Anderson High School - Indian Yearbook (Anderson, IN)

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VOC. AGRICULTURE The VocaTional AgriculTure course noT only prepares a boy To Tarm by giving him a Tour year course in agriculTure, buT also meeTs Tull reguiremenTs Tor enTrance in agriculTure colleges. ln This deparTmenT. which was organized over eleven years ago, now headed by l-l. B. Wilson, a boy is subiecT To inTensive sTudy in The diTTer- enT branches oT agriculTure. Some of The subiecTs TaughT in The Tour years are Ani- mal l-lusbandry, PoulTry raising, Soil and Crop managemenT, I-lorTiculTure, VegeT- able Gardening, Farm Shop, Farm man- agemenT, and Biology. The necessary qual- iTicaTions a boy musT meeT in order To Talce This course of sTudy are ThaT he musT live on a Tarm or have access To one. and also ThaT he carry on some proiecT, pre- Terably one in which he is inTeresTed Tinan- cially. l-le may choose To raise poulTry, caTTle, horses, swine, or sheep or he may parTicipaTe in numerous Tarm indusTries. As a sTudenT oT VocaTional AgriculTure, he is also privileged To belong To The FuTure Farmers of America Club, The various 4-H Clubs, and To Take parT in The local. counTy. sTaTe, and naTional iudging con- TesTs. ln These conTesTs. The boy judges such Things as dairy caTTle, poulTry. gener- al IivesTock, and vegeTables. SubiecTs in This course are noT open To elecTion by sTudenTs in oTher courses, alThough The VocaTional AgriculTure sTudenT may elecT various subiecTs in oTher courses. The classroom worlc oT This course is divided beTween boolcs, Tilms, charTs on livesToclc, poulTry. eTc. and Tield Trips To various Tarms where direcT experience wiTh Tarm machinery and equipmenT, and Tarm animals is obTained.

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TECHNICAL The hardesf course in high school - fhaf's whaf some call Technical. Whefher fhis is frue or nof is debafable, buf fhe sfudenfs who have faken This course are well prepared fo enfer any fechnical engineering course in college. Forming a firm foundafion for sfudenfs who hope fo make engineering fheir profession is fhe purpose of offering fhis course of sfudy. Technical sfudenfs musf fake four years of mafhemafics. four years of English, fwo years of science and some work in shop Chemisfry so fhey will become accusfomed fo manu- facfuring processes. No exfra subiecfs can be faken excepf in fhe lasf half of fhe iun- ior year when some elecfives are offered. A genfle warning fo fhose who find mafh especially hard-don'f choose fhe Technical course. for mosf of fhe work is composed of higher mafhemafics. Buf fhe sfudenfs have af fheir disposal one of fhe mosf well-equipped machine shops in The sfafe which helps fo make fheir work more realisfic.

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VOC. HOME EC. Um! Smell Those TempTing odors ThaT TloaT Through The halls oT Al-IS. BoTh boys and girls have waTering mouThs when The Toods class convene. IT seems ThaT These girls know ThaT The way To a man's hearT is Through his sTomach . BUT They are do- ing The righT Things by learning To pre- pare such delicious meals. The peculiar humming sounds coming Trom The cloThing classes is explained by The beauTiTul Tinished producTs made by The elecTric sewing machine. These are iusT Two oT The worTh while subiecTs oTTered in The Home Economics Course. AnoTher popular subiecT oT The course is Home Nursing and Child Care, which gives helpTul inTormaTion abouT nursing. The girls in The class learn The arT oT band- ages and TreaTmenT oT minor aches and pains. The second halT oT This course is de- CloThing 9' voTed To child care and The making oT a scrap book. Home Planning is a course iusT as The name implies- Here They sTudy inTe-rior decoraTing and learn diTTerenT Types oT homes. This sTudy is very inTeresTing and useTul. Merchandising is also oTTered and en- joyed by many. lT deals wiTh buying and selling arTicles. The oTher is Social and Family RelaTion- ship. This is a worTh while class Tor all girls. All in all This course has a varied and purposeTul value. Many girls who were noT on The course elecTed These subiecTs so as To beTTer prepare Themselves Tor TuTure homemaking. The classes oT This deparTmenT were under supervision oT many Teachers under The head oT Miss Celia Carson. .ik l . iii