Columbia City High School - Columbian Yearbook (Columbia City, IN)

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-sk Fr X Florence Petroff, Nancy Nelson and Sharron Lumbrun Larry Cramer learns the flmdamcmals operate various machines in the Commercial Department. of operating a sporting goods store from Brassie Phillips as a part of his ID. U. training. WE'RE RECEIVING PRACTICAL an N4 J LEFT TO RIGHT: Mr. King is instructing Gene Burns and Jim Kyler on the mechanics of the metal lathe. I0 Although Columbia City High School is not large, it offers many practical training courses including home economics, agriculture, shop, commercial courses, and the Diversified Oc- cupations program. The Diversified program is offered to all seniors who wish practical training in the field of their choice. The school system, business- men, hospitals, and merchants work with students, training them in vocations ranging from laboratory technicians to mechanics, With this experience as a background, the students are well prepared to make their occupational choices secure. Today home making and farm management are taught in our schools. The hottie economoc girls prepare for their futures by learning about foods, sewing, first-aid, home nursing, child care, and family living. A well-equipped kitchen is at their disposal, so that they may learn through actual experience the preparation of foods. The agriculture department teaches the boys

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X lg i WI TRAINING IN MANY FIELDS. effective farm management from crop rotation to farm accounting. They put their knowledge to practical use when they go on field trips and work on their various home projects, Commercial courses provide excellent op- portunities for our students to prepare for a business career. Shorthand, bookkeeping,typing, office practice, and general business make up the curriculum offered by the commercial de- partment. ' The industrial arts program is popular with the boys. A wide variety of courses and the opportunity to work many types of machines themselves make the classes appealing and use- ful, They include blue print drawing, metal and wood working, automotive mechanics and many others. During high school 95Uf0 of the students complete at least one vocational course. Whether college or work awaits a C. C. student upon graduation, each one finds his vocational training to be asset. M-m-m-rn, smell those pumpkin pies! The cooks are Patty Cearbaugh, Norma Wagner and Martha Ewbanlt.