Diman Vocational High School - Artisan Yearbook (Fall River, MA)

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PHYSICAL EDUCATION Physical Education and Athletics at Diman have the same responsibilities and the same objectives as has Formal Vocational Training in our well-organized School unit. This area of our education provides an opportunity for all to promote one's vigorous normal growth through a wide range of large motor activities such as the natural activities of daily life, free and individual play, games and sports, dances, athletics, remedial and corrective exercises. To have enjoyed the opportunity for the develop- ment of sound attitudes, habits, and knowledge of wholesome 'living is in generous measure due to our esteemed Supervisor and Coach, Mr. Charles C, O'Keefe, Ph. B. It was Coach O'Keefe who showed the way for experiencing and gaining satisfaction from such qualities as cooperation, social sensitivity, leadership, belonging, which gave each of us status Because of his sincere interest in each individual of our school, we have had the happy opportunity of developing interest, joy, and satisfaction in many skills, and these skills in terms of sports and recre- ational activities, which will undoubtedly continue into the mature use of leisure time. To him, we shall ever be deeply grateful for his unstinted efforts in teaching us how to live effectively in a democratic society.

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MECHANICAL DRAWING Technical drawing, or mechanical drawing as it has always been called in schools is a language through which the shape, size, and intricate details of construction of an object can be accurately and clearly described. It is the language of industry. Since all technical drawing is based on the theory of projection in drawing, this is the basis for descrip- tive geometry. We realize, also, that the study of technical drawing trains the mind to visualize an object in three dimensions-a training which is of great importance to all tradesmen. With the making of drawings to train the future tradesmen in neatness, carefulness, The introduction of the modern Driver-Education and Training Course at Diman has served to motivate great interest in the acquisition of a Massachusetts Driver's License. Time was, when a hit or miss attempt at making the grade served to permit the average motorist to use the highways without due regard for safety and regulations. All this has been changed. Under the capable direction. of Mr. Jeremiah E. Holland, our Driver Education course aims to develop in every student the proper skills, understandings, and attitudes so necessary for the safe operation of motor vehicles on our highways. Students soon realize the need for a developed ability to operate safely at all times, whether it be in employment, for transportation, recreation or in the armed forces. Under the sponsorship of the Registry of Massachusetts Motor Vehicles, the Diman course of Driver Training offers each boy the opportunity to learn the construction and maintenance of motor cars, the physical and mental qualifications of a good operator, laws and regulations, and the causes and prevention of accidents on the highway. A dual-controlled car is used for practiseg the gift of the Davis Chevrolet Company. In the classroom the student learns from the use of sound films and film strips. One of our proudest boasts is the fact that Diman Operators of Motor'Vehicles are participants in the award of Distinction for Superior Driving, which was recently accepted by His Excellency, Governor Herter from the combined Casualty and Surety Companies of the United States. and accuracy, mechanical drawing also provides him with the fundamental rules for understanding and reading blue prints-a factor which makes all pro- duction in the engineering fields possible. DRIVER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

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JUNIOR CHEF Not the least of the many useful Courses of Study in the Arts and Sciences that Diman offers to her worthy sons is the practical Shop and Academic In- struction in the Preparation and Serving of nutritious and wholesome food in our modern and well-equipped kitchen and cafeteria. Under the guidance of skilled Cooks, the MEN IN APRONSU soon assimilate the whys and where- fores of cooking, in preparation for their future careers as outstanding CHEFS in the Culinary Art. They realize at once that fundamental rules and axioms are as necessary in Cookery as in Mathg that definitions and cooking terms must be applied at all timesg that measurements, stoves and kitchen tools, are devices that fully prepare one to feel At HOME ON THE RANGE. We are modest in our assertions when we recall the many thrills enjoyed from the surprise production of a luscious, spicy apple pie eaten to its last flaky crumbsg an old-fashioned strawberry shortcake tum- bled with crushed berries and smothered under snowy whipped cream: either, delectably served by our Junior Chefs. It is our firm belief that some day soon, in the World of Work, the aspersion if you could only cook will be properly rectified to how Father could cook! by the future Oscars in our Junior Chef Dept.