Bushnell Prairie City High School - Beta Pi Sigma Yearbook (Bushnell, IL)

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rufwq Jack Pershing demonstrates how the router-shaper is used in making dove-tail ioints for drawers. HERBERT CLUTTS, B.S. of Ed. Industrial Arts airs some -s ur- s ..,. :': ---.: E :,,, Qlk- . il., '- Industrial arts, new at BAPC three years ago when we moved into our new building, continues to be one ot the more popular elective courses a- mong the boys. The first year, the 5452 Q, irsr r N boys take a general course, and then perfecting their skills in various types of workmanship their second and third years, they become able craftsmen in woods and metals. Practical shop skills are gained in industrial arts Working under the intent gaze of Donnie Hart, Dale Curtman smooths out a piece of metal on the new metal-shaper. ,ar ,inf . .views i

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-wands Home Economics prepares girls for role of housewife LANORA BRAND, 8.5. BARBARA SAMOORE, 5.5. Homemaking Homemaking With a five-unit cooking lab at one end, a twelve-machine sewing department at the mother, and a family-living center in the middle, the home economics depart- ment is able to handle very efficiently all the various phases of homemaking the different classes cover. Practical applica- tion of the fundamentals of sewing, cook- ing, food preservation, home nursing, and child care gained in the homemaking cour- ses prepare the novice household mana- gers for the role of actual housewives, Emphasizing the difference between mere- ly keeping house and making a home, a course in family living helps prepare sen- ior boys and girls for marriage. NWN xr' Freshmen culinary artists, Janice Curfman and Judy Filbert, till cream-puffs, the products of one of their first cookery labs in the basic fundamentals of baking. iii Proving that the man's place is in the kitchen, too, Dan Zook and John Williams make cinnamon rolls, with the helpful advice of George Grand, husband of one of our home economics instructors. 79

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-si any Once stopped in his tamed writing Greg Leigh struggles to regain his former speed. Commerce classes demand concentration With the increasing demand tor business- trainecl people, B-PC has planned its commer- cial courses to prepare students majoring in commerce for a wide variety ot commercial positions. Business-bound students are given an introduction to the commercial courses through the exploratory course, general busi- ness. The junior and senior years are devoted to the perfection ot typing skills, taking dicta- tion in shorthand, keeping a double-entry set of books, and operating certain otlice ma- chines, such as the electric typewriter, the ten and tull key adding machines, the calcu- lator, and the dictaphone.