Emmerich Manual High School - Ivian Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Typing students throw away the old hunt and peck method as skill and precision develop through practice and drill Business Teachers Train Us In Practical Skills In the Business Education Department, second semester, 1,597 Manual students took advan- tage of the opportunity to develop their skills in operating business machines and in learn- ing office procedures. Though some were not preparing for careers in business, 548 stu- dents, in the spring, were enrolled in typing classes. Students realize the value of typing skill whether they intend to choose business as a career or to continue on with their formal education in college. Business students also learn to operate the multigraph, ditto, and mimeograph machines. From the dictaphone, they type as they listen to letters that have been recorded on tape. Other business courses include the composition of various types of business letters, messages, and applications for employment. Office training classes enable students to perform secretarial duties and to do production work for the school. |udy Hogue listens to the voice on the dictaphone, as she types a business letter in response. Noramae Branham and Mona Cole mimeograph material as part of their work in a business class.

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Future Homemakers Learn to Cook, Sew It takes a heap of work and skill to make a house a good home. Home Economics classes at Manual teach homemaking skills such as cooking, sewing, and living graciously such as foods classes, girls learn to plan, prepare, and serve nutritious and tasty meals. In social practice classes, students learn to plan teas and parties, set tables correctly, and practice good grooming. Practical experience is avail- able when the students prepare for and serve at the activities of the Home Economics De- partment; for example, students served lunch- eon to Indianapolis principals when Principal Stahl was host for a meeting of administra- tors. Also, members of boys ' foods classes, wearing chef hats, served luncheon to the speakers for Opportunity Day. In sewing classes, girls select various garments to make. As a school service project, the sewing classes made Pep Club mittens. Advanced sewing classes learned tailoring. Members of Mrs. Jean Bacus ' sewing class learn to adjust patterns. Bottom: Home Ec labs are equipped with the latest modern appliances. Vaida Mikits and Mary Turner fold clean towels from a lab dryer. Members of Boys ' Foods class — Dick Cummings, Merrix Wilson, Bob Price, Jerry Cummins, Larry Walker, and George Tolan — receive instructions from Mrs. Thelma Morgan, their teache. , before serving lunch. 11

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Bill Claspie, Tony Ferguson, and Richard Cuthberson work with Mr. Dale Reid at the lathe in Machine Shop. Machine shop boys prepare to meet the stand- ards of modern industries. Boys interested in the how and why of automobiles find op- portunities to work on and to investigate engines in auto shop. Advanced auto shop pupils repair their own cars and those of trusting friends and faculty members. In the electrical shop, students plan wiring layouts, and they practice on the framework of a house located in the classroom. In wood shop classes, students first turn out bowls, lamps, and other small objects on the lathe; as they increase in skill, they make pieces of furniture for their homes, often from their own design. Louis Rigney, C. 0. Montgomery, Barry Eden. Terry Hannon, Robert Drotz, Jerry Cummins, Steve Boone, and Cecil Yates clean and repair engine parts. BOTTOM: Working on a transmission are Elmer Mue- sing, Dallas McLaughlin, and Ron Cooper, in Auto Shop Boys Gain ' Know HoW In Manual Training Shop Since 1895, Manual ' s Industrial Arts Depart- ment has educated workers for industry. Shop courses include printing and mechanical draw- ing, machine, auto, electrical, and wood shop. Besides solving daily blueprint reading prob- lems, mechanical drawing classes design much of the equipment used in the depart- ment. In printing classes, programs, tickets, and posters for school events furnish practical experience for students. 13