Farmer High School - Far Echoes Yearbook (Asheboro, NC)

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BRICKLAYING Since this is our second year of masonry training, we feel far more qualified in meeting its requirements over our first year. We have discovered our bricklaying instructor, Mr. Hedrick, to be a highly skilled teacher. After several days of school, he had us working in our books and practicing the studied techniques. We, as his pupils, work well under his guidance. The community of Farmer is receiving our work as a beneficial part of our training. WE ARE ' ’ ‘ PHYSICAL EDUCATION Physical education is a phase of the'total education program, and as such should have the same goal that gives purpose to all other learning experiences--the well-rounded development of all students as individuals and as respon- sible citizens in our democratic society. Physical education should be thought of as a way of education . The se- lection and conduct of physical education activities are selected in full consideration to values in human growth, de- velopment, and behavior. i 1ft ■ ' i ' 3 r

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VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE Instruction is provided in the areas of animal science, plant science, agricultural business, and agricultural mechanics. These teaching-learning areas are undergirded by and supplemented with vocational guidance and the development of leadership and citizenship abilities. Emphasis is given to the practice of learning by doing -- students apply the principles and concepts learned in systematically planned learning experiences both during and after school hours. These experiences are obtained at school, at the student's home, or through businesses in the community which involve occupations in agriculture. WHAT SCIENCE DEPARTMENT Biology, like all of science, is an organized body of knowledge gained from experimentation and objective obser- vation, considered to be true and reliable but subject to change and revision in the light of new discoveries. Biology is also a method of inquiry and problem solving involving several procedures for investigation. The conquest of polio affords a dramatic example of the success of scientific methods.

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LIBRARY The library is the information center of the school, providing materials needed to supplement textbooks and to supply recreational reading. The goals of the library areto help students use the resources of the library confidently and effectively, to give students a rich environment for learning, and to encourage a love of reading. THE BUSINESS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Our Business Education Department is concerned with both the vocational and college-preparatory student. In Typewriting I our students learn the keyboard and mechanisms of the typewriter, and Typing II deals with more com- plex typing applications. General Business is a basic course designed to help students understand, as well as function in, our free enter- prise system. Business math strengthens the basic fundamentals of math and applies them to everyday business situations. Business communications stresses the need for more effective business correspondence. Shorthand I and Office Practice are primarily vocational. Shorthand I is concerned with learning the theory of shorthand outlines, acquiring the skill to lake rapid dictation, and transcribing accurately. Office Practice incorporates an entire office situation.