Edsel Ford High School - Flight Yearbook (Dearborn, MI)

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Students Learn To Communicate With Others Mrs. Nancy Ferdon helps the BOLT staff prepare for a paper. Mr. Gordon Cochrane listens while Roger Stranyak delivers a speech to his public speaking class. Mr. Robert Dalton instructs his reading improvement class. Miss Ruth Hunter demonstrates the use of the microphone on the tape recorder to her play production class.

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Through English Humanity Classes Mrs. Bessie Stuart instructs students in various communication forms. English humanities program at Edsel Ford High School is unique. It is a course which combines the three basic methods by which man communicates: music, literature and the visual arts. The course at- tempts to increase the students understanding of arts so that he might better understand what man has thought of, hoped for and dreamed of since his begin- ning. As a result of the instruction received in the course the student should be able to better appreciate the world in which he lives, and to develop a sense of values which will guide him in the art of living a mean- ingful and complete life. While achieving these im- portant purposes the program puts great emphasis on the development of basic communicatioin skills. A great deal of purposeful writing is done by students in which not only content, but grammar and punctuation are stressed. Six semesters of English humanities are required at Edsel Ford. Elective courses in the English field are also offered. These include journalism, play production and public speaking. Senior English is offered for pupils who desire more background in English grammar. Im- provement reading classes are also made available for those who feel they would like to improve their read- ing speed and comprehension. Those who teach English humanities courses are Miss Gladys Carothers, Mr. Gordon Cochrane, Mrs. Betty Cunningham, Mr. Pat Daly and Miss Jaylee Duke. Others are Mrs. Nancy Ferdon, Mr. Martin Holtgrieve, Mrs. Muriel Hunt, Miss Ruth Hunter, Mr. Harold King, department chairman, and Mr. Donald Lynch. Mr. William Macintosh, Miss Evelyn Pugh, Mrs. Mary Jane Smith, Mrs. Bessie Stuart and Mr. Robert Dalton are also English humanities teachers. English humanities teachers are; front row Mrs. Mariel Hunt, Miss Jaylee Duke, Miss Evelyn Pugh Mrs. Mary Jane Smith, Mrs. Betty Cun ningham, Mr. William Macintosh, Mrs. Bessie Stuart and Miss Gladys Carothers. The back row includes Mr. Gordon Cochrane, Mr. Harolc King, Mr. Pat Daly, Mr. Martin Holtgrieve and Donald Lynch.

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Industrial Dept Offers Vocational Courses Mr. Joe Knapp supervises his machine shop class. Classes in the industrial education program at Edsel Ford High School are offered en- tirely on an elective basis. The courses are general in the beginning so as to give the students an opportunity to acquaint them- selves with the nature of the course and with the different tools used. However, as a stu- dent progresses in more advanced courses, the training becomes more specific in terms of skills and purposes. Courses in the six different areas are offer- ed in the industrial education department. They are auto mechanics, drafting, electri- city, metals, printing and woodworking. These electives meet the needs of students who are interested in them either vocation- ally or avocationally. It is necessary for the student to follow the sequence of courses in any area once started if a vocational career is desired. This will give the student a fuller background in skill and experience in that particular field of industrial courses. The industrial department consist of Mr. Paul Grigg, Mr. James Hathaway, Mr. Joe Knapp, Mr. Robert Nicholas and Mr. Donald Rathbun. The rest of the department con- sists of Mr. Dean Russell, Mr. James Scott, department chairman, and Mr. Leonard Stolfo. Mr. Robert Nicholas watches as his mechanical drawing class works. Students of auto shop look over an engine of an automohile Mr. James Hathaway describes it.