East Aurora High School - Speculum Yearbook (Aurora, IL)

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wdtdia lie cfcwazaama Members of the home nursing class are taught to care for the sick in the home. In the top picture M. Chapman is shown applying a hot pack to C. Buri, and B. Stiefbold is giving medication to B. Stammett. In the rear, B. Schmitt demonstrates the proper way to make a bed. C. Baum, M. Thompson, E. Pennington, H. Drake, L. Castner, D. Donnan, and D. Stull are shown in bottom picture making first aid equipment for use in the home. 22 Training students to be better drivers is the purpose of the new drivers' education course. C. M. White, instructor, B. Gain, E. Hennen, D. Hauer, and R. Miller are shown preparing to go for a training cruise. Though 56 are enrolled in the course, only four students are taken at one time for practice on the dual control car. 'fr wAmxnGC5' it T Y East High's new machine shop, located north- east of the main building, is offering a broader field of manual training to mechanically in- clined boys. Eventually j5100,000 will be spent for equipment which will further train the stu- dents to operate machines. R. Kunold, instruc- tor, and A. Wilson are working on the Monarch lathe machine.

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A stitch in time will save many dollars for girls who learn the art of converting a few yards of cloth into the new look. In the home economics depart- ment, the girls also learn how to plan and cook nutritious meals. M. Duindie, C. Benter, H. Todas, J. Schosseler, and S. Fourmont are executing the various phases of tailoring. R. Hanson, C. Douglas, C. Frisch, and C. Morey, advanced Spanish students, are shown discussing in Spanish their day's assignment. These daily group discussions, as they are carried on completely in Spanish, aid the student in ob- taining a practical speaking knowledge as well as a grammatical knowledge of the language. 21 NK ,ftflxfvif v-45 f rx A .iii-ci' Every year the art classes exhibit examples of the projects completed during that year. Not only pictures are displayed but also clay and plaster models, toys, ornamental jewel boxes, and cloth woven by students. F. Moore, F. Miksa, W. Olson, D. Lussky, and R. Hanson. members of the music survey class, are shown listening to a recorded sym- phony and following the score with sheet music. This theory course teaches students the analysis and appreciation of music. The music depart- ment also offers opportunities for the expression of musical talents, both instrumental and vocal.

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F. Cozzoni, R. Strejc, and D. Davis, members of the electricity I class, are shown putting heat- ing elements in electric toasters which they are assembling. Members of the electricity II class have built radio receiver sets as their project. These classes meet in the new worlcroom, which is in the machine shop building. Practical experience is gained in the printing classes where students learn the art of typesetting and publications work. The boys print the Azzromzz and various other projects, including programs for school activities, athletic schedules, and office supplies. At the stapling machine is P. Breyneg at the press, D. Sawitoski and L. Klimpke. 9 Students of the machine shop course are taught evaluation of machinery and care of property. Equipment includes lathes, drill presses, milling machine, shaper, surface grinder, electric welder, and gas welder. Swanson, D. Murphy, D. Buck, and G. Leden, members of the course, are shown operating individual driven lathes. Amid the hum of planets, the buzz of saws, and the pounding of hammers, general shop stu- dents create bookcases, occasional tables, cabinets in Duncan Phyfe, Hepplewhite, and modern styles. Such work won honors in state competia tion many times. A. Moga, Zelazny, R. Speights, and R. Shur are shown with their work.