Civic Memorial High School - Spectator Yearbook (Bethalto, IL)

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Industrial Arts The New Electricity Class was integrated into the Industrial Arts Department Curriculum during the 1960-61 school year. The units of instruction are to follow the scientific approach. The theory and principles of electricity will be studied in detail with the students performing experiments to prove to himself the basic fundamentals. Upon completion of the fund- amental training, the student will be required to design and construct suitable projects. The advanced metalworking class has a four area program. Each section has been designed to show the students the need for good workmanship, occupational information and to stress the all important necessity of working together as good citizens. The class is divided into four groups. 1r. Vollmar observes students operating the casting furnace. M r. Compis explains an electrical diagram to a group of students 11

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Home Economies Inexpensive Christmas decorations for the home are made by the advanced classes in homemaking. With a piece of paper, a little ribbon and the technique - your gift 10 is wrapped. The Homemaking Department with its two teachers. Miss Amelia Stallings and Mrs. Mary Kay Doody. has an enrollment of 182 students. Eighty freshman girls were enrolled in Home- making I, where they studied personality develop- ment, grooming, clothing selection and con- struction, nutrition, preparation of breakfast foods, etiquette, baby sitting, home nursing, and careers. Thirty-five girls took part in the Homemaking II curriculum, where they studied: Conservation of foods, meal planning and preparation for the family and social entertaining for friends; clothing and personal appearance, advanced sewing and buying techniques were stressed. Management of time and energy were studied in relation to the girl's own resources. A child care unit terminated the year's activities. Homemaking III with an enrollment of fifteen girls worked with children's clothing, infant care, home management, housing, foreign foods, and nutrition. The highlight of the year was a three- week exchange with the Industrial Arts classes. Electricity, metal working, drafting, and wood- working were viewed. Meanwhile the boys from the respective classes attended Homemaking class- es with studies in etiquette, care of clothing, and some food preparation. Fifty-three junior-senior boys and girls studied Family Living covering the problems of dating, engagement, and marriage.

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A design, some paint and plenty of boys and girls and we have a mural. The boys paint the high spots. The Art Department has shown much prog- ress under the direction of their new instructor, Mr. William Hodge. They have tried their hand at sculpture, murals, all types of drawing and painting. Their latest creation is the making of their drapes, which turns the Art Room into a regular studio.