Ben Davis High School - Keyhole Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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careers in business, homemakin Two B.D. girls measure and cut the crust for their pie. A Home Ec siudenf finds if difficult lo roll out dough. 2. , .4-N ,.-A , i ss L I sg, -tk .xg xv' . .5 AK S 'A Q. iieiis' -.. m 1:1 ir' Svudenfs of the advanced lyping class learn to use the mimeograph machine.

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Courses prepare puplls for Each new school year means a wider selec- tion of commerce courses, and more students to enroll in these classes. This year two new courses were added to the curriculum, bringing the total number available to sixteen. At the beginning of the first semester, there were approximately 1977 pupils enrolled in some type of commerce course. Another expanding vocation field is home eco- nomics. There are several courses offered in this area of study, with approximately 388 pupils enrolled in them. These two areas combine to make up a very large and important part of the curriculum. A person entering high school may choose to make a career of either field, or to take these courses as preparation for college or business school. Also, he may choose to combine the two fields for useful training. long hours are spent on shorthand homework as this pupil demonstrates. Mrs. Dayle's typing class busily pounds away on a timed writing.

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Two senior students prepare to retinish a picture frame as a proiect in wood shop. Industrial Arts at Ben Davis has grown beyond mere training in the manual skills. Pupils who are planning to attend college and to rnaior in engineering or physics find that it is an advantage to take one of the several courses in technical drafting or a class in elec- tronics. Pupils who are entering industry after graduation learn to use lathes, to weld, and to repair household appliances. Under the supervision of Mr. Jim Taylor, the industrial arts department has increased the number of shop courses. In addition to classes in mechanical clrawing, machine shop, basic wood, and basic metal, a two-year course in graphic arts, a class in automobile repair, and a course in radio repair are also available. The second-year print shop was added this year. Because more emphasis is being placed on specialization in industry, the teachers of the manual arts courses give pupils a wide back- ground of many industrial processes. Learning to weld, as this industrial arts pupil is doing. is one of the basic skills that all metal shop students master. Seniors Dove Parlett and Jim Crockett check a car's generator for malfunctions on u voltage indicator in aura shop. Industrial Arts