Luther High School South - Shield Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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KEY TO THE FUTURE Some oT The mosT rewarding courses oTTered here aT I.uTher SouTh are in The area oT Social STudies. l-lere, such Topics as The origin oT man. The naTure OT The land on which we live, and The prob- lems conTronTing pasT, presenT, and TuTure genera- Tions are TaughT Trom a ChrisTian poinT oT view. The subiecTs included in This secTion are: world hisTory, geography, UniTed STaTes hisTory, sociology, and problems oT democracy. All oT These courses exTend over a Tull school year, excepT sociology and problems, which are one semesTer courses. These are Taken in The senior year and help prepare us To meeT The demands ThaT will loe made upon us in The TuTure, in our homes and Tamilies, and in our roles as ciTizens oT The UniTed STaTes. Q- H' fi?

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I-IRGUGH THE ARTS ln lhe area of Jrhe arls, Lulher Soulh ollers sludenls op- porlunilies in Ari, Home Arrs, Mechanical Drawing and lnoluslrial Arls. Placing ideas, Jrhoughlrs, and emolions on paper in lhe lorm if illusiralions requires skill, imaginalion, and knowl- edge. Lu+her's lwo year sequence in arf enables sludenls io become familiar wirh many ol Jrhe arl' media. The use of waier colors, gouche, and lamp black are some of lhe malerials used in lhe arl classes. Home Arls l is planned lo encourage girls lo acquire hornemaking skills of planning, preparing, and serving meals, and To underslancl The relalionship of nurrilious meals To heallh. Girls also learn The arl' ol planning and making lheir wardrobe. A more advanced knowledge of baking and sew- ing are parlr of lrhe program lhe second year. These courses help +o prepare us for happier and more God-pleasing homes in lhe fulure. The iwo year program in induslrial arls presenls lhe boys wilh many opporlunilies io develop skills which will be useful in lheir life's work or for lhe mainiainance ol: 'rheir lulure homes. Ahkhough Jrhis year mosr ol lhe boys' elforls cenlered around wood proiecls, some work was inlroduced in The area of plaslics. ln lulure years lhis lairer area will be exlended. When planning Jrhe conslruclion of an obiecl, a delailed drawing can be used as a guide To perleclion. A lundamenlal knowledge of piclorial and orlhographic drawings combined wilh lellering is laugh? in lhe lirsl' year ol mechanical draw- ing. Building on lhis in lhe year ro follow lhe sludenlr de- velops Jrhe skill ol archileclural drawing by designing a home complele wilh plumbing and eleclrical wiring. 4 'kiwi lem

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ff PREP SCHOOL The secrelary of lomorrow, having gradualed from Lulher, will be reasonably well prepared lo meel any crisis Jrha+ may lace her in Jrhe business world. As a sophomore, she learned ro operale +ha+ indispensable machine, lhe lypewriler, and lo adiusl' lo many ol lhe problems generally found in business. When a iunior. she slarled learning lhe necessary slcill ol a good secrelary-shorlhand. She also acquired lcnowledge in boolflceeping. During her final year al Lulher, she compleled her business Jrraining by polishing her shorl- hand slcill and learning 'lo lype lellers direclly from nofes. Allhough a secrelary uses a Jrypewrirer mainly, she mus+ learn lo use olher machines also. While raking Office Praclice, Jrhe mysleries of business ma- chines such as Jrhe complomeler, lhe diclaphone, and mimeograph were revealed lo her, along wilh many office procedures.