Crawfordsville High School - Athenian Yearbook (Crawfordsville, IN)

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Home Economics Emphasize Clreativit . reg? s Ei Above-One of the consequences of Boys' Home Ec. is eating your own cooking. Allen Plunkett, Roger Booher, and Tim Ramie don't seem to object, though, as they devour Dennis Robertson's food along with their own. Below-The girls spend their time learning to prepare more elegant foods. Paula Johnson and Bev Conway fix a fondue, very popular among students. Home economics is not only cooking and sewing-at CHS it is more. The main emphasis is on creativity and teaching students to be better buyers and managers. Marital problems, home nursing, and nutrition are covered in the home economics curriculum. Girls sewed and knitted clothing articles of their choice and tested new recipes throughout the year. The CHS Home Ec. Department did not ignore the boys. The one semester class for boys covered ironing, mending, and the selec- tion of proper clothing, as well as the preparation of well-balanced meals. Just what Bob Peterman always wanted to do-fix shrimp for a grade.

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Basic Skills Learned in Shop Classes Q., , Dale Hampton carefully operates a circular saw for a wood project in wood shop. fiawfbi Ron Dickerson sets type for one of many projects in printing class. 4'42:11 ' i ,Myy L V ,, 'ie,., . H: C Mike Yeoman calculates a measure- ment in wood shop. industrial arts has been called the study of industry. At CHS, however, the industrial arts de- partment puts great emphasis on teaching the student basic skills. in order to become competent in any career, students must first learn fundamentals. The indus- trial arts program at CHS consists of such subjects as electronics, machine shop, woodshop, and the graphic arts of printing and drafting. In the ICT Qlndustrial Coopera- tive Trainingj program the stu- dent is able to apply basic skills that he has learned. He has the opportunity to work in a job area that he wishes to pursue. Atheni- ans worked in local firms at such jobs as plumbing, radio and TV repair, meat cutting, body fender repair, shoe repair, water treat- ment, food service, and printing. .,,,....,... ,. fb 9 An electric arc is formed by an elec- tronics student.

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Labs, Films, Field Trips Play an Upper-Kevin Pugh inspects the Questar telescope lent to CHS by Wabash College. Lower-Experiments added value to normal science courses. Mike Westerfield fools around with photographic techniques. A class moves into the hall. A property of planetary motion is being demonstrated to physics students. A student turns his head at strange noises in the hall. The chicks have arrived. A new lab will begin in biology. This is part of science in action at CHS. Two years of biology, and one each of physics, chemistry, sci- ence topics, and physical science were offered to students at CHS this year. The Athenian applied his knowledge in laboratory condi- tions in order to gain a deeper understanding ofthe world around him. Films added more depth to the usual textbooks. Field trips were an important part of some classes. Mr. Carl Franz joined the sci- ence department as a chemistry teacher. He also supervised sci- ence topics. .X Above-Careful measurements are very important for accurate results in chemistry. Preparing for the next steps of the ex- periment are Jean Blackwell and Eric Lucas.