George Washington High School - Post Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Learning to check those sticky valves and loose rings are Richard Glass, Frank Jes- sup, and Dick Gunning as they work on a student ' s car. Vocational classes teach skills With the buzz of a saw, the music from a stu- dent-built radio, the purr of a motor, or the grinding of metal. Continental pupils enrolled in the Industrial Arts Department prepare for future employment. This buzz of a saw, coming from the Wood Shop, signifies that a futu re carpenter is striving to accomplish a new wood working project. Rhythmical music from a student built radio, drifting through the hall near the electric shop, means that a student electrician has reached his goal. Unlike Humpty Dumpty, the purr of a motor states that boys in the auto shop have successfully put an engine back together again. In the machine shop, students have the oppor- tunity to become skilled tool and die makers. Directed by Mr. U. D. Walker, pupils in this department are developing useful skills through Continental training. After weeks of work Ro play his project to Jeriy

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students p r e p a r e for homemaking through such courses as foods, clothing, and family liv- ing. The essential arts that are necessary for today ' s living are seasoned and spiced in num- erous courses involving various phases of fam- ily life. The completion of these courses has an influential effect on the challenge of individual success. In analyzing the basic needs of a hap- py family, such courses as home management, home hygiene, and family living answer the questions so often expressed in awkward terms. What ai ' e the causes of family arguments? How am I to improve the relationship between myself and my family? Why am I not under- stood by my parents? What are the require- ments in a happy marriage? These questions and countless others are answered in detail and in understandable language. Watching as Gaye Sanford demonstrates procedures of baby care are classmates Marilyn Botzum, Martha Thompson, JoAnn Smith, and Helen Ewing. Girls learn good housekeeping techniques Baking pasteries is only one of the many projects of Barbara Harrison, Alice Under- wood, and Pat Starlin, who are enrolled in cooking classes.

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Art students repeat top awards PosiiiR for his classmates, Bub Faulkrei aits to give his approval of the finished portrait. The art department has converted the upper halls of the school into its own private art gal- lery. The exhibits change as progress is achie- ved by the talented students. Art students strive to achieve the perfect touch and color for designs. Art students consistently achieve honors in The Scholastic Art Exibition held an- nually at L. S. Ayres. In this contest Washing- ton students recieved 42 honors. Of these four- teen were gold keys and twenty-eight were hon- orable mentions. We can bs proud of Washing- ton ' s fine art program. Assembling the proper equipment, Norman Rusher starts to work while Jim Swarts looks on.