Carl Schurz High School - Schurzone Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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.fdrf anal mudic Maul? fo O 061125 Beginning courses in music include the study of the fundamentals of music theory, as Well as the enjoyment of the Work of the world's best composers. This class appears to be in harmony with the spirit of their song. Art classes produce unusual and outstanding Work. Work such as this picture is the product of a beginning art class. Instrumental music groups often play for special occasions in the Social Room. Ensembles practise for participation in city competition. Students in this art class are too interested to be disturbed by the photographer. These students in commercial art applied their talent to a practical project. They produced much of the art Work for the 1953 Schurzone. In the picture they are discussing the division pages of the new yearbook. QL to RJ Joan Capadona, Marlene Grandke, Marilyn Converse, Joyce Frey, Jarvis Fielder QCover Artistj, Mary Ann Wetter, Joe Davis, Nancy Splitt, Shirley Schultz, Janet Quirk, James Uhlir, Carol Anderson, Norbert Lundberg, Miss K. Schmidt. 29

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yfnwlern ,911 olualry Weak ,SZIKLJ jc niciand 'fhese boys in the machine shop class are per- forming basic machine operations and tool work on lathes, shapers, milling machines, and drill presses. A course in General Machine Shop is an integral part of Vocational training. Veramics, plastics. leather work, and pottery making' are the inte1'ests of the students who en- roll in the Handcraft classes. Handcraft is the newest course in the Technical Department. 'l'here's no end of projects for the woodshop boys. From simple woodworking to the finest cabinet making, the boys in woodshop classes learn to do them all Schurx printing presses keep rolling' as the boys in the l'rint Shop produce programs and tickets for every school performance, as well as ollice forms and an endless amount of printed matter for use in the school. Ramming' the mold preparatory to pouring the metal is a familiar process in every foundry class. Students in foundry make objects of alumi- num and brass. Besides articles for personal use, they often produce machine objects for other shops. In this Radio Shop boys learn the funda- mentals of radio operation. This boy is operating' a signal generator to align a radio receiver and is trying to eliminate static. After learning the fundamentals of engine operation and maintenance, students in Auto Shop classes move on to Hlive' engines. Here the boys. using the latest test equipment, set the idle R.P.lVI. and carburetion on a 1950 Mercury engine which was rebuilt and assembled in the Auto Shop. fill