Callaway High School - Lesprit Yearbook (Jackson, MS)

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unit, students learned how to understand the world of little people in Child De- velopment. The unit on housing explained the problems of selecting a house. Ingredients: blue prints, sketches, skill readings, and math. Mix all these ingredients along with deadlines, frustrations, grades, and tests; bake one year; and the finished product - models. The craftsmen who made these models during second semester placed them in the front hall for all to view. DOUBLE, DOUBLE, TOIL, AND TROU- BLE. FIRE BURN, CAULDRON BUBBLE. Homemaking students Donna Brown, Julia Chisholm, Kathy Jacobs, and Jackie Cook demonstrate their culinary skills. HOW DOES THIS THING WORK? wonders Walter Thomas. P.E., Home Economics, And Mechanical Drawing 45

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BOUNCING, BAKING, BUILDING For the first time in ten years, the curtains were drawn. Equal rights invaded Callaway, pro- ducing co-ed gym classes. After the first signs of bewilderment, amusement, and embarrasment wore off, the classes really started the ball rolling. They jointly participated in such activities as tennis, volley- ball, square dancing, and Softball. The aroma of cookies and cakes floated down the halls from the home eco- nomics room, while skillful seamstresses stitched original and creative fash- ions. In the family relations 44 -- •- binir

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Have you ever felt like finding someone to carry your books? Students in the ad- vanced history program often had this feeling as they staggered through the halls carrying their 4 1 2 pound history books. Only two years old, the program pro- vided juniors with an in depth look at American His- tory. The classes, divided into two semesters, began with the Post Civil War years of 1877 and ended with the present time. May 1977. Sophomores had the oppor- tunity to learn about the peo- ple and culture of other na- tions in World History classes. Seniors had a variety of courses from which to choose, depending on individual tastes. Each course, taught half a semester with Ameri- can Government being re- quired, proved interesting. Humanities, offered as a college preparatory class for the past two years, em- phasized the artistic and cultural achievements of the Renaissance man. Trips to Whitfield, Parchman, and : other public and private in- stitutions highlighted So- ciology classes, as students studied human relationships. In Economics, trips to local brokerage offices provided students with a closer look at the production, consump- tion, and distribution of wealth. Other courses of- fered included American Democracy, the study of the economical, social, and political background of the United States; and World Georgraphy, the study of the world and the people in it. b MUSCLE BUILDER. James Shellwood carries dead weight. PROCEED TO GO AND COLLECT $200 as Mrs. Lowe plots the elect- 46