Dallas High School - Dragon Yearbook (Dallas, OR)

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Senior Laurie Bennet, chooses one of the many available embossing designs to use on a leather harness in Mrs. Baker's Crafts class. ARTS AND CRAFTS New Class Added Art for man's sake was certainly evident among the students enrolled in Fine Arts classes. Through arts and crafts, students not only expressed themselves, but made useful projects as well. Taught by Mrs. Jackie Gwinn, Crafts students enjoyed rug-hooking pillows and wall hangings and leathercrafting candle holders, belts and purses. In the fall, ghastly beasts were paper machied for the AFS haunted house. The relatively, new craft of bottle cutting was introduced for the making of glasses, mugs, and goblets. Mrs. Pat Baker taught Art I which was limited to drawing and design with traditional materials. Her Art n students advanced to acrylics, professional water colors, silk screening, sculpture and jewelry. Art HI produced posters for plays, concerts and other school events while trying various printing and commercial art processes. Coil, slab and wheel pots, as well as coffee mugs and casseroles were the results of the Ceramics class. Painting students worked with water colors and acrylics in the creation of self portraits, landscapes, and copies of famous paintings. Truly, a myriad of activities evolved from creative minds, occupying all enrolled. Applying glaze as a finishing touch to his ceramic slab planter, occupies the full attention of Louie Bryant. 18 Displaying her talents in Mrs. Baker's Crafts class, Debbie Smull rug hooks the blue yarn section of her Aztec Sun.

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onstrates the inking of a perspective drawing to fellow' students Keith AGRICULTURE “Know Your Land” The study of agriculture became timely with new and more relevant things happening during the year. The forestry and surveying class did extensive work in learning the many names of trees, along with touring saw mills to understand how lumber is made. They also investigated fire fighting, forest management and special consideration was given to crop studies; which included fertilizers, kinds of crops and how and when to plant them. The students of animal science gained a background in animal physiology, digestion and absorption of food, type and nature of feed and management practices. Emphasis was placed on livestock varieties, procedures and cattle marketing by instructor Mr. Robert Burnham. Work continued in the agriculture shop on the repair of farm machinery and the care of agricultural equipment under the direction of Mr. Lowell Buswell. Emphasis was placed on shop safety, the use of tools and machine set up with simple construction methods and principles of repair being stressed. In electric arc and oxy-acetylene welding, stress was placed on position welding, welding safety and fundamental welding principles. Juniors, Jim Ames and Rick Stepper survey uphill grades in Mr. Burnhams seventh period Forestry and Survey class. 17

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Ceramics student, Cathy Mason paints glaze on her pot in the final stage of its constructions. Cathy is an active art student. Browning meatballs, Italian Style, for her Foods n class offers Sandy Wilske the challenge of foreign food. HOME ECONOMICS Home Economist Added Veteran Home Economics teacher Mrs. Jackie Gwinn headed the foods department and placed emphasis on speciality cooking. Included in her semester course were such unusual activities as baking yeast breads, fixing special breakfasts, cake decorating, foreign cookery, preparing fondue and outdoor cooking. The new addition to the Home Ec. staff, Mrs. Mary Ann Johnson, took charge of clothing. Areas covered included party dresses, tailored coats and lingerie, with cuffed knit pants being a favorite choice of girls in sewing classes. Thirty-five juniors and seniors enrolled for Courtship and Marriage classes first semester. Three class topics were: Knowing Yourself, Marriage Preparation and Adjustments During Marriage. Home Furnishings replaced Courtship and Marriage at the semester. Designing and Furnishing a model home were goals of enrollees and such things as color co-ordination, space utilization and interior decoration were stressed. Through a program of individualized instruction, homemaking students were able to become more confident in areas of special interest. Testing the flammability of polyester fabric, Patty Olbekson and Lisa Dickerson complete an interesting clothing assignment.