Emerson High School - Emersonian Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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Boys Learn Vocational Techniques After a brisk block ' s walk on a chilly morn¬ ing, many high school boys find themselves in shop class. Here a drill press or lathe may be waiting to be used in the making of a baseball bat or a wooden bowl. Gasoline engines and small motors are also provided for boys in order that they may learn the basic parts and operations of a car. Returning to the main building and climbing the stairs to the attic, Emersonians are set for drafting. Mr. Val Aurit gives instructions on blue¬ print making, and future architects get their first taste of complicated drawings. If a student con¬ tinues further in drafting, he experiences sketch¬ ing landscapes, houses, and electrical drawings. Many E.H.S. students interested in creating figurines and bowls take arts and crafts, which provides an opportunity for the boys to work with plastic, leather and sheet metal. Advanced drafting students are able to produce such skilled architectural drav ings. Boys taking drafting work hard in order to complete their drawings Louis Grozdanis practices on a lathe in machine shop. 27

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Camera Bugs Lurk Through Emerson Tony Medina begins in the early evening to develop the recent pic¬ tures he has taken. Hold it! Smile, you ' re on Candid Camera. That was the sound echoing from the walls of E.S.H. Everywhere students turned, someone was taking their pictures. Students taking a course in photography become proficient picture-takers under the guidance of Mr. John Holubes. These interested Emersonians learn the art of photography and are taught the fine points about the developing, enlarging, and reprinting of pictures. Audio-visual classes instruct students in the opera¬ tion of projectors and filmstrip machines. Here stu¬ dents aid teachers by operating the projectors when various types of educational films are shown in the classroom. Photography is especially important at Emerson since pictures are needed in the production of the yearbook and the keeping of school records. One member of the photography class to which the Emersonian and Norse Wind staffs are especial¬ ly grateful is junior Tony Medina. Most of the photos included in this yearbook are a result of his many hours in the darkroom. After developing the pictures Tony enlarges the ones that need to be enlarged. 26

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Urs. Masters conducts the Concert Orchestra as they prepare sic for the Manchester University field trip. Music Students Strive for Perfection Students interested in music find that orchestra, band, A Cappella Choir, and Glee Club provide them with opportunities to utilize their talents. The Vocal Department, including the A Cappella Choir and the Glee Club, practices daily and pro¬ vides the music for the Christmas Vespers Service and on the last day of school before the Christmas vacation, go caroling. The A Cappella Choir spends a day harmonizing to such tunes as Climb Every Mountain and On the Street Where You Live. Concerts, football games. Memorial Day Parade, and field trips are only a few items on the agenda for the band students each year. During the fall, students can hear the penetrating sound of the drum beat as the band practices from early morning to ‘late after-dinner rehearsals. Orchestra students are equally busy with con¬ certs and many jobs as accompanists by request from different clubs. The instrumental courses not only teach students how to play an instrument, but familiarize them with the works of the great composers and give them an understanding of worthwhile music.