Nappanee High School - Napanet Yearbook (Nappanee, IN)

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N.H.S. Girls Create Specialities of the House Stephanie Clouse, Susie Mctzler, and Jody Reed, freshman home cc. girls, learn to use the sewing machines. Margaret Hargrove and Cindy Best prepare a home ec. window display. Home economics courses prepare girls to become efficient cooks, seamstresses, and home managers. Freshman girls study color, design, and cotton, and then apply these factors in making a shirtwaist dress. Second year students study wool and learn to sew and fit a wool skirt. They also have twelve weeks of home nursing, in which they learn to care for a sick person. Another twelve weeks is spent planning menus and preparing meals. Junior and senior girls study housing and home management. They draw floor plans of a good house. They furnish several rooms with rugs, drapes, and furniture, keeping in mind good color combina- tions and furniture styles. Each girl is also required to complete two home projects a year to give her more experience for the future. Mrs. Neff shows Linda Fairchild, Sue Stutz- man, and Velma Miller the proper places in the cupboard for the dishes. NAPPANEE GREENHOUSE Say It with Flowers 12

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and Interests During a metal shop class Mr. Con- rad explains to Myron Metzler techniques of handling a lathe, as Terry Reasor turns stock on his lathe. Mechanical drawing student Edgar Pippcngcr works industriously on his drawing. Advanced art student JoAnn Yoder is careful to choose the right colors to compliment her oil paint- ing. Carol Cripe, Barbara Wise, Shirley Fisher, Alan Bil- ler, and Marah Lee Newcomer enjoy sketching the scenery around N.H.S. Compliments of 11 FRANKLIN COACH CO. DR. MRS. W. C. ANGLEMEYER Nappanec

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Safety Rules Are Keys to Good Health Bill Kaufman anxiously awaits the pitch during a phys. ed. class softball game. Mr. Nelson points out the radius bone of the arm to his health class. Dwight Thomas gives Cindy Best instructions on how to back out of her parking space. Health, a required course, deals with the functions of the human body and problems which may affect it. Drivers' training teaches students how to drive safely and with good judgment. Thirty hours must be spent in classroom study and six in actual driving. One credit in physical education is required to graduate. This credit is usually earned during the freshman and sophomore years. Gaining skill in various sports and calisthenics plays an important part in this course.