Central High School - Wakitan Yearbook (St Joseph, MO)

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SS ght SGS .I ' KIT , provide basic manual, mechanical training During their radio and T.V. repair class, Melvin Gehrs and Gary Howell check for new tubes needed in this T.V. set. Larry Courtin prints up businessmen's identification cards on one of the machines used in Hillyard's printing shop. Gary Gilmore, George Fisher, and Dave Scheidegger find that rebuilding a motor is much easier when they employ team- In industrial art courses, students learn the basic skills of woodworking, mechanical drawingf electricity, and metal crafts. The various projects that the students work on teach them skills that will be important in later life. Mechanical drawing students make drawings of mutilated blocks and learn how to use the T-square. They work with projection drawings and work drawings that describe the dimensions of the entire project. During the year students construct scale model homes from blueprints that they have drawn themselves. Mr. Ray Walker teaches General Shop. His students study the principles of blueprinting, electricity, and complicated machines in wood- working. Students make and wire electric motors and telegraph keys. Shop students also study blue- printing basics. Second year woodworking stu- dents produce tables, cabinets, desks, and book- cases. The arts and crafts class, taught by Mr. Dave Swyhart, work on stained glass mosiacs, wood sculptures, and metal works. They study the basic fundamentals involved in making useful metal articles' in the metal work shop. Hillyard Vocational School provides skilled instruction in several fields. Central boys study drafting, carpentry, electricity, and auto mechan- ics. This training enables the boys to develop the skills necessary for a profitable future. work. During their morning Hillyard class, these boys are instructed in every phase of auto mechanics.

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:Vial M l 5 l is Greg Cooper studies the maze of tools on the shop tool board and tries to find proper placement for the plane. Mr. Ray Walker demonstrates the use of a machine which en- ables him to make a board thinner than it was originally. He Industrial courses provi 6725, ' x W ,, iff? M' . An, yy, ef liz Mechanical drawing student Ron Starks finds that a straight edge and a protractor are essential tools for drawing. notes the safety factors involved in its operation, and advises the boys to be cautious of flying wood chips. H, 4 f Z. During their Gary Howell c ii Larry Courtii one of the ma Gary Gilmore rebuilding a

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