Dearborn High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Dearborn, MI)

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. . And Instructors Of Home Economics , l Marilyn Gubbins 'T' Yltlgne University B S. Home economics department strives to acquaint high school girls and sen- ior boys with the fundamentals of sewing and cooking. Besides learning these basic skills, beginning homemaking students Study personal grooming, and other special crafts. Advanced classes specialize in millinery, tailoring, budget- ting, and interior decorating. The boys classes have units in upolstery, meal planning, the selection and care of clothes, and the operation of sewing ma- chines. The girls who take a cooking course must serve at least one tea or banquet a semester, or must work as laboratory assistants to earn credits. Another very important course offered by this department is the modern liv- ing class. Pupils study child care and family and community relationships. Yes, the boys take home economics too. They are under the guidance of Mrs. Gubbins and are pictured on the lower left. Miss Waters is talking over a problem with Mrs. Gubbins while her students are busy sewing. They are shown on the right. i lllllll in! Q Dorothy Kaufman VVayne Vniversily HA Vkayne llniversity M. Ed Joan Waters VK'ayne University H.S.

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. . . Those Who Taught Expression In Art Marion Carson lfiiivcrsixy of XVisconsin BS. :N L'nivcrsily of Yvisconsin DLS. - J Robert Ferguson y X Umver ty of Michigan B.D. ' I ' 1' I ' 6 I W. Duane Smith l Oberlin College B.M. Wayne University M.Ed. Frank Suda n University of Michigan HAT. X University of Michigan M M Band. glee club, and choir constitute the music department. These groups often provide entertainment for school assemblies, football games, and other outside activities. The chief purpose of the department is to teach music apprec- iation and group participation. The art department at Dearborn offers classes in both art and crafts. Art stu- dents learn to work with different materials and the more talented artists of his group do work for the PIONEER. Craft students learn to work with wood, stone, leather, and clay. Both classes display their handiwork in the showcases of the main lobby. These elective courses count a half credit per semester. Pictured on the left is Mr. Smith who is conducting his gir1's Glee Club. Mr. Ferguson's craft class, which is or the right, is busy at work. A

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Rex Anderson i L le e BA- Q, N And Shop Who Taught U ful Skill I . 5 Frank Davies ' Illinois XVQ-.sleyzm Vnivcrsty B.A. lfniversliy uf Bliclugam M.A. 'L Gordon R. Grant V ' Great Lakes Cullrge B.S. x Harold Nelson ' 5. I 'Yormnl HS. I' uf Nlichigzin BLA. Q? x 11' . Clyde M. Roberts V l 'fl i . V . , ' X5 hw 3 Xlich:g.m Starr- Xornml HS. 4,-V 71 1 Luiiversity of Michigan Mfx. A 1 ' James Scott Ii EV -. .+ l Michigan Stall: Normal B.S. l K' It ' 'lit Training for a future vocation is the aim of the industrial arts department. Practical experience is acquired by actual work on various projects. Students of the wood shop learn to operate the lathe, drill press, and mec- hanical saws, while machine shop pupils use cutting tools. The electricity shop specializes in the operation of electrically driven machines. Members of the gen- eral shop choose the medium with which they work. Mechanical drawing is another course which is offered by the vocational de- partment. This course includes construction work which necessitates pictorial drawing, shading, dimensioning, measuring. and lettering. The students must be able to apply basic mathematic skill in their drawings. This course also ac- quaints them with the process of blueprint making. Print shop is a course which lasts for three hours. It gives the students an opportunity to learn the basic principles of the printing trade. They print most of the printed material used by DHS, such as the school paper, advertisements, and copy for the PIONEER. Auto mechanics shop. another three hour class, teaches the student fundamen- tal principles of fixing a car. Mr. Nelson is watching one of his students operate one of the many metal shop machines. He is pictured on the left. The lower right picture shows Mr. Roberts drafting class conscientiously doing their work, J,