Cody High School - Comet Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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Vocational instruction trains students in tools of the trade Fifty-six INDUSTRIAL ARTS TEACHERS . . . Top Row: L. Bigos, A. Cogliandro. Second Row: M. Eller, J. Hija, T. Hoover fdepartment headj. Third Row: K. Jackson, J. McNicho1, J. Macleod. Bottom Row: P. Payne, R. Shell, E. Williams. ' 'fije2iQf'f' -aft,-'Elk it ' . ' lt'f,y177E.'sf ffIQ' '31 . t.1-its x ' s, f f s!+5fs1tQf1rlgiss -1-gg-tai . mam- . 1 ' .t -e -1- . J . Applying his new knowledge of this intri- cate machine shop lathe, Frank Kramer produced a regulating plug for a self- manufactured lawn sprinkler. Cody shop classes supply the incentive for hundreds of boys who will be a part of tomorrow's industry. In the classroom, students learned to co-ordinate their trades with others in producing a product for use in school and business. Starting with the draftsmen, drawings of intricate parts and objects were drafted to scale for shop classes. The drawing then progressed to the shop where it would be skillfully turned into a product. Those in the wood shop built chairs, tables, and cases. In the metalworking shop it became wrought-iron furniture and decorations. Cutting, drilling, and welding all were accomplished in the machine and welding shops. I n the end, these industrious classes turned out a finished product, obtained through the co-ordinated steps of small scale manufacturing.

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Businesslike class routines stimulate career apptitude Student salesgirls practice employing merchandising techniques learned in a retailing class to overcome cus- tomers' sales resistance. Prospective secretaries use their best telephone manners in simulated conversations in co-operative ofhce practice classes. They find that courtesy and tact are necessary for all kinds of office work. The efficient routine and atmosphere of today's modern ofiice pervaded Cody's business education classrooms. Here, business majors learned that successful secretarial and retailing jobs often involved adjusting to complex office procedures and businesslike work habits. I n the classroom, students had every opportunity to employ initiative, efficiency, and cooperative attitudes necessary for making their mark in business. They strove to be neat, quick, and accurate in their work, whether operating modern oyfiicemachines, keeping detailed accounts, or taking dictation. Success in business, however, demanded proficiency in basic typing, bookkeeping, and shorthand skills which students had to master before they could take up classes in cooperative office Business students put into practice the principles of eflicient filing as they cross-index the office records they prepare in class. practice and business co-op. Fifty-five

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Mr. Doll, practicing teacher, rolls up his shirtsleeves and A Welding student learns the proper anblication of pitches right in to help an advanced woodworking student Cllttlng metal. With HH HCCYYICUC f0fCh- ThiS basic Skill reinforce a table before screwing it together. Wlll Permlt hlm to perform more advanced work, B ins ectin a scale model frame architectural draft- Anything from a simple one tube receiver to Frank Mar- I Y P 8 , shall's highly complex oscilloscope are possible individual mg students visually learned to understand some of the projects in Cody's electronics classes. details in constructing a house. Fifty-seven