Joplin High School - Joplimo Yearbook (Joplin, MO)

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Seventeen Miss Gardner Mr. Livingston Miss Price Mr. Vawter Miss Haswell Miss Robinson Miss W'ilIiams Miss Moran Miss Colvin Miss Barlow Miss Barnett Miss Jackson Miss Martin Mr. Greer Mr. Chamberlain Miss Buehlman Mr. Pry Mr. Basket! Mr. Humphrey Miss Drummond

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Under the direction of Coach Collins, Joplin High School had a most successful year in athletics. The football team was one of the best in the school's history, the basketball team won second place at the State Tour- nament: and the girls had a very interesting and enjoyable year in sports. A large number of girls took part in the inter-society and inter-class sports. Through these games and athletic contests, the pupils developed those fundamental traits which have so much to do with success in life. The department hopes to create in the individual an intelligent and healthful interestxin physical activity that will carry over into adult life. The home economics department, which is composed of the divisions of domestic art and domestic science, places stress upon training for suc- cessful home-making. Not only are the desirable habits and skills of the home-maker developed, but also an acquaintance with the professional possibilities of home economics and the related arts. The budgeting of one's time and money, the care andtraining of children, the development of personality-all'these form a part of the course in this department whose aim is the development of well balanced individuals who are prepared for success in the world olf business or in woman's own sphere, the home. 'T The industrial arts department has as its major objective the train- ing of boys and girls in manual skills. While both the wood work and mechanical drawing are of much value in preparation for a vocation in the skilled crafts, the department places great emphasis upon the avoca- tional value of the workg and perhaps a major portion of the students enrolled take this course as preparation for satisfying and useful avocational occupations. The young wood worker is taught the proper use and care of tools and machinery, and develops gradually from the toothbrush-holder stage to the making of fine cabinet pieces. At least an elementary knowledge of mechanical drawing is invaluable to the amateur builder, cabinet maker, or designer. Few things give one a more genuine feeling of satisfaction than does the ability to do things with one's hands. And by the way, the husbands of this generation won't be the only handy 'Amen around the place. Girls are showing great enthusiasm in the department, and their work compares favorably with that of their brothers. The department of trade instruction prepares boys to enter the trades of carpentry and auto mechanics. Students electing these courses spend a half of their school day at the trade school during the three years of their high school career. They work, under supervision, on real production jobs-repairing cars, building garages, and doing the things that they will do in the practice of their chosen vocation. The instructors in this department are men who have practiced the trades which they teach. In other words, the department offers a practical vocational training by men who are themselves practical tradesmen as well as teachers. Nineteen Physical Education Home Economics Industrial Arts Trade I nstrucrion