Albert Lea High School - Tiger (Albert Lea, MN)

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OIC Boys Acquire Fundamental Abt ltie Donald Paulson Lowell Ross Jaclt Cook Russell Esson Earl Jacobsen Agricullure IO, Il Agricullure I2 lnduslrial Arls Eleciricify lndusfrial Drawing Future Farmers oi America Farm Accounting Drivers Training Aeronautics Future Farmers of America Page 28 Vocational agriculture was El three year course given to the larm hoys who were interested in Iarming or any ol' the related vocations. Swine. heel, dairy and sheep were taken up. ln each ol' these divisions ol study, il hiolog- ical analysis ol' each animal was uudertalaeu. 'I'o show that keeping a clean larm is essential, milk testing was included in the c11rric11lt1m. Soil conservation was taught, as was larm management, feeding and managing animals. crop and soil tilling and fertilization. 'l'he boys keep accurate records and larm ac- counts as part ol' the course on management. These were checked hy the instructors. Other very important sections ol' the training were a study ol' animals, home projects and crops grown on the individual larms. .-Xs a supplement to the vocational agricultttre course, the boys joined the lfuture lfartners ol' .'Xmerica, a national organization ol larm youth. Ylilllilllgll the FF.'X the hoys showed their skills with crop raising and animal showmanship at animal and crop shows. lhey won awards at the county and state lairs and at other local, state and national shows lor farm youth. Giving boys the practical experience that is necessary to lit them into their individual needs is the purpose ol' the shop classes. These shop classes are carried out in il pro- gram, starting in the seventh grade and working lllb through the grades. The program is geared to increase the studeut's knowledge and abilities in the lields covered hy each year's courses. 'l'h1- courses covered are widely varied. TESTING MILK WITH SKILL and accuracy of an experl is Frcd Paulson as he measures the while liquid carefully. RECORDS ARE A PART OF the defails needed for succcts- ful managemenl of a farm, agree Kraig Schuhmachcr and Roger DeHaun.

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Via Agriculture and Shop Class s Sydney Schwarlz Linus Seiferl Advanced Wood Mefals Rifle Club Vocalional Machine Shop Yoeailionzil opportunities to he clerivetl from the shop elzlsses are numerous. 'l'he sltulents gaiinetl teeliniezil experience znul knowledge. 'l'lie seventh grzule eourse inelutletl lmzlsie eleetrieity :nul general nietztls. Basie eleelrieily tzinglil the sttulents iniportzint lurts about ino- tors. gciu-ranors zuul rzulios. They also worked on niu'oinplit'zitetl eleelriezil projects. Basie l'utulzinienlzils were taught in the metals eourse. lhe eighth grzule shop eourse wus tlivicletl into three sepnrzite clivisions. liighteen weeks ol' the vezir were tlevotetl to the sttulv ol' nnneriails :nul wootl working, twelve weeks were spent on nieelizniieztl lllilwlllg :intl during the last six weeks at stiuly ol' plzisties was nnule. .Xlso tlivitletl wus the ninth grzule shop pro- giaun. One semester wats spent learning the priine l':u'tors eoiuerning ineeliamicztl drawing. 'l'he l'L'llIllllllllg' seniesler wzls taken up hy wootl working on projerts varying' lroni siniple lamps to lawn chairs. Sophoinores, in an one semester course in nm- rhine shop. lezirnetl to operate such niaehines as lathes znul tlrills. lnniors znul seniors inziintziin- eil oltl skills 1llltl.2l4'llllll'Ctl new ones in their three-hour elaiss tlnring ezteh tlziv. lilne print tlrziwing znul rezuling :intl eleetrieztl znul iiieeliztliiezil tlraiwing were skills 2iL'Clllll'Ctl by the eleventh grzule clrzilting rlztsses. 'l'well'th graulers were eoneernetl with airt'l1iteett1rul draw- ing. 'l'o lezirn to live within at lnulget was the reaison lor designing ai home. lfour niziin sulijet-ts were eoveretl in the nero- nznies t-lass lor juniors znul seniors. They ure 1llll'Ullyll2llllll'S, meteorology, navigation :incl reg- ulzttions. 'l'he eonrse covers the szinie things as :i proliessionztl zivizttion school. SANDING HIS END TABLE lo experl smoollmnoss is Roberl Anderson. a member of fha advanced wood classes. ALL THESE WIRES ARE DRIVING me crazy seems lo bc liao conclusion of Doug Hill and Vic Gilberlzon. William Sfoclt Roberl Van Tries Melals lnduslrial Arls Page 29