Crown Point High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Crown Point, IN)

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To keep up with the growing needs of the shop classes, the new shop building was completed this spring. There are large spacious rooms with plenty of storage space for both the wood shop and the machine shop. The modern top feed-rail electrical system makes moving the various machines around the shop possible. Both of the shop classes are able to use the lecture room when “book work” or explanations of their work are needed. Each of the shop teachers has an office with windows through which he can see the entire shop. The new drafting room has special lighting as well as large window space. Nora Vance, Ron Helsel Page five The boys who are taking agriculture will have access to the farm shop, which has a door for large machinery that they might, want to study or repair. A small laboratory with a sink and cabinets is connected to the agriculture classroom. On one end of the building there is a garage which will be used for the school buses.

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IN KEEPING WITH THE TIMES The world outside Crown Point High School affects us more than we some¬ times realize. We get so engrossed in our personal surroundings we seldom absorb world events. The Second Assembly of the World Council of Churches convened in Aug¬ ust at Evanston, Illinois. The Festival of Faith at Soldier Field united Chris¬ tians of all countries. A nation-wide fight against infantile paralysis, a dreaded erippler, com¬ menced with the vaccination of thous¬ ands of children. Further research is conquering polio. The yellow brick shop building is an addi¬ tion to our school campus this year. It was started in June, 1954, and finished in March, 1955. The total cost of the building was $100,- 000. There are three shop areas and three class¬ rooms. Beside the storage rooms in both the wood shop and the machine shop, a special paint shop with coil heating and drying is at¬ tached to the wood shop. EXPANSION OF VOCATIONAL PROGRAM Page four

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Bob Kauffman, Lester Hale, Lyle Monzulla DCE PROVIDES ON THE JOB TRAINING This is the second full year that our high school has had a Diversified Co¬ operative Education program. The pro¬ gram, one of twenty-six such programs in the state, has been established to integrate classroom learning with on- the-job training. The employer must provide a two semester course of training with at least fifteen hours work each week. At least one school period each day is devoted to the study of related subjects. The school recommends boys sixteen or over in the junior and senior classes who seem interested and are qualified for the training. The Crown Point hoys are engaged in carpentering, variety store work, print¬ ing, auto mechanics, service station work, radio and television repairing, auto body repairing, office management and watch repairing. Laurence Blanchard not only studies watch repairing in school, but he also applies his knowledge to more practical use in a local jewelry store, where he gains valuable experience. Laurence takes an active part in our DCE program. Here he is shown studying watch repairing at school. Laurence is the only hoy in the state studying this par¬ ticular trade on the DCE program. Page six