Central High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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Home Economists Train for Lifelong Career Judging fashions and learning to sew them are just two aspects of this young adult living class. These girls are: Karen Hart .. Linda Poston. Sharon Fell. Veronica Lorenz, Lynn Uollman. Linda Hunt. Jan Moeller. Judy Brownlie, and Mary Jorgensen. The CHS home economics department trains girls for the most important career in their lives, that of assuming the responsibili- ties of a family and home. Girls interested in home economics may elect any of the three courses offered. These deal with the art and science of personal, home, and family living. Girls gain practical experience in such skills as clothing construction, foods and nutrition, home nurs- ing, money management, child care, and home arts and crafts. Miss Catherine Downing. family life, young adult liv- ing, city supervisor of home economics; Mrs. A. Louise Henry, home economics. Learning how the cooky crumbles are Jill Kellum. Kay Jones, and Diane Graham.

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 This beats class,” says Cliff Robinson as he tinkers on a car as part of the co-op program. Industrial Program Has Two-Fold Purpose Mr. Sigurd Hanson, radio, electronics; Mr. Donald Kampfer. auto mechanics, metalworking; Mr. Leon Kruse, mechanical drawing, woodworking: Mr. Merlin Maiers. vocational auto mechanics; Mr. Robert Rowe, machine shop, coordinator of trades and industrial education; Mr. Frank Tank. vocational printing, publications co-adviser; and Mr. Robert Wehlage. vocational machine shop. The industrial education department at Central is for the student interested in learning the skills of a trade. Within this program one finds a basic background in a specific trade and the vocational trade training department for those planning to further their knowledge in motor me- chanics, machine, or printing occupations. Cooperative training is a phase of vo- cational education to acquire technical knowledge directly related to the trade. Not only does the student acquire on-the- job experience, but he is also in a related instruction class in the morning. Woodworking class provides practical experience for building the future of these boys. They are: Ken Jones, Jim Dugan, Gordon Noble, Jerry Rogers, and Jack Hebbeln. 26

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High Level of Physical Fitness Comes to CHS r d.a Top Row: Mr. Eugene Fisher, boys’ physical education, head boys' intra- murals. assistant varsity football coach: Mr. James Fox. department head, boys' physical education, var- sity football and wrestling coach. Bottom Row: Mrs. Dorothea Harri- son. girls' physical education and in- tramurals, girls’ tennis coach: Miss Marjorie Holderness, girls' physical education and intramurals, cheer- leading coach. It isn't exactly a plush putting green, hut Barb Mayer will eventually get into the swing of golf. 28 The physical education department pro- vides ample opportunity for Central students to acquire both skill and team spirit. Through physical fitness tests, the student is able to improve endurance and ability, while such sports as basketball, football, and volleyball teach group coordination. Equally important is the background pro- vided in individual sports in which the student will most frequently participate later — such as badminton, golf, table-tennis, and swim- ming, an activity occupying nine weeks. Believe it or not. Karen Schurke, Linda Pries. Karen Cars tens. Candy Richardson, and Julie Voss are expressing their inner thoughts through this modern dance.