Fort Hill High School - Sabre Yearbook (Cumberland, MD)

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OF EDUCATION DOMESTIC Vocational Guidance Opens Careers for Girls The Fort Hill Home Economics Department boasts a fine staff of instructors as well as superior equipment and growing laboratories. Vocational opportunities are opened here, and many potential homemakers are developed. In the domestic science courses, girls learn how to plan, buy, and prepare foods. Cheer- ful, well-ordered sewing rooms contribute to progress in design, sewing, and finishing of garments. Even the essentials of good groom- ing is a laboratory course in which actual habits of cleanliness are ornamented with the tricks of femininity. In the class room theories of home man- agement, child care, the fundamentals of nu- trition, interior decoration. and the types of architecture are presented. The poise and graciousness with which the girls carry off teas is a credit to themselves and their instructors. With the efficiency of seasoned hostesses, they prepare the deli- cacies, arrange the tables, and perform the social obligations. Faculty members were in- deed admiring, fortunate guests. The laundering problems are solved. The plaza at eigth-thirty. Details of finishing a garment are carefully handled. Table anqnzna and the consummation. Clothing in the making. A class in child care. Preparing a meal. Eighth-grade glrls cooperate to make a luncheon cloth.

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.. stisiisi Vwiiez -l w.-f', , fs QQ? .1 t- DEPARTMENTS INDUSTRY Shop Courses Offer Range of Mechanical Training In the well-equipped shops at Fort Hill American Youth and adults of the community are trained in the mechanical skills so neces- sary in the modern World. The importance of industry to a peaceful nation and the vital need oi skilled Workers in the defense pro- gram have thrown into sharp prominence this division of the school. The department offers a Wide range of training in its instruction in woodwork, forge, foundry, machine shop, sheet metal, electricity, drafting, blueprinting, mechanical drawing, and printing. The practical aim of manning in- dustry is correlated with the practical functions of the classes. Beautifully designed and con- structed furniture has grown out of the Wood- work shop. In the electrical sections boys are taught the principles of house wiring. They learn patience and need for accuracy in draft- ing, blueprinting, and mechanical drawing classes. The print shop serves the school and trains the boys in setting type and operating simple presses. Mechanical drawing class in session. Bill Turner cuts threads Q in machine shop, Boys grease band saw. Eldrin Fritz sorts lumber in wood shop, George Samsell operates an electric sander, Glenn Maier uses the shaper. Ralph Dolan manipulates printing press.

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.ss to as , ,ee to I nf Z 'Q l lun To - ,sf XX X ,Q I' 'sv D 3 ,X ' A i . , 1 .' f ,,g, K .L ' .M Fif i . X ' D' -'fm 'nuns n ':'-:II 5 1' ' Q gi: VY rf QM 'I' jug :null -'gil' lmC wn , -t - fb ' .,-.--'-ilk 2 ' - l 1 THE SENATE The upper house of the Student Council, the Senate, is a very important body in our school. It is composed of seven members, four seniors, and three juniors, who are elected in May at the I nnual school election. fl X ! The president pfesig iveiv the assem- ' . 'Q 'I - ,J H -' 2' W ,I X fx - v , 1 u gp' my A, M . khyf P Xl Xb' X M 53 f X A' Vw. K X l . J ' x X N J ' , , . l I, ' V, lm K' lf xl 3 i . - T, 'J ,sb .fc f If X flltyl - A, l . of yl Bernd oqhli-lan - - - Secretary Robert QAM - ---- President George ,Dayton - Head of Department . df Industries Many Blades . ..-. Treasurzr Marcella Davis - Headfog Dip?-tment d dsis miss Audrey Knight - - - Vrcefpresident Edna Mae Iohnson - Head of Department of Traffic In sl ff: STUDENT SENATORS LEAD DEMOCRACY IN bly programs and the other officers have various duties to perform. The Secretary of Traffic appoints monitors for the cafeteria and ushers for all school functions, and handles all traffic problems in corridors and the cafeteria. The Secretary of Industry takes care of the cafeteria bulletin board and the trophy cases in the main lobby, compiles the six Weeks scholastic honor rolls, and grants charters to clubs. The Secretary of Social Activities provides programs for the Thanks- giving Day football game and sponsors the Booster Night basketball game, supervises the election of the May Queen and her court, sponsors the May Day Dance, and over- sees the annual school election. The offices of the vice-president, the secretary, and the treasurer are handled by juniors. The Sen- ate meets every Week after school on Thurs- day and has a combined meeting with the House of Representatives on Tuesdays. 23