King Philip Regional High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Wrentham, MA)

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for more interesting and fruitful lives - Through the knowledge and experience of Mr. David Sumner, mechanical drawing, Mr. Louis Falcone, metal work, and Mr. Gilbert Rishton, Sr., director and woodwork instructor, students may gain insight into the intricacies of vocational skills. T we Y , W Q .6 , fi I A H TRAINING FOR THE FUTURE Woodworking, metal working, and mechanical drawing are the woodworking and metal working shops, and drawing and the three distinct industrial or hobby and technical skills drafting for use in construction areas provide practical and taught in industrial arts. Use ot tools and materials in both useful training for the boys who participate in the program. John Flanagan watches while Mr. David Sumner assists perplexed student, William Perry. 17 Through diligent application, students like John O'Connell become better craftsmen.

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Training in practical skills lays the ground work fa? FUTURE HOMEMAKERS In well equipped sewing and food labo- ratories, girls interested in the homemaking arts, either for practical experience or voca- tional training, learn dressmaking, nutrition, food preparation, good grooming, hospi- tality, interior decoration, and home nurs- ing. The home economics program is altered to all girls at all grade levels in sequen- tially developed course olterings. Mrs. Shirley Sherlock, sewing instructor, Mrs. Pauline PfelTer, vocational director, and Mrs. Alice Britnell, foods instructor, are proud of their Home Economics department and student achievements. Barbara Guay cuts the cake she baked to serve to visiting students from Framingham State College, I i ,,,f Mrs. Sherlock smiles, and Barbara Ross and Leah MacDonnell watch to see if Mary Mavrides will sew a straight seam. 16

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VOCATIGNAL MACHINE SHOP i i i K' Mr. Raymond Harding, Mr. Edgar Tousignant Mr Arthur Hart Mr Anthony Cabral and Mr Fred Tabor, vocational department instructors stand behind Mr Preston Titus vocational director Training experience apprentlceshl TRAINED MACHINISTS Vocational machine shop boys learn to operate various heavy-duty production ma- chines which are to be found in most industrial shops. These students spend equal amounts of time in the shop or on actual iobs and in allied training courses in academic areas. Boys graduating in the machine shop apprenticeship training courses have little or no trouble when they are ready for job placement.