Fairmont West High School - Dragon Yearbook (Kettering, OH)

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HOME ECONOMICS HELEN VoGELsANG Future sailors' wives, attention! Fairmont offers to all her students an excellent home economics course. Sail mending and mess hall duties are among the many phases of these classes. Home management and budget problems are made easy to students under the skillful piloting of Miss Vogelsang. PHYSICAL EDUCATION CHESTER WARNER Everyone knows that normal crossings are few and far between. No sailor or passenger relies upon such a passage and so provisions are made at Fair- mont to teach us the fundamental principles of health. Our health courses combined with gymnasium capital- ize on strengthening our bodies and preparing us for the worst squalls. PHYSICAL EDUCATION GLADYS POWELL Even if your ship doesn't come in first, remember that it's fun. Good sportsmanship ranks high among the requirements for seamen and during our gym- nasium periods we are constantly urged to better our- selves in this respect. Gym', helps us all to become better sailors. INDUSTRIAL ARTS AND MATHEMATICS WILLIAM RAMSEY If you've ever had to abandon a sinking ship you will quickly realize the necessity of having well planned vessels. Mechanical drawing teaches students to plan and to understand plans of various structures. Being able to read plans enables us to know beforehand the kind of boat we are boarding. INDUSTRIAL ARTS AND SCIENCE LELAND HALL In the Fairmont shop boys are trained not only to build the many parts of their boats but to keep them in shipshape condition. The shop classes offer prelim- inary training for boys who hope to work in Dayton's many factories.

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SOCIAL SCIENCE FRIEND COUSER The courses of the future are planned by the charts of the past. This is one of the first rules we learn in our history classes. By studying the mistakes of the past, the citizens of tomorrow hope to chart a better course. SCIENCE M1Lo HERR How much oil will it take to reach port? Our student navigators will be able to tell you this and other facts about their ship and the seas around them. They learn to chart their own courses aboard our ship under supervision so that when they captain their own vessel, they can pilot her safely through any northwester. SCIENCE AND SOCIAL SCIENCE JOHN EPPS Science at Fairmont teaches us through actual ex- perience the value of a sound mind and good judg- ment. In our lab periods there is a close feeling of cooperation and understanding between the student and teacher. We feel sure that after finishing our course we can get into port in fairer weather. COMMERCIAL RICHARD SoMi:Rs Mr. Somers, the ship's printer, has charge of the several business education classes at Fairmont. Such studies as bookkeeping, business civics, and merchan- dising provide a substantial basis for spending our ducats wisely and keeping our accounts ready for in- spection. COMMERCIAL LAURA MARSHALL No ship can safely dock at port without the aid of her tug-boats. Graduates of our business course have earned the security of a tug behind them. With this training they become successful stenographers. Their tugs are with them and their ropes are secure- ly attached.

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MUSIC CLARK HAINES Sailings are fun! The band plays and streamers are thrown. The music department aboard the Fair- mont is exceptionally good. Students learn first to appreciate music in its many forms. Our choruses and band are in constant demand by organizations around Dayton, their home port. ART RACHEL URICK Our art course helps us to discover hidden talents. Having discovered such talents, the next lap of our voyage concerns itself with developing our sea-legs and learning to appreciate beauty and to create from our own ability. This branch of learning is very popu- lar on shipboard. LANGUAGE HELEN HARTSOCK Why not travel? If we have any doubt as to Where to go and what to see, the Fairmont counseling system assists us to plan enjoyable and educational voyages. Our counselors help us to plan itineraries which will lead to more profitable destinations. French and Latin also help us to understand the natives when We dock. OFFICE FLORENCE WETZEL As chief purser aboard the Fairmont, Miss Wetzel is always on hand With data about Who's who on shipboard. Passenger lists are drawn up daily, statis- tics recorded, and schedule dificulties cheerfully straightened out. If' our passports aren't in order after our cruise, it isn't the purser's fault. LIBRARY MIRIAM WILSON The library aboard the Fairmont is located directly above the Captain's cabin. It contains 4000 volumes and 40 issues of magazines Knot all Waterproofj to keep the passengers in touch with the World. If in- clined toward sea-sickness, the passengers may satisfy their appetites by digesting texts taken in small bites or fiction taken in large chunks.