Delphi High School - Oracle Yearbook (Delphi, IN)

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Build Tomorrow's Future This calf is sure to be the Grand Champion at any fair. These boys in shop learn the intricacies of gasoline engines. The classes in vocational arts which are available at Delphi High School are Home Economics and Agriculture. The importance of such classes, that students may develop the use of their hands, can not be overstressed. The vocational arts are offered in all four years of high school and the studies progress to a high degree of complexity. Although suits may be made in the fourth year of home economics, skirts form the necessary back- ground. In addition to sewing, cooking, and child- care, the principles of finance, house plan- ning, and nutrition, are part of Home Ec. Discussions about etiquette prepare the girls and also several boys taking home economics for more gracious living in the future. Up-to-date farm methods to help the com- ing generation meet the greater needs of the future are taught in Agriculture. Live- stock production and farm management are taught with the help of visual aids and neces- sary field trips. Opportunities to participate in iudging contests for cattle and crops are provided for the students. The wide variety of related fields including Ag. Chem., Ag. Engineering, and Forestry increases the de- mand for these high school courses. Now hold still, Pam England tells Gerry Shepard. s

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Care, patience and know-how have their rewards in well de- signed and useful products. Sue Murphy and Zarada Hughes agree a stitch in time saves nine. Today's Hands Our Industrial Arts Department, better known as Shop, is composed of several vital areas, each playing an important part in the development of talent. These departments range from Freshman Shop to the advanced courses through the four years of high school. Some of the more specialized divisions of industrial arts are: General Shop, in this pre- liminary course the student is introduced to the basic procedures in many departments, Wood, here the student is developing talent pertaining primarily with wood working, Metal, in this course the student acquires the art of working with metals, Power, a year in this course will supply the student with sufficient knowledge and under- standing to repair small gasoline engines, Draft- ing, this department at Delphi concentrates into one year the techniques of mechanical drawing and blue print reading that other schools do in two or three years. The main purpose of industrial arts is to ac- quaint the student with the use and technique of hand tools and powered machinery, while it develops skillful hands useful in later life. The draftsman is an initiator of design.

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Better Bodies to Build a Better Notion 'That's it boys, kick a little harder now. 'You mean all this, Miss Ghere? groans Sandy Vianco inwardly. One, two, three, four, bend a little farther! This is a common statement heard from Miss Ghere or Mr. Berto during the hourly Phys, Ed. class. Along with the required exercises, each new day introduces an interesting variety 'of games. The girls enter into a competitive spirit by playing hockey, softball, volleyball and competing in many types of relays. The boys employ themselves with more strenuous activities. They exercise their skills in basketball, relays, working out on the trampoline, and by learning wrestling and muscle- building techniques. Soon the boys are seen building pyramids using sheer brute strength. With all the present-day emphasis that is placed on physical fitness, the four-year physical educa- tion program plays a most important role in the all-around development of the student, physical development as well as mental. In this class girls, the sky is the limit.