Downingtown High School - Our Year Cuckoo Yearbook (Downingtown, PA)

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Home Economics JUST THE WAY MOTHER WOULD DO IT. Sharon, Dolores, Elise, and Vera prepare a meal for important guests. Home Economics develops the homemaking skills and the knowledge necessary for family living. The areas covered in the program are cooking, sewing, child care, health, and housing. The goal of this department is to strengthen relations within the family group, the community, and ultimately the world. Agriculture The Vocational Agriculture Curriculum consists of instruction in the classroom, work in the shop, and supervision of farming projects. This department is designed to help interested boys to gain proficiency in modern scientific methods of agriculture, to develop skill in the repair of farm equipment, and to acquire the knowledge necessary for vocations in the agriculture field. THIS IS THE WAY TO START IT. Mr. Klinger advises Robert Floor as the Class observes.

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Mathematics Because a knowledge of mathematics has practical value for everyone, phases of this subject are available to every student in Downingtown High School. Through classes in arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and the new math, the Mathematics Department meets the needs of every student. THIS MUST BE THE CORRECT ANSWER, Larry and John tell Richard Business Education Our well-equipped Business Department trains students for positions in the various fields of the business world. Modern equipment helps them to become efficient in the specialized jobs which will be available to them. The Commercial Curriculum includes bookkeeping, shorthand, typing, clerical or office practice, economics and law, retail selling, business mathematics, and advanced business. 2+2 = 4! NANCY BUSBY, BARBARA AMMON, KRISTINE MENTO find the answer easily with adding machines. 18 KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE BOOK, NOT ON THE KEYS.

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Industrial Arts The basic areas of Industrial Arts at Down-ingtown are woodworking, metalworking, the graphic arts, drafting, electronics and power mechanics. The activities in each area are designed to fulfill the needs of the individual student with emphasis on the development of useful skills to better prepare him for our industrial society and for avocational interests. Projects completed during the year are exhibited in the various Delaware Valley Fairs. KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL ARE NECESSARY QUALITIES IN THE SHOP, as Pat Bucci, Don Miller and John Warmijak well know. think THERE IS THE SOURCE OF THE POWER, Mr. Skelly points out to the boys in electronics class.