Edison High School - Edisonian Yearbook (Lake Station, IN)

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to student vocations Bruce Timberman, senior, adjusts the lens before en¬ larging several photographs. Preparing students for positions as architects, carpenters, photographers, and machinists was the purpose of courses in industrial arts and pho¬ tography. Under the classification of industrial arts were machine shop and drafting. Machine shop offered students the chance to become acquainted with the operation of such machines as the drill press and the lathe. Drafting taught students the basic fundamentals of drawing blueprints. Students de¬ veloped building, house, and landscape designs. Photography courses not only instructed stu¬ dents on how to take pictures, but also on how to develop, enlarge, and reprint them. Another aspect to the Photography Department, the audio-visual class, taught students the operation of projectors and filmstrips. Bruce learns to operate a movie projector as part of his audio-visual class training. Mr. John Holubes demonstrates proper photographic pro¬ cedure to his photography class.

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photography, industrial arts important After receiving his assignment, Ron Bartley, senior, prepares a lathe project. Mr. Val Aurit, drafting instructor, seems pleased with a stu¬ dent’s completed assignment. Mr. Earl Spiece demonstrates the use of a drill press to his machine shop class.

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music, commercial Shining gold robes . . . stately band uniforms ... pretty girls in formals, handsome boys in suits . . . lovely choral voices . . . huge base drums . . . tiny percussion instruments blending harmo¬ niously . . . crowded auditorium ... an absorbed audience . . . these were the sights and sounds of a musical concert whether it be orchestra, band or vocal. The traditional Christmas Vespers fea¬ tured the combined efforts of the A Cappella Choir, the Girls’ Glee Club, and the Orchestra. When the December snows gave way to the spring rains and flowers, young and old filled the school auditorium for the annual concerts of the Band, Orchestra, and Vocal Departments. A more academic area of the musical depart¬ ment was theory and harmony, a course required for students wishing to major in music. In this, students learned basically how to compose music Miss Judith Nichols and Mr. Robert Velasco, new staff meipbers, were introduced to the Music Department this year. Wayne Key, senior, finds time to practice be¬ fore the Regional Band Contest. Relaxing after a day of teaching others to appreciate music are Mr. Robert Velasco, Mrs. Anne Masters, and Miss Judith Nichols, music instructors.