Avon Old Farms School - Winged Beaver Yearbook (Avon, CT)

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CLIFFORD E. JONES Head of Art Department John Herron Art School B.F.A., Prix de Rome F.A.A.R. Appointed 1959 J ACK B. GROVE Head of Music Department Oberlin College, B.A., Uni- ver. of Iowa, M.A.g Co- lumbia University, M.A. Appointed 1951 PEGGY BECK EVANS Ceramics Chicago Art Institute, B.F.A., New York State Ceramics College, Univer- sity of Chicago Appointed 1951 WILBUR S. DURPHEY Woodworking Goddard Seminary Appointed 1948 ARTS AND CRAFTS 16 The Art Department, headed by Mr. Clifford jones, instructs the student in a basic back- ground of the different periods of art develop- ment. The Student is able to try the many techniques and types of art, thus rounding out his art education. The Music Department, directed by Mr. Jack Grove, gives each student a basic education in understanding music. The course goes into the backgrounds of music and covers the study of various composers from earlier periods to mod- ern times. The Ceramics Department, directed by Mrs. Peggy Beck Evans, deals with the many differ- ent methods of shaping clay and in design. The students are able to make clay products of their own design with the potter's wheel and to glaze and fire them in the kiln. Woodworking taught by Mr. Wilbur Durphey gives the student a working knowledge of dif- ferent tools and machinery. This knowledge is put to use with the making of wood objects of practical value.

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