Deer Park High School - Deer Yearbook (Deer Park, TX)

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On.-cam pus labs train mechanics Auto mechanics, the only laboratory vocational course in the curriculum held on campus, gives students participating in the program an oppor- tunity to learn a marketable skill while also qualif- ying for college entrance. To earn the required nine quarter credits, the future mechanics must spend three periods a day in the laboratory working on four to eight cyl- inder engines and also doing frame work on auto- mobiles. Customers are only charged for the parts used for repairs. To be eligible for the course, students are required to be a member of the upper class and have a good attendance record. Parents' consent is also necessary for participation. Seniors must take at least one solid course besides auto mechanics in order to graduate. Preparing for initial employment following graduation, junior and senior mechanics are qualified to function in trades, such as, automo- bile specialists, parts salesmen, service advisers, shop foremen or service managers. A. Senior John Tisdale cleans valves with the valve fac- ing machine housed in Auto Mechanics Department. B. Delicate work is supervised by Mr. Alvin Prentice before future mechanics conduct repairs. C. Together, juniors Johan McElroy and Chuck Goodwin put intake and exhaust valves into a head. D.Carefully placing the drum on the rear axle, junior Terry McFarlin completes a brake job on a Buick Limited. E. Becoming familiar with foreign mechanics, seniors Mike Klehn and Ricky Short replace the timing chain in a Datsun 2000. F. Junior Johan McElroy exerts all his energies towards an engine overhaul. AUTO MECHANICS I PAGE 99

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