Franklin Central High School - Flashback Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Practical Work Experiences Are Obtained The boys in mechanical drawing study the diagram on the board before commencing to work on their own blue prints. Vocational agriculture deals with the production of livestock, care and conser- vationofthe soils, farm management, and crops . Besides the classroom instruction , each student is required to carry a produc- tive agriculture project at his home such as a calf, pig, or some crop. The vocational shop department at Franklin Central enables a student to learn more about the industrial world . Mechani- cal drawing is offered as a prerequisite to any type of shop work the student wished to take . Courses are offered in wood, weld- ing, and foundry, and experience is gained with power and hand tools . Ron Crunk, Jim Fair, and Dick Goodman prepares to work with the tractor as part of the agriculture as- signment. Bill Richey, Ed Bergman, Bob Moeller, and Richard Gayle vigorously grind away on their projects in Mr. Meyer's metal shop.

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Business Courses Advance Practical Skills Taxes, taxes, taxes--Mrs. Ernstes tries to clarify this problem in bookkeeping by explaining the cor- rect way to figure your income tax. Electric typewriters, adding machines, the Voice Writer, and many other ma- chines marked the scene of the business department. Eight courses were offered in the business curriculum . They were bookkeeping, consumer economic prob- lems, general business, office practice, salesmanship, secretarial training, shorthand, and typewriting. Business education is planned to meet the needs of those who expect to do some type of office work upon graduation and for those who wish to attain the skills it offers for their own personal use, no matter what their vocation may be . Practice makes perfect, and this typing class is trying to make this old saying come true asthey de- velope a skill that will always be useful. Answering the phone, running off tests, and typing information are only a few of the jobs done in the of- fice as part of the requirements in their business course. T? + --'-- k W - 21 W rmimwwwsmwsm Q

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In Shop, Agriculture, mgsgf--g -wr .,,:ss.Mr., ,,.., M wwf' Karen Rejko looks hungrily at the grill as Sandy Haas prepares to serve her the delicious Bar-B-Q. Is this the next piece? ask Esther Rusthoven as Janet Andry pins the pattern to her new dress material. and Home Economics Vocational home economics consists of more than ordinary cooking and sewing. The future homemakers also learn improv- ing personal and social relations, health and home nursing, care and guidance of children, budgeting an income and time , and many more selected areas besides the vital fundamentals of cooking and sewing. The most important subject covered by the future homemakers was etiquette . To many it seems useless, but to the home economic girls it will be of great help as they tread on into the future--Whether it be college, marriage, or a chance to mingle with the outside world by the securing of jobs or the volunteer Work in hospitals and civic groups . Caroly Brummett explains her dream house to the third year Home Economics class as Janet Parker shows the floor plans. ...QAM