Frederick Sasscer High School - Elm Yearbook (Upper Marlboro, MD)

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Youth Prepares For The Future The Practical Arts course consists of Home Eco- nomics, lndustrial Arts, and Agriculture. This is a practical and occupational education. lt enables stu- dents to make the transition from school to community life with ease. In Home Economics girls are taught the basic and practical methods of homemaking. The school experi- ence enables them to assume such responsibilities with greater ease and better results. Industrial Arts teaches boys the basic steps of various trades, the operation of tools, and the construction of essentials. This training enables them to better cope with the present and industrial world. Opportunities to learn modern methods of farming is the objective of the Agriculture course. This knowledge is important and applicable in the Sasscer area. The boys learn how to best use the natural resources to help feed the nation. Experience is the best teacher. This is the attitude of this ambidextrous trio during a sewing period in home economics class. . wx .' 5 123: if' ish 2 lat! Mr. Reckner supervises while Marshall Courtney, jim Moore, Dudley Smith, Eddie Curry, and Thomas Rawlings keep the tractor in good running condition during Nag. class. It's this way, Miss Lewis explains to Ruth More- land as together they win the battle of the sewing machine in Home Ee. class. Dennis Durity 'and Clevie Dixon take time out from their regular shop projects to assist Freddie Royer in setting type in the printing department.

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Commercials Strive For Tomorrow ,Same .fir ' Ready-type, says Miss Wilson to these commercial girls during typing class. You made a mistake, says Mr. Walker to Cathy Wolf, Elwood Beane, and Jeri Montgomery during bookkeeping class. A successful and happy career is the aim of each commercial student. The commercial students seek to achieve development in the vast fields of the secretarial, bookkeeping, and stenographic professions. The commercial students receive excellent training in each one of these fields. They do a great deal of personal commercial work for the teachers and the school. Therefore, the commercial students become 32 To learn the elementary principles of finance is the aim of the students in general business class. 5 Today's shorthand class will supply some of tomorrow's secretaries. thoroughly acquainted with business equipment avail- able in the commercial department. The general business class prepares students in the sophomore year for the commercial course. The commercial students work earnestly throughout the entire course. They will be rewarded in the future by becoming not only a part of the vast business world of tomorrowg but the opportunities and rewards of the leisure fields of life will be rich indeed.

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K Slow Down- And Live We are indeed fortunate here at Frederick Sasscer to have the Driver Education program as part of our curriculum. Students who partici- pate in this course learn, in the classroom as well as in the training car, many fundamentals of safe and courteous driving. It is sincerely hoped that as a result of this course, teen-age drivers will do their part to help reduce the perilously high trallic y death rate. Mr. Parker teaches these students to become safe and courteous drivers. thletics Develop Healthy Bodies Mr. Carrillo and Dave Brown demonstrate stunts on the Y tramp during phy. ed. class. Under the capable leadership of our athletic directors, Mrs. Mary Burgess and Mr. Gilbert Carrillo, the physical education departments strive to develop strong bodies, encourage better health habits, and promote friendliness and good sportsmanship. These are ac- complished through a regular gym training program. The boys may earn athletic letters by participating on the varsity teams. Such sports as soccer, basketball, and baseball are offered in phy. ed. class. Junior high girls participate in play days where they play with, rather than against, girls from other schools. The senior high girls have sports' days where competi- tion is between schools. These activities make for good sportsmanship and co-operation within the school, as well as affording opportunities to develop better relations with other schools and in the community. Mrs. Burgess teaches the fundamentals of the break, knee drop, sit drop, and the back drop during phy. ecl.'l class. Get that tapi' is the cry during those fast and furious basketball games we had during class period.