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

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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.

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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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INTERIOR DECORATING The painting and decorating trade is one of the basic trades in the construction industry and is one of the few trades which has not been affected by the introduction of machinery or by the need of a large amount of capital for establishing an independent business. It is a trade in which individual ability and talent may be recognized and rewarded. Painting does not mean merely the covering of surfacesg anyone can do thatg it does mean, however, the knowledge of how to protect and beautify surfaces which only a trained person can do properly. This knowledge is now more essential than ever before. Revolutionary progress in the last twenty five years has been made in the fields of color and paint production. This progress embraces the development of new pigments and pigment combinationsg the perfection of synthetic resins and oils to replace natural productsg color styling and color psychology which have completely revised previously accepted concepts of the trade. Painting and Decorating have now developed from an ancient art to a modern science.