Cody High School - Comet Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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uzcafionaf eclucafion. In the top photograph, welding students found it Electrical students sometimes found that talking it necessary to pay particular attention to instruction over with fellow classmates as they worked helped before advancing on their own projects . . . And in the them to complete assigned projects with little bottom photograph, .lim Grenier, tooling up as a pros- difficulty. pective mechanic saw to it that his machine was in proper working condition. Cody's future homemakers and workers in industry had the opportunity to get specialized training through a vocational program of education. Food classes learned more than just how to cook. Students mastered the art of setting an attractive table and planning menus with color, taste, and appetite appeal. Sewing students learned to make their own clothes, and more advanced sewing classes had a hand in creating original costumes for Shake- speare's Taming of the Shrew. Co-eds learned the fine points of homemaking and nursing in classes of family living and child care, while future interior decorators tried their hand at designing modern decors. Shop apprentices were directed along specific vocational interests. The introduction of a new textbook gave student draftsmen the advantage of leaming more about design and advanced drafting techniques. A special machine for manufacturing drills offered shop students special training in industrial skills. Eleven Ford Industrial Art Awards won by Cody students proved that several semesters of vocational training and study rewarded their accomplishments. One hundred six

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Do you have a skeleton in your closet? Mrs. Andrews does! A curious student decides to try it on for size. Student horticulturists carry out assignments in Cody's green house as they prune, transplant, and study many varieties of unusual plant life. The miniature world of wonder unfolds under the powerful lens of the microscope . . . The smell of formaldehyde filled the room as a biology student studies the anatomy of the earthworm. One hundred five

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fraind or fo 5 Cooking students sometimes find preparing a delicious meal isn't all that it is cooked up to be. Pins, needles, patterns, and a bolt of cloth were the working materials needed by sewing students for the start of their new spring outfits. One hundred seven