Chester High School - Cestrian Yearbook (Chester, SC)

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OUR FUTURE FARMERS REALLY HAVE GREEN THUMBS 'ul E ARE a part of that great vital group that provides food for the American dinner table. Our school provides a three year agriculture course for students interested in forestry, dairying, and farming. We have home projects of various kinds. These deal with every phase of forestry, dairying, farming, and conversation in Chester County. We make many field trips observing and learning. We work closely with the County Farm Demonstration Department and with our soil conservation agents. Our Future Farmers' Club and our 4-H Club carry on many activities and participate in cattle shows, the county fair, and state fair. Some of our members attend both the state and national conventions, and several have won honors and valuable prizes. Through all of our study and activities we are learning to be progressive scientific farmers and dairymen. Mr. Pratt congratulates Leon Clack, president of our FFA chapter, for winning a trip to the National FFA Convention in Kansas City, Mo., while Mr. J. Parris, Leon's Ag. teacher, looks on. esfmwwt ,rflfe r A '-lm'-Q . .qi'-4m, -11, -, '1'.... e i.--. iv --nuIQ ' in L- 4:-1 ',.- -U WL.,- .. f--nr-'Y In The Ag boys like their field trips and outings such as These future farmers in the Ag. department checking Steve Logan and Pete Demas are having here. on new ideas in farm magazines. 28

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Mr. Herbert Tyler, Band director, Mrs. Catherine Moore, High School Chorus director, picking out a happy tune. A VARIETY or Music, HARD woRK AND FUN isgpuja Morro . Hi ' ' Q we 2, OUR HIGH SCH OL music department offers a wonderful variety of all types of music-be it classical, standard or popular jazz. Singing is an activity and an art that we really enjoy. Now don't get the idea that Mrs. Moore doesnt make us work and that quite often she really lays us lowf' 1 Ever heard her at it? She really knows how, and it gets results, too. Q We love our music periods. We like the marvelous variety and selections of our concerts at Christmas and in our spring recital. We appreciate learning to sing in parts, and then there is that marvelous feeling of having done a job real well-our proof of this-the tremendous ovation given after a good perform- ance. We learn to love music and to express this love in our joy of singing. Our Chester High School Band is one of the outstanding marching outfits in the state. Lovely evidence of this is our large handsome silver trophy won this year. We work hard long hours to attain perfection in executing smart snappy precise patterns of marching movement and musical change. Very handsome new red and white uniforms add much to our appearance this year. Already we have been invited to march in the Charlotte Carousel, to perform between halves at the North Carolina, South Carolina Shrine Bowl Game, to play in the Charlotte Coliseum and to participate in the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington. Each spring we give a full dress musical concert that is the highlight of a year's practice. We consider being a member of our ban an honor and a privilege. 1, f 4. . , J Mr. Tyler busy at Work with his junior band. Seniors with Brownlee at the piano enjoying a sing. jj. Major, James, Tommy, and Eddie our favorite barber shop quartet. 27

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,z I Y' I ' X ,ff 1 I f f' ,I ff' 7 Mr. Black, Textile instructor, Mr. Parris, Agriculture teacher, and Mr. Boulware, Auto Mechanics instructor, hav- ing a friendly chat in front of the Auto Mechanics building. STUDENTS UTILIZE ARTISTIC AND MECHANICAL ABILITIES IN THEIR INDUSTRIAL AND ART CLASSES . .4 , wx M. 5- DELICATE precision tools are used in mechanical drawing. Perhaps some future architect displays his skill and imag- ination with his tools and a piece of draftsman paper. In this department, we use our artistic skill in making both simple and more complicated pieces of furniture. We gain an appreciation for beautiful wood and watch with pleasure its shine and soft gleam as we finish a desk, chest, or chair. We learn something of carpentry, a most useful skill for any of us. Auto mechanics students learn the structure and mechanism of familiar machines and practice their abilities in our own garage. We study the complete structure of a car-the electrical Mr. Clark, our Manual training instructor, showing a group of his students how to use a planing machine. system, the fuel system, the suspension and transmission of an automobile. Often we work on fellow class mates' cars, the school cars, and even some of our teachers trust their cars with us. We study, learn, and practice to become good auto mechanics. In our textile shops, we find a group of students learning how to operate card machines, looms, and spinning frames. We study a course in mathematics that is especially designed for textiles. We also plan and make cloth designs. For practice, we actually make bolt after bolt of cloth. Our department sells this material, which is excellent for a great variety of purposes. Because of our school shops, we are able to obtain good jobs in many of the textile mills near by. A world of color, symmetry, and beauty is unfolded in the art and ceramics department. Discolored finger tips are the trade marks of those who work with ceramics. We watch with wonder as we form with our hands something of beauty from a mass of clay-bowls, plates, costume jewelry, pitchers, jars-all involve in lovely, muted colors from our potter's wheel and glazing ovens. From vivid oils, water colors, pastels, and dark charcoal come many varied and interesting sketches. Their subjects may be land- scape, still life arrangements, and occasionally live models. We tackle both modern and traditional subjects. This course oHers practice as well as a greater appreciation of the masters of the art. Mr. Black holds the interested attention of his class as he explains this weaving machine. We might say these boys are car surgeons tinkering with