Eastern High School - Punch and Judy Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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Practical Experience Carves Eventualit One hundred office machines students learned t-o operate six new machines,-multigraph, voice recorder. addressograph, electric typewriter, add- ing machine. and calculator. The operators assist- ed the Home and School Association by addressing BUSINESS-Miss Doris Williams, Mrs. Mary North, Mr. Rupert Sharitz, department chairman, Miss Edith Drumm, and Mrs. Alberta Lasham watch Mrs. Elizabeth Mewshaw demonstrate the new addtessograph machine. Mr. Sharitz has charge of the school store. meeting announcements and 16,000 copies of the annual Alumni Bulletin. Seventy office training pupils learned funda- mentals of office procedure through operating the switchboard, running errands, delivering mail, typ- ing, and other clerical duties for Miss Egbert, Mr. Woodworth, the business office, advisers, and teachers. To supplement the knowledge gained through practical training, shorthand and typing courses were offered to aspiring secretaries. CHECK AND DOUBLE CHECKAIn office training Betty Lambert checks addressograph plates of parents, all of whom are invited to Home and School meetings. fi'-sl 'guy 'mov gi Xa Y Vi . ' Vw. ,. X.. EASY DOES IT-Ellen Alherding and Dwight Hayes oper- ate the Nfultilith duplicating machine. one of the new pieces of equipment for office machines classes.

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DD UT ENTER HOME ECONOMICS-Miss Helen Beck and Mrs. Emma Berry look over the blueprints for the remodelling of the home ec. department. Mrs. Berry sponsors Y-Teens. Home economics pupils at the end of the year glimpsed the wonders of housekeeping in the elec- tronic age. A ST2,000 renovation provided new equipment, including electric refrigerators and four electric ranges, ten gas ranges, storage rooms complete with shelving and various kinds of cab- inets. The home ec. unit was provided with a dishwashing machine, a deep freeze, and a garbage disposal unit for each of the three laboratories. One is for foods and clothingg the second, arranged in units, is the general foods lab and connects with the living room. Each unit has its own stove, cabinets, work surface with double sink, and table with four chairs. The third is a larger combined nursing and child care laboratory. Amid daytime hours of hammers in action, cooking classes during the year had to concentrate on m-ovies and texts in school and on carrying out assignments as home projects. Qld fl XIX IDXY vllll' Finger -ings lrriskly in sewing class A special feature of the sewing classes was the annual fashion show, displaying clothes that could be made in clothing class. Junior-high seamstres- ses created blouses and skirts. CAGED! YACarol Seath. Paula Hanes, Barbara Parker, and Cobina Christley seem perplexed at the mess caused by the 872,000 renovation being done in the home ec. depart- ment. TEA TIME-Girls in cooking class serve refreshments to guests at the opening of the Oriental art exhibit at Eastern. at wi t lf- . ' 1 I1i.llK s a tw-Htl -uit uitli turn-bark rl-llgir lflli illlfll 1 lx m'1k'n4' it ln-r-1-lf -he -Laws bl 3.110 and. should -he fail Io fini-li it. Lill rlll' low- le the- 39.00 for mal--rial.

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PRECISION PRACTICER-William Milburn completes a me- chanical drawing assignment. Preparing for the future, aviation classes explored history, meteorology, navigation, and flight problems. A series of slides, movies, and maps demonstrated basic mechanics and engineering. The intricacies of internal and external combustion and diesel engines were uncovered. while the study of jet planes con- sidered wing and power loading. Trips were taken to Anacostia High School, where students had experience in a link trainer, and to Bolling Air Base, where latest models used by the Air Force were surveyed. Map-makers and readers acquired background in cartographv class, while precision was the watchword of mechanical drawing classes in practicing the ac- curacy essential to drafting. Cartography pupils learned to operate instruments used in laying out maps. Architectural drawing gave future architects an opportunity to submit an original design in the Home Builders, Association contest. Charles Gra- ham, June 553, won a second prize loving cup and forty dollars. AIR MALES-Mr. William McRoberts, aviation teacher, de- scribes the dashboard of a plane to James Stephens and Richard Divver in aviation class. 22 ...li -1 gif SHOPS-Mr. Augustine Yfinnemore, printingg Mr. Hubert Cleary. woodshop. watch Mr. Paul Lackey. woodshop. as he demonstrates the new drill press that makes square holes. Mr. Winne- more is in charge- of The Easterner Printing Staff. while Mr. Lackey, department chairman, super- vises the liookroom.