Easthampton High School - Echo Yearbook (Easthampton, MA)

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I DUSTRIAL ARTS - Hands and Tools Standing: Mr. Manning, Charles Patterson, Charles Balch, Richard Erush, Thomas LaCroix, Frank Skrzyniarz, James LaCroix, Richard Beebe, Alfred Girard, Earl Lizotte, Stanley Zawacki, Donald McCarthy, Norman Coopee, john Burgielewicz. Mechanical drawing forms an important part of all industrial work. If a person were to describe the details of a building or bridge in words, it would be not only difficult, but, in most cases, impossible. That is why this language of drawing is so important. The exact shape of every detail of any structure can be defined accurately and quickly. This method consists The first few weeks of the course in Manual Train- ing are devoted to instruction in the use of various tools and in the application of shellac and varnish. Each boy learns how to handle planes, hand drills, the various types of saws, and Hnally the power tools: the lathe, drillpress, table and hand saws, sanding machine, surface planes, and jointers. After master- ing these tools, he then selects a project. There is a large variety of articles he may choose to make, ranging from a simple lamp to a bed, and there are many types of wood for his selection. The plans for this object may be already drawn up, or the student may construct his own. At the end of the season each boy has both a finished product and the satisfac- tion of knowing he has learned to work well with his hands. Seated: Donald Amlaw, Ralph Benham, James Newton, Richard Weibel, Ernest Martin, Chester Kania. Not Pictured: Thomas Erush, Donald Johnston and Gerald Hill. of the making of a series of views arranged according to a definite system. The tools used in this descrip- tive language are widely varied for different types of drawings. Among the instruments are compasses, dividers, T-squares, triangles, and a mechanical en- gineer's scale. Mr. Joseph Manning

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HOUSEHOLD ART Girls who take this course meet in the Household Arts Building several days each week. Under the leadership of Miss Hazel Eames, the instructor, they learn the fundamentals of such valuable domestic skills as sewing and cooking. Most of the students begin sewing by learning to make a skirt, gradually they advance to more diflicult objects of clothing, such as street dresses and suits. Much care is given to details and proper finishing touches so that a neat, well-fitted garment results. The following girls are enrolled in the Household Arts Course: Theresa Baldyga, Lois Cullen, Olga Dailyde, Judy Fisher, Jacqueline Girouard, Gladys Graham, Cynthia Kennedy, Carol Kinlock, Florence Krawczyk, Alice Lafontaine, Dorothy Lagowski, Barbara LaMere, Diana Martin, Joyce McCarthy, Beverly Mercer, Marjorie Morrison, Patricia Olkow- ski, Holly Osborn, Barbara Richardson, Dolores Ro- zanski, Lillian Rusin. When the girls are learning to cook, they begin by making muffins, preparing breakfast foods, and cooking simple dishes. Later they are taught to plan and cook an entire meal for family-size groups, as well as the correct form of table settings and dining courtesies. Occasionally the girls in this department prepare and serve a full-course luncheon to the prin- cipals of the Valley Wheel Schools when the meeting is held in Easthampton. Miss Hazel Eames

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P ww! H4 E. H. S. ARTISTS The members of the art class work during the year for the benefit of the school and for improvement of their own artistic ability. They are always very cooperative in preparing posters for any school func- tion. Whenever a play is presented at the school, scenery frequently has to be painted, which is also a project of the art class. The back- drop used by the seniors for Class Night is always an elaborate one which entails much work, but it is very exciting to do, and the result is usuak otganding. K, it X Q' V t 5 1 x0 A frozen wig for I Love Lucy' Some of the members often serve as models for others. In this fashion they are able to portray action in their pictures and obtain a semblance of reality. Also by this method they have done excellent portraits in pastels. The technique of super-imposed poster paints on a water color wash was another interesting variation of painting which they found enjoyable. 'X I I .1 Their Christmas project was making two life-size papiermache figures of carolers, which were placed on the lawn in front of the high school and were flood-lighted. All these undertakings were suc- 3 cessfully accomplished through the efforts of Mrs. Beebe, the art instructor. 'A Members: Carol Borowski, Evelyn Ciaglo, Olga Dailyde, Gladys Graham, John Hahn, Barbara LaMere, Walter Lankarge, Nancy Mackie, Christine Marcisz, Linda Mitchell, Arline Peabody, Patty Tourville, Marjorie Morrison, Sylvia Laprade, Martha 6, or 2' Robinson. - v W Odd ' ty 1 HY cas YM If . 7...7.,.' A W j ,.... - V A-'iffsxfieg' ' ,, A ,em V .rl2t..,,,.,,l 69