Bryan High School - Zeta Cordia Yearbook (Bryan, OH)

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I.lfl T: A bent bumper poses a prohlem for Don Bowers and Terry Kloptienstein in farm shop class. ABOVE: Saving dollars: Denny Fox chips rust to prevent Costly upkeep. Vo-Ag Major Has Capacity Enrollment M,-ff .MW , .,,,.. Jimmy' A 19' EM ' 34 ,, Q .l As the center of a rural area, BHS maintained a comprehensive agriculture department with 49 students. Closely coordinated with FFA, the classes took field trips, worked on speaking contests, sold cider, apples, and Christmas trees, and studied soil, crop and cattle judging. During their four-year course students learned to estimate the profit from livestock, to figure the yield of grain per acre, to rehuild tractors, to plan efficient farm operations, to keep the necessary records, and to apply mod- ern science to farming. During the summer, each student developed a crop or livestock project of his own choice, Fresh paint and a little bit of know-how finish off Hie Daugherty is repair joh on a tractor in farm shop.

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Shop Students Turn Practice to Product Sinndges ol' hlaelt inlx and sore tlnnnlns testified that 160 Industrial .Xrts students pnt into prac- tical use the material in their textlmooks. The nexxest electixe, General Trade Mathematics. explained the practical procedures in shop situations. Ifach student gained a lmaeltground in General Shop uhile Wbodworking stressed procedures ol' designing and hnilding their own projects. Drafting helped hois interested in engineering or carpentry. The Printing class practiced setting and operating the presses. Students in Machine Shop familiarixed them- selves with tools and the processes involved. In Auto Mechanics, the mechanical principles involved in a car xi ere studied. Various speakers and field trips to .-Xro, Gorny XK'inxeler. Ohio Art. Central Foundry, and Challenge Cook rounded oft the courses. Cliniaxing the years efforts, the students displayed their projects in the spring Industrial Arts Show. .-XBOYIC: Entering a man's world. Patti Blaisdell hecomes BHS's first ixoman auto mechanic. BELOW l.lfI 'I': Sparks Hy as .kltiert Braun finds a hlou toreh useini in cutting a pieee of metal. Hlil.UW RIGHT: Craftsmen at Work. Tom Harmon and Xlilte Hobson ink the printing press. .91

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Family Project Is To be a true homemaker entailed more than just cooking and sewing, To help the girls broaden their curriculum, the Home liconom- ics department featured a teacher-student family project. This program allowed girls to put their previous studies into practical applica- tion in their own homes, Team teaching by Nlrs. Sharrock and Nlrs. Shockley provided specialized training lor the 112 girls enrolled in Vocational Home ifco- nomics. Courses in home management, interior decorating, budget and wardrobe planning, and marriage, along with the regulars-sewing and cooking-helped mold girls who were uready and able to face future domestic re- sponsibilities, Freshmen students observed and taught at Washington School during a child care unit while the juniors learned the art of clothes tailoring. Co-Ed helped train college- and career-bound seniors with no former experi- ence in Home Fc. Trips to a retail store, a florists a canning factory, and a demonstration on flower arranging were entertaining as well as instructive sidelights. Girls from all home economics classes participated in the annual spring style show bringing the yearis activities to a dramatic and exciting close. Part of Home Ec. Course 'iNeedles and pins, needles and pinsfu Heres where a pretty' new suit Patti Smith in Home lic, ll class will model it in the style show. With a big smile for everyone, Deb Patterson models her pant suit ensemble at the 1967 Style Show, 'iXYorkshop of Great l ashions.'i 2' i 'i'. rgazii begins. 25 v