Central High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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MR. MERLIN MAIERS Vocational Machine Shop Vocational Motor Mechanics MR. ROBERT WEHLAGE Vocational Machine Shop Whether a simple tune-up or a complete overhaul is necessary, vocational auto- motive students have the know-how. Like doctors op- erating, Jack Lipsman and Mike Wayson put their “pa- tient back together. Precision machine work is the purpose of vocational machine shop students. Instructor Robert Wehlage gives direc- tions to Dick Reedy during the three hour laboratory course. 17

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Whether he’s planning to be an engineer or an architect, the experience Dan Jensen is gaining in this mechanical drawing class will give him an insight to many of the opportunities offered in the industrial field. Tools and Toil Frame Industrial Arts MR. FRANK TANK Printing Vocational Printing Publications Advisor To prepare interested boys for occupations employing the basic industrial skills is the goal of the industrial education department, which is comprised of an industrial arts area and a vocational section. The former meets once a day five days a week and the latter, three periods per day five days a week. The industrial arts department aids in developing student skill and manipu- lative ability in using tools and machines. Mechanical drafting, machine drafting, architectural drafting, electricity, radio and electronics, machine shop, metalwork, motor mechanics, printing, and woodworking provide the material means of reaching the goals of the Industrial Arts department. The vocational area proposes to give those students who have made tenta- tive choices in motor mechanics, machine, or printing occupations education and experience in accordance with their interests and abilities. MR. SIGURD HANSON Electricity Mechanical Drawing Radio and Electronics MR. DONALD KAMPFER Metal Working Motor Mechanics MR. LEON KRUSE Mechanical Drawing Woodworking MR. CHARLES LESSIN Architectural Drawing Machine Shop Metalworking 16

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Looking as though her written composition is presenting some problems, Pam Elliot asks the advice of Mrs. Caro- lynn Link while other sophomore English students, Kent Carlson, Donna Chapin, Wilma Dohrmann, Jim Dohr, and De- nise Fraser work on their class themes. Language Arts Stress Com Skills The language arts department stresses communication through four threads of thought: writing, reading, speaking, and listening. Although English courses are required only in the sophomore and junior years, many elect a third year to gain understanding and appreciation of skills which they will be employing for the rest of their lives. Sophomores develop basic skills in writing and reading in English I and II. For those needing additional practice in written and oral skills, English III and IV in the junior year are offered. Here they learn to think clearly, to communicate effectively, and to read thoughtfully. Many juniors elect a year of American literature, in which they enjoy and appreciate th6 writing of their country while they are familiarizing themselves with the historical, social, and philosophical backgrounds of their native literature. An imaginary trip to Great Britain sets the stage for study of such masters as Chaucer and Shakespeare in the senior course, English literature. Even the English classes include the other forms of communication, for reading, without writing, speak- ing, or listening, would not fulfill the objectives of the depart- ment. Grammar, a single semester subject offered to seniors, serves as a general review and college or business prepara- tion class which is climaxed by a research paper, the accumu- lation of the many skills developed in the course. MRS. CAROLYNN LINK English MISS CAROL KOELLE English 18