Fostoria High School - Red and Black Yearbook (Fostoria, OH)

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Mary lrnrn: Home Economics ll and IV, Home Economics Club adviser. Mmrnm .... what's cooking? lean Rasp lifts a pan of fresh cook- ies from an oven during Home Ec class. Future homemakers at work The Home Economics Department for many years has strived to prepare Fostoria High School girls for their future roles as home- makers. ln class, the girls learn not only the arts of cooking and sewing, but they learn how to apply these arts in the home. The Future Homemakers of America, a club sponsored by the depart- ment, provides the girls with an opportunity to further develop their domestic skillsg the club sponsors numerous noontime bake sales, and each year undertakes at least one civic project con- nected With its main interest. ln an effort to acquaint the girls With the facilities found in modern kitchens, the department has furn- ished the kitchens with Revere cookware. Katheryn Lee: Home Econom- ics l and Ill, Home Economics Club adviser. 21

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Vocational Arts trains boys Plans are drawn, machines hum, and the finished product is completed in a day's Work in the Vocational Arts Department. With a hearty, Okay, let's get going! the boys begin their work which prepares them tor a future occupa- tion. Mr. Iones heads the machine shop and design, while Mr. Woltarth in- structs the blueprint reading and shop math and science. A lull program ot auto mechanics is conducted by Mr. Bohyer, and Mr. Shrider is in charge ot the printing work. The teachers of this department say, Anyone who Wants to learn a trade should do so in high school. l-le will advance taster when he is employed in a steady job. An average ot eighty-tive per cent ot the vocational arts looys who are graduated go into jobs in the machine trade. i si.. z . ,Q I V fi R. L, Bohyer: Auto Shop, Me- chanical Drawing, Shop l. Lowell Shrider: Woodworking l, ll, Printing. With studied concentration, Bob Stearns operates this milling machine lohn Woltarth: Related Math, Science and Blueprint Read- ingp Vocational Industrial Club adviser. L. William tones: Machine Shop, Co-ordinatcr ot Trade and lndustrial Educationg Vo- cational lndustrial Club ad- viser.

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William Smith: Bookkeeping I, Law and Economics, Sales- manshipg Iunior class adviser. Lois M. Coyer: General Busi- ness, Commercial Math, Sten- ography lg Y-Teens adviser. Raymond C. Orwig: Book- keeping Il, Shorthand II, Secretarial Office Practice, Typewriting II. In Commercial Arts students learn on the job A Commercial Arts course in Fostoria High School includes studies in salesmanship, law and economics, general business, business math, typing, bookkeeping, shorthand, secre- tarial and clerical office work. Some of the business courses would be Valuable to every- one, While others provide more specialized training for students Who will enter the busi- ness world immediately after graduation. The teachers of this department feel that a certain amount of training in general business is es- sential to everyone in all walks of life since many adults use checkbooks and many fami- lies must have budgets. New equipment recently added to the de- partment includes several Monroe adding ma- chines, a Monroe bookkeeping machine, and an l.B.M. electric typewriter. Watch those fingers as Darl Mericle tries for speed and accuracy.