Normandy High School - Saga Yearbook (Normandy, MO)

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Wow fa, Affinia, iuea Ano l Girls in the sewing classes learn an ancient art and a still practical one. Working hand in hand with the war effort, Nor- inandyis CUllllllCl'l'l3l Department has offered a one-ye-ur business course to typing and shorthand students. Thirty girls took the Civil Service tests, and four have entered thc lnternational Business Compunyis svhool. They haxe been kept liusy with avlnul ollim-e work this year and haue utilized the ther old. but still essential, art is cooking. The pie is apple. and we know it will be good. uf wm- Iunior art students develop skills and have fun as they draw chalk murals. 1-oinptonie-ter. minieograph, and adding machines, the operations of which are taught at N0l'IIl3IlCly in the ollive machines course. Addressing envelopes on lVlissouri's Amendment No. I, Wtailoringll gasoline and oil rationing hooks, preparing notices for the svhool und tests for lear'llel's are part of their svliool work. All the conditions of an actual household are found in the apartment. The girls are doing a bit ot cleaning. Price Twenty-Seven

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Typing. essential for those who intend to pursue vocational occupations, requires constant practice to maintain efficiency. AVE you noticed all those splendid posters hanging in the cafeteria and tacked on the senior and junior high school bulletin boards? You probably have, for anything the Art Department produces is bound to attract the students? attention with its striking charm and originality. We might call the Art Department Bookkeeping classes study under conditions similar to those they will lind in professional work. serve old material and to substitute home-made articles for those which have gone to war. Fashion shows this year frequently displayed the progress of the sewing classes as the girls modeled the attractive clothes themselves. The aim of the sewing students was to produce fashionable yet durable apparel. x Operation ol ollice machines is an excellent thing to know. Here Betty Nick and Iune Penn practice. Normandyis advertising agency, as the colorful posters depicting coming dances, outings, lyceums, and assembly programs reach every student. The shortage of metals, brushes, and various other art materials this year has not affected the hard-working student who has learned how to pre- x Barbara Chambers, member oi a senior art class, has her life mask made by her fellow students. Along the same idea, the Foods Department has striven to serve more tempting, appetizing dishes, and at the same time to prepare nourishing, Whole- some foods. They have learned to make appetizing substitute dishes for meat and eggs and have dis- covered the tricks of making food go further. Pcrqe Twenty-Six

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Feature ol the pre-flight class was the construction of a full-scale glider. 6: HlfRE7S the micrometer? How do you center this arc? Finished with the hand saw? These and other tech- nical phrases are heard about the shops in the junior high and vocational building shops, classes, and drawing room. But terminology is not the only thing that industrial students learn. Normandy is Gene Carney changes the saw in woodworking while fellow students work with their projects. Dick Lindner strikes an arc with his compass in his inking of cx plate in mechanical drawing. noted for a superior lndustrial Arts Department, under lVlr. John Krahlin. 111 junior high, shop classes are home mechanics, junior shop, general shop, and beginning wood- working. Here fundamental principles in hench metal are studied and practiced. lfse of the cor- rect tool in the right way is learned from Mr. R. E. Hoefler and Mr. Mc-Kee. Wlith this primary training lwehind him, the prospective handicraft worker continues on into more advanced courses. These courses are more specialized. more dillicult, more exacting. ll he has a yen lor working with wood, he takes advanced woodworking. Here he lxuilds cabinets, hook stands, and other things of permanent use. He may also take model airplane lmuilding and thus help the armed service as well as have a chance to work with wood. Miss Elizabeth Foulds and Mr. Felix Serafini teach these classes. Enibryo electricians can take electricity or Morse code. Electricity, under Mr. Thomas Rapp, deals with fundamentals ol that field. lVlorse code is a course of telegraphy in which, under lVliss Joanna Barnes, direction, students learn how to send and take international lVlorse code. Both are special war courses. Any prospective airplane pilots have ample Page Twenty-Eight