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

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Practical skills isiinin i l l l Rx. Sewing, good-grooming, and cooking are the home economic skills Mmhsherlolik SWISS' and Earbara ROSS taught by Mrs. Margaret Stahl, Mrs. Pauline Pfetfer, head of home eco- Watc es' W 'Ie ary Mavndes Saws a nomics, and Mrs. Shirley Sherlock. Seam' HOME ECONOMICS PROGRAM WELL ROUNDED Homemaking arts for both practical experience and voca- tional training are taught in well equipped sewing and food laboratories. The program which is offered to all girls at all grade levels holds classes in dress making, nutrition, food preparation, good grooming, hospitality, interior decoration and home nursing. Sharon Graves models a sporty after-ski ensemble for the home eco- nomics fashion show. Mrs. Margaret Stahl watches while Linda Gardner and Linda Hodson remove fruit from a mold. 18 K

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and business education BUSINESS EDUCATION BENEFITS BOTH TERMINAL AND ACADEIVIIC STUDENTS Business education provides practical training for terminal students. These stu- dents are trained in three business areas: secretarial, clerk-typist, and bookkeeping. Students who major in business education are qualified for immediate employment in hisfher major subject area. Academic students, also, elect to study typing and the secretarial, and clerical skills for they find them most useful in the preparation of term papers and as a source of income during school and summer vaca- tions. T Mrs. Natalie Cianciarulo and Mrs. Elizabeth Tolley are the junior members of the business department. 4 X ' are practical needs. Mrs. Mildred Edwards and Mrs. Celia Murphy on a busman's holiday - taking a few leisure minutes next to the typewriter. Mr. John Robbins, besides coaching varsity hockey and teaching driver education, is, also, a business education E 5 teacher. 5 4 X. I 17

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Mr Norman Olivier is proud to show the well stocked tool cabinet to any and all visitors. TRAINING FOR HOBBY OR INDUSTRY Industrial arts as a practical skills program is divided into three areas: woodworking, metal work- ing, and mechanical drawing. Students are taught how to use tools and materials in both the woodwork- ing and metal working shops. In mechanical draw- ing they are taught drawing and drafting for use in construction areas. Practical skills of this nature can be developed and used for hobby purposes or as means to employment. I ,, FTW .3-J Mr. Gilbert Rishton, chairman of the indus- trial arts department, is pictured using the department band saw. Mr. Norman Olivier instructs Stephen Chaffee and Clyde Cheney in the use of the vise. give satisfaction and pleasure. Mr. David Sumner, mechanical drawing teacher, points out to Guy Beaudette the need for precise measurement. 19