Hughes High School - Hughes Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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Girls Learn To Cook, Sew In preparing TuTure homemalcers Tor liTe during The Spark- ling SixTies, Hughes uses modern eguipmenT and gives helpiul insTrucTion To guide sTudenTs in The righT direcTion. Courses in The Tield oT home economics are available To all girls Trom The sevenTh Through The TwelTTh grades. The def parTmenT is headed by Miss Florence Vo lcmer, a member oT The Ohio AssociaTion oT l-Tome Economics, who has spenT many years as a popular and respecTed Teacher of home economics. The sTudenTs learn abouT correcT Table se'Tings, The basic seven Toods groups, planning well-balanced meals, room ar- rangemenT, color combinaTions, budgeTing, and The diTTerenT Types and gualiTies oT Tabrics. The girls also sTudy good grooming, child care, and developmenT oT desirable person- aliTy TraiTs. They also have an opporTuniTy To malce cloThing To add To Their wardrobe. A special course called home- malring is offered To senior girls who have rever had Training in home economics. This course Teaches The girls The Tunda' menTal-s oT becoming a good housewiTe. Hungry Students Pleased WhfaT a big iob iT is Tor Mrs. hlolscher, head dieTiTian, To Teed over 2,000 sTudenTs in a limiTed lunch period Trom I I:3O To l:OO o'cloclc. Under Mrs. lnlolschens employ are TwenTy-Two women, who prepare The delicious Tood, serve iT caTeTeria-sTyle To The sTudenTs, and make ready Tor The nexT day, aTTer The noon rush has deparTed. lhirTy sTudenTs give Their Time aT noon To help in The lunchroom, worlcing as cashiers and lunchline guards. Also assisTing Mrs. l-lolscher are The die- TeTic inTerns Trom General T-TospiTal, who Talce Three weelzs oi Their Training aT l-lughes. ATTer graduaTing Trom Michigan STaTe UniversiTy in Lan- sing, Mrs. lplolscher gained much experience as head dieTi- Tian Tor a dormiTory, housing TiTiTTeen hundred men. For The splendid iob she has done This yeaf, The Sparkling SixTies now pays TribuTe To Mrs. T-lolscher, who came To Hughes Trom CuTTer Junior l-ligh School in April l959. 9 Thesc- marl: gs Marv Ca-:hiv Virginia B. M Carole Town Flu r'44 nuo Viill nc M Bvlly llrilsilnr O L il lu l TT li T l l l

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r and Marvin Savior have Their noses To The qrirvderl Tail Brrriqiil, lurri. lvlalirir illard Shops and Drawing Boards Train Boys For lndustry Walking Through The back basemenT hall oT Hughes, one can hear some Tamiliar noises like The roar oT The bandsaw or The rhyThrnic beaT oT a hammer. These sounds are coming Trom one oT The Tine indusTrial arTs shops, which provide a place where boys can learn a liTe-Time skill. l-lere The craTTs- men oT The Sparkling SixTies are being Trained. The TuTure leaders oT indusTry are learning how To design and build use- Tul and beauTiTul arTicles. The Tour shops aT l-lughes are eiecTriciTy, meTal work, prinTing, and woodworking. Here, under The supervision oT capable and sympaTheTic Teachers, sTudenTs acquire manipu- laTive experience wiTh Tools and maTerials and learn processes relaTed To indusTry. AnoTher division oT The indusTrial arTs deparTmenT is me- chanical drawing. ATTer The TirsT year, which is devoTed To The TundamenTal aspecTs oT consTrucTion, The work becomes specialized. STudenTs branch inTo eiTher archiTecTural or en- gineering drawing, In This way sTudenTs can Train Tor whiche ever Tield inTeresTs Them mosT. Edgar Hare RoberT Keller Carl Qbcrschnuidi Qvliroriraplric, proiecrirrnfsoundv easy, duesn'T ii?

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Vi M'Uanie' helps sT.denTs NiTh Their math. Ills Vanish xirifi F, J J'i'riMli1iii iii 1 K l'l. lvi Ti if- VVVHL Pupils Get Special Help Hughes l-ligh School oTTers several diTTerenT kinds oT spe- cial classes. lT is The only ciTy high school wiTh courses Tor deaT sTudenTs. WiTh lvlr. John McDaniel as Teacher, The deaT sTudenTs learn To use The manual alphabeT and sign language. They also learn To lip read by imiTaTing Their Teacher. Mrs. lVlyrTle Jones and Mr. Thomas Moore are each in charge oT a TenTh grade special educaTion class. ln These classes, sTarTed only This year, pupils who Tind The regular curriculum Too dil3liculT can Tuliill The reguiremenTs Tor a spe- cial high school diploma while preparing Themselves To earn a living aTTer They graduaTe. lvlr. Jaclr WhiTal4er is a speech TherapisT. Some sTudenTs have speech diTliculTies oT various Types, many oT which can be correcTed or eliminaTed wiTh The proper diagnosis and Training. Teachers recommend boys and girls who should avail Themselves oi The special help ThaT Mr. WhiTaker's Training and slfill enable him To give. STudenTs appreciaTe The improvemenT They malce Trom monTh To monTh in overcoming Their own peculiar problems OT speech.