West Lafayette High School - Scarlet and Gray Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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Home Economics Carbohydrates — Child Psychology — Etiquette? Edi Kennedy and Don Astell preparing a full course meal at 8 o ' clock in the morning. Home economics is one of the most useful courses, not only to the girls, but to the boys as well. For it is here that future homemakers often meet with their most lasting impressions. The studies in this field, taught by Mrs. Ruth Hamlin, will affect our home, the center of our community life. This department includes foods, sewing, child care, nursing and house management. Foods includes cooking from the breakfast egg to the full course dinner. How we enjoyed eating our own concoctions after the suspense of awaiting the cooking processes! The delicious aromas which wafted upward made others envious of our opportunities. Child care was taught by actual practice with young active children. We could not tell who was more timid, the little children or the student observers. Many a lesson was learned from these pre-school children which will be of help in our families or in social services later in life. Sewing, classed as a useful art, borders on the fine arts in its study of line, color, and design. We feel our time was well spent on the course of home economics as taught by Mrs. Hamlin and the able assistants from Purdue who were under her guidance. Page 44

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T-Square — Hot Rods — ? Any boy or girl who wants to become acquainted with everything from nuts to bolts and T squares to drawing pencils is given the opportunity of en¬ rolling in industrial art courses. These courses are under the direction of Walter Wolever and Jim Hinga. Students of shop and mechanical drawing may start out with a simple letter lining exercise and end the course by drawing a complicated machine lay¬ out. Also in the drawing classes, after he has learned the first part success¬ fully, the student can learn the basic fundamentals of advanced machine lay¬ out and simplified form of architectural drawing. It takes a great deal of per¬ sonal aptitude to succeed in this version of industrial art. The mechanical drawing classes help in projects around the school by en¬ graving and lettering certain docu¬ ments, and the seniors have done some special engraving for the Annual. An¬ other important project is the work on stage sets for class and other plays given by the school. After a course of mechanical drawing those who have successfully completed the require¬ ments can obtain jobs which would not ordinarily be possible if it had not been for the excellent training in the indus¬ trial art classes. Many times during the year one can see cars of all shapes, sizes, forms, and especially ages in various stages of repair at the back of the school. Auto¬ mobile repair is only one of the many, many ways in which the boys and girls may on occasion spend their time in the shop. The school has purchased the best machinery money can buy —drill presses, lathes, and jig, to mention a few. The shop is equipped with one of the most complete sets of power and hand tools of any school in the state for its size. If a student needs any tool for his work, he can find it in the shop ' s complete storeroom. Top: Bob Duncan in mechanical drawing. Center: Something wrong? Bottom: Alvie Light works at the metal lathe. Industrial Arts

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Linoleum Blocks — Surrealism — Figurines Art Bottom: Rosie Tetrault sculp¬ tures. Top: John Davis is making a leather belt in Art. This year the art students, under the helpful hand of Mrs. Gwen Hammer, have undertaken many new projects. Some of the interesting sub¬ jects offered to them were oil painting, soap carving, sculpturing, and shell jewelry. Mr. A1 Flamia, a graduate student of Purdue, has cer¬ tainly been a wonderful help to the students in leatherwork. With his assistance they made their own billfolds, belts, and purses. The yearly custom of the art classes of making stencils for decorating senior skirts and cords was again in evidence. When warm weather came in the spring, it seemed to liven up the class guite a lot. The students went out into the open air and sketched landscapes and outdoor scenery. The whole school is grateful to the art students for their aid whenever decorations are needed for a dance or a social affair of the school. They really do a beautiful job, and it is certainly appreciated. They are also a big help when it comes to publicity for the school plays as stu¬ dent posters are exhibited in many store win¬ dows. The art class has always been greatly appreciated throughout the school, and we know it will continue that way with Mrs. Ham¬ mer ' s expert guidance. Page J 5