Dallas High School - Dragon Yearbook (Dallas, OR)

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22 Putting the finishing touches on and fits a drawer. Vic Crace meticulously sands the bottom half of his gun cabinet project in Woods. Finding the metals shop full of surprising elements. Ron Cooley cautiously removes an aluminum ingot from the furnace prior to casting.

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Maintaining the agricultural nursery located west of DHS, Boh Bauer examines soil content of the grassy field. The compass aids Daiv Cooper in scribing an arc on his Technical Drawing project. Explaining the processes involved in a mill is Mr. Robert Burnham on one of the many forest and survey field trips. Intent on his technical work. Dan Allison diligently uses the drafting machine to complete his project. TECHNICAL DRAWING Blueprint Novelist Tech Drawing taught by Mr. David Breeden, ran five classes per day which included. Tech I, a beginning class, through Tech VI, the most advanced class. In addition, a Blueprint Reading I class was new for the ’72 school year. Projects covered in class included simple drawing, illustrating and architectural rendering. Tech drawing classes went on one field trip to Chemeketa Community College to visit the Tech drawing classes there. Mr. Breeden’s classes received four new drafting machines, a new airbrush, a used vari typer and a used Bruning Copy Flex. The copier and vari typer were donated by the Towmotor corporation. Some of the students were fortunate enough to have their work sent to the County Fair or displayed in the case outside room 32. Tim Robinson studies plans from his textbook before proceeding with his project. 21

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INDUSTRIAL ARTS Preparing a chair hoist for reinstalling a “straight six” engine arc Roy Bigelow, Don Sears and Nordone Dawkins, all power mechanics students. Carving Class Added With the addition of a new wood carving class, students had access to select more electives in the shop area. The carving class offered a wide variety of suitable woods, a chance to use hand tools and many craft projects. Each class required a project and some of those produced included: a tool box, jewelry box, fishing pole rack and a gun rack. Types of carving offered were: round, relief, wall plaque, bowl carving and candle holders. Along with wood shop, Mr. Brooks Wagner taught an electricity class in which students studied the fundamentals of generation operation and the basics of home and industrial wiring. Mr. Lowell Buswell taught power mechanics, welding, assembly-fabrication and farm equipment repair to those students interested in farm-oriented industrial arts. Mr. Gary Thayer displays his metal class’s individual projects to interested guests at the curriculum fair. Dave Walton intently fits a bolt into a carburetor in power mechanics, part of a complete overhaul project. 23