George Rogers Clark High School - Powder Horn Yearbook (Whiting, IN)

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Fine Arts Plus Sewing and Cooking Annedda Dvorshak looks on as Kathy Mikulaj gives Nancy Sotak a taste of her latest cooking experiment. Foods arc cooked so that they will retain their nutritional value. Home economics class trains both the housewife of the future and the career girl. There are two divisions of home economics: clothing and foods. In clothing class young ladies learn all manner of wondrous things. They improve their personal appearances and plan their wardrobes. Fabrics, color, and design receive their share of attention. Sewing class teaches the girls to fit and sew ar¬ ticles of apparel. These are skills that find a place in office or home. The foods classes are dedicated to the transfor¬ mation of haphazard eaters into dieticians. The principles of nutrition aid in preparing appetizing and well-balanced meals. Home management deals with menu planning, marketing and serving as hostess. Girls learn such table-setting techniques as the proper position of the fork, and the techni¬ cal side of folding a napkin. And finally, these classes develop to its highest level that aptitude common to all females, regardless of age, race, or previous condition: the ability to plan a party. During sixth period advanced sewing class, Miss Marie Nord- vig smiles approvingly as Junior Johnetta Mihalo cuts out a pattern, the framework for her chosen garment. Miss Margaret Ide, home management teacher, points out types of china to Norma Price and Louise Abercrombie. The course is designed for future homemakers. 16

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Commercialists Look Toward Business World The commercial program includes courses of prac¬ tical value to all students. Included in the curriculum are typing, shorthand, bookkeeping, business ma¬ chines, commercial math, consumer education, gen¬ eral business and filing. Most popular is typing, since business-bound and college-bound students alike find it a vital skill. Next in appeal are shorthand and bookkeeping. Actually, the entire program is popular, for stu¬ dents from all three courses of study are enrolled in commercial subjects. Practical experience is the focal point. Neophyte secretaries start learning the ropes by typing ma¬ terial for teachers. In shorthand, records are used to practice dictation as spoken language is translated into shorthand symbols. The next job is the trans¬ cription, or translation, of these symbols into typed longhand. In business machines class, students prac¬ tice using the three adding machines, two calcula¬ tors, and the duplicator owned by the school. Con¬ sumer education class expounds on the “hidden persuaders” of advertising and helps students to buy wisely in this hand-over-fist world. This pair of hands is only one of the many that use the typing room each day. Thousands of keys are pressed and hundreds of motions necessary to typing are performed. Future office workers Christine Srncik, Barbara Krzanowski, and Beverly Taylor learn to operate efficiently and accur¬ ately many business machines. Increased speed and accuracy are the goals of Carol Jam- rozik, Diane Wozniak, and Gerry Dubczak as they take dic¬ tation from Miss Coughlan, shorthand instructor. 15

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Complete Cultural Awareness In shop class, George Zvonar and Jeff Render sand wood, the initial step in constructing their projects. Shop aids boys in preparing for future home carpentry. Every student has creative potential, and if this potential is developed he will be more likely to adjust favorably to the world. Built on this thesis the fine arts department stands. The thirty high school art pupils learn the “sentence structure” of art: the elements of design. These are the properties with which students must work. A major need of the department was remedied recently with the purchase of two ceramic kilns, and it is hoped that the near future will bring further correction of the lack of art facilities. There are avenues open to those whose interest lies in other fields of creativity. Band, orchestra, and the vocal music department cater to the student with a song in his heart. For those of a literary bent there is a class in journalism. Shop class, which teaches the students to work with, and maybe amputate, their hands, plus me¬ chanical drawing, Clark’s answer to college engi¬ neering, comprise the manual arts curriculum. This department is the training ground for future blue- collar workers. Exact measurement, proper instruments, and neat work are essential to mechanical drawing. Pete Duerr and Bob Priest construct diagrams excelling in these qualities. Novel art forms are experimented with in high school art class. Elaine Dufallo and Mike Brenkus create Christmas decorations through paper expansion and sculpture. 17