Floyd County High School - Bison Yearbook (Floyd, VA)

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Industrial Arts students express the versatility and initiative needed when constructing material. J r j , - i- ( - L‘ ■ 1 -. B f i ■i.r 1 % i Girls taking fourth-year home economics verify the correct procedure for planning weddings. VOCATIONAL Agriculture classes observe seed samples to determine the best quality for food crops. 28

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STUDENTS A GLIMPSE INTO HECTIC BUSINESS WORLD Extensive and purposeful drills provide the individual business student with an applicable knowledge of what awaits him proceeding graduation. Through typing and shorthand, the potential secretary acquires perfect co- ordination of nimble fingers and an alert mind; through office practice and bookkeeping he gains experience in secretarial work. Economics and general business teach the fundamentals of business trends and procedures; whereas distributive education provides on-the-job training in the business world. Sober faces imply that concentration is needed to solve the problems of Business Math. Typists increase their speed and ability as they copy words from a screen onto their papers. Attractive displaying of merchandise calls for DE students to consider carefully both the product and the customer. 27

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MRS. LILLIAN BOWMAN COCKRAM B. S. , Radford College Home Economics FHA, Young Homemakers Sponsor MRS. NORA GARDNER B. S. , Radford College Home Economics Young Homemakers Sponsor FHA Co-Sponsor MR. H. P. JENNINGS B. S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute Vocational Agriculture FFA Sponsor MR. LONNIE J. KEITH B. S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute Vocational Agriculture KVG Sponsor FFA Co-Sponsor MR. CALVIN RORRER B. S. , Virginia Polytechnic Institute Industrial Arts School Photographer DEPARTMENT FORMS INTEGRAL PART OF FCHS The humming of a sewing machine, the buzzing of a saw, the clanking of farm machinery— this is the clamor found in the vocational wing of FCHS. Such activities as planning a modern kitchen, making a survey of the nation ' s trends in agriculture, or constructing a contem- porary bookshelf serve as a vent for the development of a student ' s skills and natural talents; thus, a foundation is laid for many who plan to enter an occupation imme- diately after graduation. Filling out record books constitutes much of these future farmers ' class period. To make the study of child care more interesting, young homemakers constructed a bulletin board of their baby pictures.