Dickinson County High School - Shamrock Yearbook (Chapman, KS)

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DICKINSON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL 15 shop and demonstration farm. The experiments on the farm are under the direction of the Agricultural College at Manhattan and have been continued for a number of years, making the results conclusive and valuable. . STANDING In 1913 the Dickinson Community High School was approved by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. This gives the school a standing equal to that of any school in the North Central states. Graduates from the College Preparatory course of the school will be admitted to any of the colleges or universities in this group of states without examination. This makes it easy and convenient for those completing the course to enter not only colleges within the state but those without the state as well. The Community High School has been approved for la number of years to receive state aid for Agriculture. In April, 1918, the school was approved by the Federal Government to receive the state and national aid under the provisions of the Smith-Hughes Act. This will amount to 81,100 during the year 1931-32, ending June 30. One-half of this .amount is paid by the national government and the remainder by the state. The state inspector has passed on the course in the Dickinson Community High School as meeting fully the requirements of the state department. The school is fully approved by the State Board of Education, being ranked Class A, which is the highest class for the state. Gradu- ates of any of the courses will be admitted to the state educational in- stitutions and colleges of the state without examination, but if one ex- pects to go to college, it would be better to select a course that will more nearly fit him for college work. This information is quite fully given under the heading of Graduation on a following page of this catalogue. WORK BY DEPARTMENTS MECHANICS The Dickinson Community High School has kept pace with the rapid development of our industrial nation. The courses in Wood- work, Farm Carpentry, Forge and Motor Mechanics have been changed from time to time to meet the needs of the community. The Woodwork and Carpentry shop is a well lighted room, 32x44 feet. The equipment consists of a double lathe, band saw, Universal saw, jointer, spindle shaper, emery wheel, electric glue pot, 19 wood- work benches, and an ample supply of tools. The Forge and Motor Shop is a well lighted room, 34x44 feet. The equipment consists of 10 forges of modern type, connected with an overhead exhaust system. Three of the forges are connected with the power blast, the other forges have hand-operated blowers. The Motor equipment is unusually ample and complete. It con- sists of all necessary hand tools, an electric drill, cylinder hone, cylin-

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14 DICKINSON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL TO COMMON SCHOOL GRADUATES You have finished the work of the common school and are no doubt planning to continue your education in the High School. In your choice of a school consider well the opportunities offered by the Dickinson Community High School. You have grown up in the coun- try and have attended a country school .nearly all your life. The sur- roundings that will be most natural and pleasant to you are those that are similar to your country school life. The Dickinson Commu- nity High School offers such surroundings. More than three-fourths of her boys and girls are from the country. Another important mat- ter in considering a school is the character of the work offered. The Dickinson Community High School oifers many practical as well as regular courses. Among the practical things undertaken are Farm Carpentry, Auto Repair, Gas Engine Repair, Cooking, Canning and Preserving, Meal Planning, Preparing, Serving and Buying for the same, Blacksmithing, Steel Tool Making, Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Penmanship, Typewriting, and many others, besides the regular courses in English, Latin, German, History, Mathematics, Science, etc. If you desire to prepare for a commercial position, you will find that many of the business colleges do not offer better courses nor better facilities. Besides you can secure this work free of tuition. If you wish to become a teacher, this school offers the only Normal Training course in the county. By completing the course and taking an examination, you can secure a state certificate to teach in the elementary schools. The musical facilities of the Dickinson Community School are un- excelled. There are opportunities for private lessons in Piano, Voice, Violin, Horn and other band and orchestra instruments, besides fret. instruction in Glee Clubs, Choruses, Band and Orchestra, and many op- portunities for public appearance. If you expect to return to the farm, you should have an ,ambition to be the most intelligent and up-to-date farmer in your community. The Agricultural course of the Dickinson Community High School will prove unusually helpful and beneficial. Our course in Home Economics is unusually strong, not only thor- oughly preparing for homekeeping but teaching economy in spending for the home. If you are planning to go to college, the College Pre- paratory Course of the Dickinson Community High School on its com- pletion will fit you to enter any of the colleges and universities in the North Central states and practically any in the United States. The College Preparatory Course of the Dickinson Community High School is approved by the state educational institutions and the State Board of Education, and its Agricultural course by the Federal Government. If you are interested in machines and desire to know more about ma- chinery, autos, gas engines and the like, the Dickinson Community High School offers unusual opportunities for work along these lines. The equipment, laboratories, and library of the Dickinson Com- munity High School are first-class in every respect. The library is one of the largest school libraries in the state ,and is exceptionally strong in bulletin material on rural schools, agriculture and home making. This feature of the library was pronounced by the Federal inspector as one of the best in the country. The equipment of the Science department is entirely adequate, and in Vocational Agriculture it is exceptionally good, including a

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16 DICKINSON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL der gauge, connecting rod aligner, valve lathe, valve reseating ream- ers, a complete set of adjustable and non-adjustable reamers, and a set of SAE and USS taps and dies. The chief aim of the Mechanics Course is to give such training that will make more efficient farmers. AGRICULTURE Agriculture is recognized ,as one of the major sciences. From the fact that the world is and always will be dependent upon agricultural products we may safely conclude that this field offers as great possi- bilities as any for the ambitious, especially for those who have an ag- ricultural background upon which to build. The Dickinson Community High School is recognized by those who are competent to judge as being one of the strongest Agricultural high schools in the state. The natural surroundings, diversification of crops and superior quality of livestock in the community give the school the high rank which it now holds in this Work. It was approved April, 1918, for state and federal aid under the provisions of the Smith-Hughes Act, which brings 51,100 to the school during the current year ending June 30, to be used for Agricultural purposes. One-half of this amount is paid by the Federal government and the remainder by the State. The Coursein. Agriculture is being maintained with very little cost to the communityg it is almost entirely supported by the State and Federal Aid. The work of the department is the practice as well as the theory of Agriculture along the lines of livestock, poultry, crops, soils and farm management problems. For the past six years a class project in poultry production has been carried on giving the student an opportunity of putting into ac- tual practice some of the things studied in poultry husbandry. In addition the projects have returned a profit each year demonstrating certain possibilities along the lines of egg production. Individual projects and home practice is also a feature of the course, thereby giving the student an opportunity to compete for scholarships offered to the students of agriculture by various organi- zations. The student also has the benefit of supervised instruction during the summer months as well as during the time school is in session. The work of the demonstration farm is co-operative with the Kan- sas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science and is one of the few plots throughout the state conducted by vocational schools, from which the college gets its data along lines of variety, yields, fertilizer tests, etc. The farm consists of eight acres that have been laid off in plots for demonstrations and fertilizer tests, rotation of crops, soil exhaus- tion and variety tests in wheat, oats, corn and clover. This demon- stration farm furnishes very practical material for work in crops and soils. Field trips, for the purpose of stock judging, building observa- tions, and poultry culling, are arranged to correlate with class work, thus giving thetstudent the opportunity to put into practice the teach- ings of 'the classroom in' many activities, which will be encountered in later life. j ' ' ' The Dickinson'Comrnunity High School with its many advantages offers the student coming from the farm the proper atmosphere for