Logan High School - Guyana Yearbook (Logan, WV)

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ucafiona rainin Train not only your mind but also your hands, is the standard of the boys in coveralls, who spend three hours each day learning various vo- cational trades. In the welding shop, metals are cutwith an acetylene torch and the iron welder is used. In machine shop, metals are cut to different sizes and shapes. These future machinists make alot of their own equipment, such as bolts, threads, hammers, and punches. Both classes do numerous odd iobs around school .... repairing broken Ve- netian blinds or mending broken tables and seats. This year they re- paired a truck for the Board of Education and made the metal coal chute for the basement of McDade Hall. Another interesting fact is that the repair broken machinery and make necessary parts for it. When a boy graduates with a vocational diploma, he is prepared and qualified to go directly into a job as either a welder or a machinist. fa I Earl L, Campbell David S. Skaggs Charles Clark holds a steel plate while Bill Brescoach cuts it with an oxyacetylene cutting torch under the scrutiny of Eddie Joe Bragg.

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get 1' 1. Who IS the teacher here? The explananon IS sxmple Ear Meade IS ass1sung Mr Lucas with quesuons IH bookkeeping 116111855 Pblllllllg Stop lll Five mrnutesll Then silence reigns supreme as the typrsts hopefully figure their speed for the day Across the hall the shorthand classes are transcribing dictation while book keeping students learn to balance the books and struggle to master the various office ma chrnes These are secretaries, stenographers, and accountants in the making Students are trained to meet the needs of business by developing an understanding of attitudes, practices, and conditions in the business world. The business department offers such courses as general business, commercial law, shorthand typing, and bookkeeping. Ralph Comet Harold Cooper Barbara Goad Janet Kirkel' Wandell Lucas Marion D. Napier Dean Stark Lester H. Stinebiser . , X

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admit Mmm, that smells delicious! sigh the students longingly as they pass through the halls while cupcakes are being made in home economics, ome conomicd In planning for the homes of tomorrow, Mrs. Coda's classes learn the importance of man- aging ahousehold efficiently. The first phase of the program consists of Fami ly food budget- ing, dietary needs, canning and preserving, and general principles of cooking. Fashion becomesa Fad during the second phase as pat- terns and artistic designs become new crea- tions. riuerzi gicfucafion Stop! Look! Listen! These are necessary pre- cautionsin drivers education, a twelve-weeks course taught by Mr. Pozega. The funda- mentals of behind-the-wheel driving , road safety, and the parts of the automobile engine are taught. Girls as well as boys learn to fix flats and change tires. The worth of these classes is proved by the decreasein the num- ber of accidents students have. Yes, girls, says Mr, Pozcga, it does take all those parts to make an automobile runl A s