARDINS Fashion drawing EDITH NIBLO Drawing and Painting Preparatory to sketching from live models, these students from Mr, Herman Casagranda's art class bring their drawing boards to the front hall where they sketch a copy of Michaelangelo's David on the first floor landing. Mr, Casagrande will look at the finished products and offer helpful sug- gestions for the improvement of their work. Art Classes Promote Students' Creativity When a student becomes bogged-down with the usual class lectures and homework, he may feel the urge to be creative. The art department offers just such an opportunity for those artistically inclined. East has art courses ranging from Drawing and Painting for relaxation to Commercial art for those in- terested in advertising as a career. A major in art must include one semester of Clay Modeling plus one year of Commercial art and three elective semesters. This year stu- dents in the art classes were able to express themselves in many forms of work, Copper- enameling was popular with students, who de- signed attractive jewelry, trays, boxes and other useful objects. The Drawing and Painting classes often sketched their classmates who served as live models, and in some cases the resemblance was excellent, Commercial art students learned the process of silk-screening by which many posters for East high functions are made. They then designed and printed many of these posters as requested. For more advanced stu- dents with art experience, creative art was offered. ln this course students were left to their own devices in designing and choice of media.

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MAYME E. CU RRIE Clothing ALICE C. GASTON Boys' foods ROSETTA H. NEW Clot ing ' Q QQSXW we Ig' , f, , 1. Ls Practical application of knowledge is demonstrated by Marcia Bird as she stitches the hem of a cotton skirt. ln this Clothing 2 class, Mrs. Rosetta New helps the girls to add economically to their wardrobes. Computing the net return on real es- tate investments is not as easy as it sounds, as Gene Quincy is discovering. Mr. Armand DeSaverio assists him with one of his homework problems. Future Homemakers Study New Methods Girls at East high school, whether they plan to attend college or not, must think ahead to the time when they will have homes of their own to manage. The purpose of the Home Economics department at East is to prepare girls in the basic aspects of homemaking. The foods classes utilize the knowledge of proper diet, recipes and table setting in pre- paring all types of meals and snacks. The boys' foods class gives the big, husky males a chance to show oft their culinary talents. Clothing classes range from beginning to creative clothing. In these classes girls added to their wardrobes the distinctive garments which they made. Girls with two years of sew- ing experience were enrolled in creative cloth- ingin which they designed their outfits, often making the patterns. Home planning, a course on general man- agement of the home, provided helpful hints on budgeting, food buying and baby care. 27 '

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Boys Develop Skills ln Industrial Arts To combine creative opportunity with practicality is the object of the industrial arts. department. Here boys develop dexterity and skill with machinery and tools as they produce anything from jewelry to hand-tooled saddles. The three classes - metalcraft, woodwork and crafts - provide chances for creativity in different forms and materials. The handsome and useful objects made by students were ex- hibited in the front hall periodically. Mechanical drawing, another phase of in- dustrial arts, stressed the importance of accu- racy as the students executed complicated drawings of parts and machinery. Unfortunately, industrial arts and other non-solid courses are popular with some stu- dents who are simply looking for easy credit. They soon discover that one may even fail a non-solid. To pass requires work and a certain amount of skill in the chosen field. JL - 1 . .1-W L Nay. .:,i. . Ng I tg, . .lf f 'WP' Jerry Lunn concentrates intently on his project in Mr. Merrill Adams' ad- vanced metalcraft class. He puts the finishing touches on his silver identi- fication bracelet as he welds the chain, Students in the industrial arts courses produce many useful and decorative objects. MERRILL E. ADAMS Metalwork RAYMOND R. MALEY Crafts WALDO S. MILLER Mechanical drawing ADOLPH H. PANEK Mechanical drawing GRANT V. WICKARD Woodwork