Central High School - Pemican Yearbook (High Point, NC)

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QW W ev 5 4 I , i lr? 1' -.., ...., ,WJ T-Al , .. ' fi, ln the attractive practice house quarters on first floor, students of home economics planned programs on child care' and develop- ment, clothing, foods, health, housing, and interior decorating. In addition to learning about aspects of family living, the future homemakers gained skill in planning and working harmoniously with people of their own age. Home economics courses at HPHS sought to make the students aware of the value of a good home. The girls learned to cook for their families and to plan and make many useful garments. T h r o u g h the development of practical homemaking projects, the students learned to Home ec and work independently toward the solution of personal or homemaking problems. ln addi- tion, they learned the management of re- sources -- time, energy, and money - as well as the techniques of housekeeping. These courses helped students to meet the actuali- ties of everyday life and become trained for solving future problems. Miss Estelle Carobateas, practice teacher from High Point College, talks with home economics students on rules of health. 'fab Ll I In home economics class, Linda Cecil and Brenda Skeen demonstrate c table setting for four. business courses prepare Ann Dillion uses a sewing machine in home economics in preparing her term project, a dress. l

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Think is still o key word tor advanced algebra stu- dents, Tommy Strickland, Jim Brucki, and Windley Dunbar, especially on Friday's tests. Science courses at HPHS proved to be a real challenge to the students. ln biology, sophomores learned to reason scientifically and to use laboratory equipment properly. Five full-time teachers introduced their stu- dents to the amazing world of plant and ani- mal life. Many juniors and seniors pursued chemis- try, while those who desired knowledge con- cerning physical changes in matter enrolled in the physics class. New equipment for sci- ence study was purchased through the Na,- tional Defense Education Act. Mrs. Dockery's physics students, Doyle Early, Jim Van Ando, Neil Brackett, Wayne Lewallen, and Mike O'Connor, note the radioactivity count in various metals. Sponges are an interesting object of study in biology for Scott Hester, David Pruette, Donna Sowers, and Jov Purcelle. ln biology class, Ronnie Morris peers intently at a minute animal, whose only intention is to skitter shyly out of focus. I ..-

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.4p A sharp staccato fills Mrs. Price's typing class as Arinda Barker and Sandra Deal pound busily at their task, gaining skill for future careers. students for success in thc future. Under the direction of Mr. Berryman T. Cudd, the business education department at HPHS offered courses in typing, bookkeeping, shorthand, and business mathematics. Business mathematics offered students an opportunity to work with such problems as aliquot parts and skills related to the field of business. A dictaphone machine, a spirit duplicator, and a mimeoscope machine were used in con- junction with the typing courses. Business English and accounting principles were the new courses offered in the business curriculum. They both added to the develop- ment of HPHS business leaders. 43715 Mr. Cudd helps Gwen Stout, Zona Lanier, and Sylvia Embler to organize and record the endless rows of figures they encounter in bookkeeping class. Abstract Art? Not at all. Shorthand students Patsy Safrit and Fonda Hampton write the strange hierogly- phics that have meaning only to the initiated.