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

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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.

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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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F' 'ir locational skills were devel- oped by students who learned to co-ordinate mind and manual dexterity. Sixty senior driver trainees each had from six to eight hours be- hind the wheel of a 1953 Pontiac furnished by the General Motors Corporation and approximately twenty hours observation from the back seat. The woodshop received a new drill press. a disc sander. and a shaper with assorted cutters. Fur- nished all materials. artisans fash- ioned everything from bookends to boats, which they took home. Floor lamps. playing card holders, table lamps, ash trays. bookends, and cribbagc boards were made for the Red Cross. Wiliile beginning students learn- ed the fundamentals of the print- ing trade. advanced printers print- ed nine issues of the school paper. the sixteen-page alumni bul- letin, and assorted school forms. One or two periods can be taken daily. with each offering one-half credit per semester. WHERE? THE C.-XRBL'RETOR?- Driver-training student- Harry Litts and Mildred Lawson join their instructor Mr. Samuel A. Williams in examining the parts of an automobile engine. YOU ARE INVITED -ln printing class Norman Williams and James Nlif.-liael print invitations which the seniors will use to an- nountv' th'-ir ct-mmencenient exervist--. :XQUX HOT-ROD-Edward Mitchell works on the steering gear of his hydravplane in preparation for snrnnier racing. He reniodwlwl the boat. wlticlt ro-t him 5230. in woodsbop class. 'N Y -4' Q 9' , Q, . are-f xx' af' Manual Arts Prime ccupational Skills