William Mitchell High School - Apogee Explo Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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BOB YOUNG, JIM Wilson, Errol Kobilan and Jim Weaks apply some of the principles of building a cabinet. DURING HIS METALS class, Jack Addison checks the diameter of a drive shaft of a snowmobile. Electronics Joins WHILE WORKING IN his drafting class, Bob Loomis makes a working drawing of a machine part. Because of the growing need for electrically skilled workers in the region, electronics was offered for the first time by the industrial arts department. This elec- tive was open to all students who were interested in electronics. The course covered basic electrical theor- ies and laws, electronstatistics, electrical measuring in- struments, and AC and DC theory. Also offered to Mitchell students for the first time was vocational electronics. This course was taken by students who planned to go into the electronics field after graduation. Areas covered during the year were industrial electronics, communications, and radio and television repair. Among the other subjects offered by the industrial arts department were general industrial arts for all in- coming sophomores, and wood shop, metal shop, gra- phic arts, and auto shop which were all two-year courses. Electronics and mechanical drawing were both three-year courses.

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Business Department Increases Enrollment Because ofthe adaptability of many of MitcheII's business courses to the open lab concept of modular scheduling, enrollment in business courses greatly in- creased. Many students found that because classes such as typing and shorthand depended mostly on un- structured work time, they could fit these courses into their schedules. Also because of the time spent in individual work in the labs, students found that they were able to han- dle more responsibility and that they were better pre- pared for work after graduation. Members of the distributive education classes were put in charge of the large showcase on the west side of the second floor. This display work allowed stu- dents to apply many of the techniques learned in class. In January of 1968, distributive education student Erik Carroll was elected to the position of president of the southern district of the Distributive Education Club of America. MONICA CRAWFORD USES the IBM key punch machine, which helps to automate record keeping. BUSINESS STUDENT LINDA Picha makes use of the full keyboard adding-listing machine. SECOND-YEAR TYPING student Jerry Martinez works on his assign- ment during a free mod. 'mi M

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Industrial Arts Program WHILE WORKING IN the auto shop, Bob Lay checks a car with an electromc d'agn0St'C engme tester' MARION FRIESS HELPS Rick Warner as he aligns a radio receiver dur ing their electronics class. RUSSELL STOTT LOOKS at a line of type as he sits in front of a lino- type machine.