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

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SHOP BOYS Ag student Richard Martin analyzes a soil sample by comparing acids. Page twenty-six In wood shop junior Richard Banser labors over his hand-made creation. Fireworks rain from welding stalls in the shop building os two CPHS ' ers leorn the art of metal fusing.

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Giving baby o both in the home ec facilities are Vicki Urbanski, Valerie Bollman, and Mrs. Paul Georgas. Marlene Kucia sews vigorously to complete a new eve¬ ning dress in her freshmen home economics class. SPECIALTIES OF THE HOUSE Preparing an elegant dinner, planning a bud¬ get, mending a shirt . . . these are the home economics students. Girls conquered future problems, such as apartment planning, home decorating, family life, and child care. In addition, cooking and sewing, the basic es¬ sentials, were learned in class. Seamstresses solved the perplexing problems of altering, while cooks focused their talents on prepar¬ ing many delicious specialties. Most girls found their knowledge of sewing and cook¬ ing valuable, since they were able to apply these techniques to their present household problems. They learned by doing. Many saved considerable sums of money on cloth¬ ing, either sporty or dress wear. Then too, stu¬ dents who experimented with food in class cooked up exciting dishes at home for family dinners and snacks. Noncy Anderson, Leo Ann Newlon, Vicki Rock¬ well, Connie Patz, and Jone Willman work on a home economics project. Page twenty-five

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The CPHS shop department provided boys with good vocational trainings and increased their skills in hobby fields. In its building behind the main school structure, the depart¬ ment offered a variety of subjects. Classes included auto-mechanics, wood shop, machine shop, welding, agriculture, and general shop. After sampling a little of everything in the general shop survey course, the boys went on to more specialized work. For example, they learned how to test soil and what to do for mineral deficiencies. They learned techniques of cutting, brazing, an d oxyacetylene welding. They worked with lathes and sanders, making tables and lamps of wood. They experimented with drill presses, shapers, and milling ma¬ chines, working with metal. As mechanics, they poked wrenches into engines, ground valves, and observed gauge meters while deep in fine-tuning processes. PEER INTO ENGINES, POKE AT SOIL Junior Lorry Groet puts his wrench in action in the process of overhauling a car engine—a project of his auto-mechanics class.