Chamberlain High School - Totem Yearbook (Tampa, FL)

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RONALD CAKORA, Ronnie Clarlc, Don Jones, Cecil Parker, Howard Leary are busy seleciing roof s'l'oclts for iransplaniing. VOCATIONAL Agriculture offers many opportunities for boys to indulge in their favorite subject, whether it be animal hus- bandry or the case of a green thumb. This course gives a student a chance to pursue his interests, while at the same time, prepares him for a career in a phase of farming. Facilities offered for this course are many: storage places for tractors and other farm im- plements, a corral for enclosing any livestock being used in the Learning To Do Doing To Learn Earning To Live Living To Serve Nuwmsor . P E ,F Nitin ,MVP 5.-,gg CA gjgjtigi 'Zin 6 X C' :fb Q 0 i' .11 Q F' C 45 -- Y 3 ros ie 'rufj b b ... O in T.M.REG,U.S.PAT. FF department for projects, and a miniature grove in which the boys learn the Ways of caring for the same. Boys participating in this course all have a farm project under their own care. These projects are often shown to the public in such Ways as district, county, and state fairs. Vocational Agricul- ture is still young in Tampa, dating back to the first course offered at Franklin Junior High School eight years ago. SCOOTER TOO visii's Chamberlain. Official greeiers are Ag boys, Bobby Barnes, John Kaiander, Ronnie Human.

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MR. ROLAND HILL i i OFFICERS OF FFA, Bobby Barnes, Charles Roberts, David Donaldson, Walter Casey, and Glenn Dickerson, iust getting their picture made. Future Farmers ot America Study Farming Methods A SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN with a southern drawl is MR. ROLAND V. HILL. A charter member of the CHS faculty, Mr. Hill is the Vocational Agriculture instructor and the sponsor of the Chamberlain chapter of the Future Farmers of America. Mr. Hill received his Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture from Berea College in his home state of Kentucky. In his leisure time, Mr. Hill enjoys tending and pampering his nursery-citrus, that is. Mr. Hill could well be described as an active outdoors man, proven by his deep tan and healthy build. Though classroom teach- ing is an integral part in the instruction of his Ag. boys, directing students in their first-hand experience behind the tractor and other implements are also necessary. Tilling of the soil is not the only phase of Mr. Hill's profession. Animal husbandry and citrus care and planting is another section of Ag., again taking Mr. Hill out under the healthful Florida sun. 4 WAYNE JEFFCOAT, Pat Milam, Dennis Diaz, John Kaiander, construction on a tarm trailer. We CHARLES SHELL, Bob Hunter, and Ronald Calcora setting citrus root stoclcs. 96

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s R Nc, . fe . LLxiL MR. HAROLD WEESNER MAKING USEFUL objects out of wood is one ot the arts practiced by these boys. Skill and Precision Shown by Industrial Art Students XVITH AN EYE to the future, the students in MR. HAROLD WEESNER'S Mechanical Drawing classes prepare themselves for careers as draftsmen, automobile designers, or one of the numerous other occupations for which this course is a prerequisite. Mr. Wfeesner teaches classes in Mechanical Drawing 1, 2, and 3, and co- sponsors the Camera Club. He received a B.S. degree from the University of Tampa and a Masters degree in Education from the University of Florida. Caution pays off in industrial arts classes such as the ones taught by MR. JOHN JACKSON. Co-sponsor of the Camera Club Mr , . Jackson teaches classes in Wfoodworking 1, 2, and 3, Mechanical MR. JOHN JACKSON p jg l!0' X Drawing, and General Metals. He received a BS. degree from Florida Southern, an M.A.E. from the University of Florida and even was a member of Epsilon Pi Tau honorary industrial arts fraternity. Masters of the saw are the Industrial Arts students, under the teaching supervision of Mr. John Jackson. The boys taking Shop I and Shop H learn the art of using the saw and hammer. These novice artisans also create Hne pieces of furniture and metal work. The hum of activity you hear in the 400's hall might well be Shop I students working on sheetmetal, wood, or leather. Shop H students place emphasis on woodworking, electricity, and ceramics. EXCHANGING ideas and washing up come after a hard day's work. Q 'ximian '