Abraham Lincoln High School - Railsplitter Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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V Versatility and improvement is our goal A new program in the Home Eco- nomics department this year was nursery visitation. Students from Phyllis Garnant ' s child development class went to various nursery schools and worked with the children. Other courses offered in this de- partment were home furnishing, personal family living, foods and nutrition and clothing and textiles. These are taught by Phyllis Garnant, Ann Borgen, Janice Roxberg and Patricia Schwartz, who are encour- aged by the number of boys in- terested in the home economics courses. Senior Diane Snyder (above left) looks for the right pan. Cooking students (above right) prepare for a dinner by setting tables and fixing the food. Personal Family Living class (middle) talk about the movie they just finished seeing. Child Development class (right) has a party for children brought by each student. Castle Builders 17

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Production is our future business The industrial arts program trains students in the skills of mechanical drawing, woodworking, auto and metal shop. Woodworking program is offering beginning and advanced courses. Beginning students made step lad- ders while advanced classes worked on cabinets and tables. The auto shop course is covering small and large engines and the dis- mantling and reassembling of their own cars. In metal shop, students were taught the fundamentals of shop safety, the use of hand tools and welding techniques. Drafting classes worked on the procedures of mechanical drawing and gives the student a chance to apply the skills in some architectural work. Bert Johnson (above right) discusses plans with students. Randy Johnson (far right) works on step ladder. Terry Burns (right) uses a grinder in metal shop. Doug Wenslay (middle left) discusses parts of an engine during auto mechanics class. An aerial view shows woodshop (below). 16

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Driver ' s Ed. emphasizes safety and skills In order to develop safe and efficient drivers the law requires that a student be 1 5 years or older, acquire an instruction permit, wish to obtain a license before the age of eighteen and pass the three areas in which the drivers educa- tion program is divided. Students are required to pass driving, class- work and simulator in order to receive a drivers license. There were no curriculum changes, how- ever, the department consists of teacher changes. Two Lincoln teachers, Walter Imig and Francis Belding, were replaced by Floyd Constant and Steve Koroch. Floyd Constant (above left) discusses proper inter- section procedure with his first semester class. Larry Hayes (above right) explains turns onto one- way streets to his simulator students after viewing driving movies. Future drivers (above) try to com- prehend information during class discussion. Stu- dents and instructor (left) return to Lincoln after practicing driving skills. 18