Nappanee High School - Napanet Yearbook (Nappanee, IN)

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Various shop courses concentrate Two new courses have been added this year to the shop classes. A course in basic electricity proved to be very interesting to all enrolled. Also a build- ing trades course was introduced. Here students participated in projects in- cluding painting the field house and the shop room, and building cabinets for the science room. They are planning more group projects for the future. Auto mechanics is a two hour course popular with boys who are interested in cars as a hobby or as a future vocation. They become acquainted with engines and their mechanics; they do tune-up work involving rings and valves, working on their own cars or perhaps teachers' cars. Denny Corl, Terry Unsickcr, and Jerry Weldy dis- mantle a window frame to learn the principles of building construction. Auto mechanics students receive instruction from Mr. Gerber on the basic fundamentals of engine operation.

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others prepare us for the future. Advanced typing is taught to prepare students for office work after graduation. In this course the student is kept striving for typing speed and accuracy. Learning filing procedures and operating the dictaphone are also a part of the course. Students also learn to operate the mimeograph and the adding machines. Other responsibilities of this class are cutting mimeograph stencils, editing the D'BULLDOG, and doing stenographic work for members of the faculty. Typing I is a valuable aid to college bound students, who must type themes and reports. For girls, typing is es- sential if they plan to do secretarial work in an office. Bookkeeping acquaints the student with bookkeeping systems of business. The basic principles are taught and then put into operation by completing several practice sets. Typing I students take a timed writing. Loretta Gonser and Diane Hare practice using a Carol Weaver concentrates on solving a difficult book- dictaphone. keeping problem. 21 PLETCHER'S FURNITURE SHOWROOMS Highway 6 West

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on developing vocational skills. Each sophomore student is enrolled in drivers' training for three weeks. This course teaches the rules of highway safety and gives practical experience in driving. A woodworking class teaches boys to use various types of hand and power tools in building furniture such as desks, tables, cabinets, and bookcases. Advanced machine and architectural drawing are taught along with metal- working on the lathes. T-squares, scaled measurements, irregular curves, and compasses are used for mechanical drawing. Metalworking includes re- quired class projects such as tap wrenches, machinists' vice, and other projects of personal choice. Mr. Nelson shows Phil Bontrager and Jerry Clipp the Jack Hamman and Paul Scchrist adjust clamps on a correct way to use a seat belt, desk made in a woodshop class. WAYSIDE CAFE JIM'S RADIO TV Good Food at a Price You Can Afford 23 Zenith Sales Service