Dallas High School - Dragon Yearbook (Dallas, OR)

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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

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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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DRIVERS ED UCATION Simulator Acquired Under the direction of Mr. Frank Kettleson, Dallas High sophomores studied the techniques of driving. The course stressed the importance of certain skills, such as turns, correct signaling, stopping and parking procedures. Students also got practice in changing tires and took practical driving tests. Some of the skills tested were; reaction time, visual acuity, depth perception and color blindness. Every student in Drivers Education had six hours in the car. This enabled them to apply classroom work to the actual act of driving. A new addition to the program. Drivers Ed. acquired a simulator which tested students while they viewed films. Many students who participated in the Drivers Ed. program found it easy and profitable. Drivers education classes keep up with women lib! Deanna Osteen observes Karen Andrews as she practices the emergency highway technique of changing a tire. FOREIGN LANG UAGE Course For Beginners Combining their efforts, Mrs. Margaret Kelly and Mr. James Johnston led their students through a fulfilling year in the Foreign language department. Besides the usual four levels of Spanish and French, a new course, Conversational French and Spanish were injected into the foreign language departments’ schedule. Spanish and French I students learned the fundamentals of their chosen language in creative ways such as reciting poems, learning songs, and French students wrote letters to pen pals. Higher levels of French and Spanish worked on translation and individual areas needing improvement. Both classes studied and discussed their chosen countries; their customs and people. 24