Manual High School - Mirror Yearbook (Peoria, IL)

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3 l Q New Faez'!z'tz'es or Classroom Aetz'ez'tz'es. Above :ML Wool- ey's room with his geometry class in the new science wing,seems quite different than at right. Right: Here is the typical old Manual class- rooms with Mr. Wooley conduct- ing a physics class. YSL wi 4 Math and Science This department is here to provide the basics of Science Cbiology, chemistry, and physicsj and Math Cgeneral mathematics, algebra, geometry, and trigonometryb needed forfuture college success aswell as for a full and useful life in this amazing age in which we live. ,i Fine Arts and Cmjifs All the areas of fine arts en- courage appreciation, participa- tion in school and community cul- tural activities. Students are en- couraged to develop creativeness in art media by increasing diffi- cult projects. Joan Coffman, Sharon Pruett, Gennie Bryan, Jane Sewert, Janet Ragan, Richard Chandler and Floyd Knollenberg find they have more and better facilities to create in Mrs. Calkins' ait room.

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Manual Students ana' Faculty Enjfpf ur English, Speech, ana' F orezgn Languages The EnglishDepartment aims, basically, to teach students to speak and Write clearly, to read with comprehensiong to listen atten- tivelyg and to appreciate good literatureg also, most students can benefit by a study of a foreign language. Above right: Mr, Little and his speech class after a voluntary drop of plaster right before the move. Above: This is a view of one of the new English rooms with Bill Sullins giving a speech. Below: A shot of one of Miss Wo1f's new history classrooms. H zstonf ana' Relatea' Subjects The department of History and Related Subjects offers courses in ancient- medieval history, modern history, United States history, American government, regional geography. These subjects make students aware of the rest of the World and their relation to it.

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nr Currzeulwn Has Been Wz'denedf0r Jo Lynn Davis and partner experiments in the new modern home economics lab. Business Department The purpose of the Business Department is '50 prepare young people for jobs in business offices and to build an understanding of our economic structure in order to be good citizens. mne Eeonmnies ann' nelustrznl A nfs The Home Economics Department offers a variety of courses in clothing, home nursing, foods, and home decoration for any girl in- terested in a career of or becoming a future homemaker. The Industrial Arts Department helps a boy decide in what field he would like to work. Students wind up the press for the last time in the old school. 24- Thetyping rooms ofthe old school are quite different from the new ones.