Kecoughtan High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Hampton, VA)

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Industrial Arts students learned of Department Chairman Drafting East Carolina University. B.S. Sfxtnsor: Key Club Coach: Baseball Assistant As the only girl in her drafting class. Susan Seaman gets that extra attention from Mr. Wright. The faculty of the Industrial Arts Department helped students prepare for future vocations through drafting, wood shop and metal shop courses and participation in the Vo-Tech program. At Kecoughtan, students gained valuable experience by applying their knowledge so as to produce concrete results. They earned the satisfaction of self-creativity through chosen projects. In turn, the students learned how to use the various shop and drafting tools and machinery. Projects and drawings by Kecoughtan students were displayed at the Peninsula and State Industrial Arts Project Fairs in the spring. Students saw vocational opportunities through field trips to area companies. Included in these were the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, and furniture manufacturing plants. Richard Routten finds that everything must fit to a T in drafting projects. Mr. Riddick applies his industrial arts skills in preparing a homecoming float. 26

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personal and vocational training. The goal of the Business Education Department was to satisfy the general and vocational needs of its students. This year the department added a course in General Office Machines to its curriculum. The course gave Distributive Education students who did not qualify for Vocational Office Training an opportunity to learn the use of various business machines. In the fall semester, the D.E. students celebrated Na- tional DECA Week and took a field trip to the Colonial Stores’ Warehouse in Norfolk. The VOT and DE Employer-Employee Banquets high- lighted the spring semester. These banquets served to honor the employers who participated in the work training programs. The Second Annual Business Education Pow Wow CAREERS A typewriter, a grade book, IBM cards— all reflect portions of busy Mrs. Mc- Pherson’s daily teaching job. concluded the year ' s activities. It served as an open house and gave employers and parents a chance to meet the faculty of the department and to see the different types of equipment used in Business Education study. I.G. Warner Bookkeeping, Recordkeeping Madison College, B.S. Mrs. Virginia Johnson Distributive Education Duke University, A.B. Sponsor: D.E. Club Concentration, diligence, and accuracy are requireu., - in record-keeping as Linda Kernel shows us. 25

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fields related to their particular interests. A second phase of the Industrial Arts program was the coordination of Kecoughtan and Peninsula Vocational Technical Center programs. With the recommendation of the principal, students could attend either morning or after- noon classes at the Center. Vo-Tech’s purpose is “to provide the student with the basic skills and related information to enable him to develop into a skilled worker of the highest order, and then help to supply the needs of the area for skilled personnel.” Students found a wide variety of courses offered by the Center. Air-conditioning, refrigeration and heating, auto mechanics, drafting, electronics, machine shop, sheet metal, and welding were courses taken by Kecoughtan students. “I’m afraid it’s a hair out of line,” Carroll Hunt informs Jim Couper as they learn the importance of accuracy in wood shop productions. “Now watch those fingers”, Mr. Kolley reminds Gary Forbes. Mr. Wright advises student? Butch Ramsburg, Dan McNiel, and Sam Thomas to be par- ticularly careful in working with metal shop machinery. John A. Kolley Woodworking Miami University. B.S. Coach: J.V. Football James M. Wright Drafting. Metal Shop East Tennessee State University. B.S. Coach: Varsity Football. J.V. Baseball 27