Kokomo High School - Sargasso Yearbook (Kokomo, IN)

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ART AND MUSIC I sTepped inTo room I I3, Tor There I saw picTures oT places I knew many moons ago. These picTures were drawn by arT sTudenTs in celebraTion oT Kokomo's CenTennial. Miss Bernice McKinley, The TalenT- ed and TaiThTul arT supervisor, oTTers six courses which Teach The essenTiaIs oT hue and color and The appreciaTion oT True beauTy. During The holiday season, The whole Tribe Turned picTure wriTers, dabbled Their brushes in The berry iuice, and creaTed several Thousand lovely menu cards Tor The Bunker T-Iill Naval Air Base. The exhibiT oT The high school arT sTudenTs is always a disTincTive evenT in The communiTy. Under Mercer The musician, The sweeT singer, The Music DeparTmenT de- lighTs many school audiences, besides bringing happiness To Those youThs and maidens who like To sing or play insTru- menTs. Pupils need noT be parTicularly TalenTed To enTer inTo The musical ac- TiviTies, Tor There is a place Tor every- one here. Besides direcTing The band and or- ches+ra Through many successTul per- Tormances, Mr. Mahlon Mercer recenT- ly organized a Boys' Glee Club. The disTincTive Choir and The Madrigal and Glee Clubs work harmoniously Tor Their good-naTured vocal direcTor, Miss Mary A. I:ausseT. These musical organi- zaTions have a repuTaTion oT high sTand- ing in Kokomo. LEFT: Mr. Mahlon Mercer, Miss Mary A. FausseT, and Miss Bernice McKinley are pleased wiTh The menll COVEFS. UPPER RIGHT: A brass quarTeT enioys rehears I LOWER RIGHT: The arT sTudenTs plan To exhibiT Their work. also Plmlgo lo The a pledge allrgianu' teller' Ili-Q: inwina and lu the wlprh il slmnls om- mubln vl In Huh

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age 28 HDME ECONCMICS Smells good! Maidens la n d bravesl make fa n c y dishes. Humphl Maize and fish good enough for Chief Kokomoko. l-lere foo maidens learn how fo be squaws and fake care of papooses. Nof only are fhey learning fhe essenfials of fine cooking, buf also fhe buying. preparafion, and serv- ing of food. This year addifional classes for fufure chefs and hogan-loving husbands were of- fered. Every good homemaker should know fhe fundamenfals of sewing. Those who wanf fo become more skillful seamsfresses fake advan- fage of fhe clofhing course. K. l-l. Sfs pleasanf sewing room has modern machines, appliances and gadgefs. Color harmony and good fasfe in choosing fabrics are sfressed. Red Cross cerfificafes are giv- en girls who pass a course in l-lome Nursing or Child Care. Miss Chesfina Williams, super- visor, and fhree ofher insfrucfors comprise fhe high school l-lome Economics Deparfmenf. TOP: Miss Helen Marley, Miss Bernice Doody, Miss Chesfina Williams, and Mrs. Pauline Orem plan lhe year's homemaking course. MIDDLE: Sfory-felling hour fo children from fhe child care cenfer proves a highlight of fhe course for advanced sfudenfs. BOTTOM: Senior boys proved fhemselves corn pefenl chefs. wg, ' cwx

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Pge 30 LEFT: Mr. Ches+er Thompson, Mr. Virgil Fleenor, Mr. Rex Clingenpeel, Mr. Rey Newlon, Mr. George H ' M J h M M L R b h cl M E 'f M Harlmann, Mr. Ray arrison, r. o n einzer, r. awrence um aug , an r. veref ason ex- amine radio equipment RIGHT: Prinfing sfudenls sei fype al' a California job case. VOCATIONAL Does your music box need repairing? Do you wani some prinling done? Jusl ask anyone in lhe Vocalional Deparlmeni To help you. l-le can, for in ihis deparfmenf. draffing, radio, machine shop, aulo mechanics, prinring, carpen+ry. and relaled malhemaiics are laughl. The Vocafional Deparlmenl has one of lhe mosl imporlanlr iobs of any deparlmeni in Jrhe school. This iob is one oi Training s'ruden+s ro gain learning in indusrry. Correcr merhods of operaling several machines, ways of conslrucring arficles, knowledge of +he malhemarics relaled To +he various fields oi vocarional work, or ways of planning Jrhe conslrucrion of various arlicles are laughl Jrhe sfudenls. Approximalely 336,000 worih of machinery has been provided by Jrhe school. g A few girls have chosen +o work in fhe man's ar+, buf rhe lofal enrollmenr shows The boys have a decided edge. Lasl year The big fire in +he l-laworlh Gym caused lillle damage To 'rhe vocarional class rooms in 'rhe basemenl of +he building and only mo- menrarily disrupied classes. In addirion ro 'rraining s'ruden+s, rhe deparlmeni conducls nighl- school classes in welding, radio, drafiing, and machine shop. This is iusi one of Jrhe coniribuiions ro ihe war eflorl. Mr. Fleenor's office, besides being headquarlers for 'rhe Vocalional Deparfmenl and rhe eighi leachers, is +he spol where work permils are issued +o boys and girls sixleen or over who wish +o work for wampum.