George Wythe High School - Chancellor Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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Mrs. Laura Humphries, Head of Department B.S., M.S., Madison College, Virginia Polytechnic Institute Mrs. Martha K. Brown B.S., M.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute Mrs. Rachel Overcash B.S., Catawba College Displaying their discernment in interior decoration, Mary Painter and other students choose fabrics. Pat Wathall demonstrates use 57

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One youngster offers Janie Morris a cup of sand as other conspirators combine efforts to create havoc in the sandbox. 56 Home Economics Department Perseverance and Study Help Girls Perfect Skills Through their gifts of time and effort, girls in the Home Economics Department reaped large and far- reaching benefits. Utilizing the expanding facilities of the department, future housewives and mothers learned to strive for perfection in all phases of home- making. In addition to the basic cooking and sewing arts, students delved eagerly into interior decorat- ing. Further, a daytime play-school for young chil- dren stressed the importance of child care, while providing an important and very necessary service. Numerous speakers gave interesting and intormative talks dealing with many fields of human relation. The newly formed Future Homemakers Club of America provided a worthwhile outlet for those wishing to further their knowledge of this practical subject. Rewarding superior skills, awards for out- standing Home Ec students were presented to sev- eral deserving seniors who excelled in the past year. So you take the eggshell, and... , Mrs. Oglesby teaches a class to make original decorations from common items.

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58 Lecturing emphatically on the topic of workshop safety, Mr. Charles Gurkin stresses careful operation of machinery. Using the manually operated hack saw, a basic instrument of the shop, Mr. Lang in- structs Ernest Landrum in the most effective method of cutting a steel bar. Industrial Arts Department Ambitious Pupils Evolve Many Creative Interests Enlarging the variety of applied skills offered to students was the major effort of the Industrial Arts Department. Working with art metals and sheet metals and casting aluminum and brass were among the various skills taught in the spacious metal shop. A new addition to this area was an electronics sec- tion. There, students learned basic fundamentals of complex techniques. As they became more ad- vanced and proficient, they applied their knowledge by working on old televisions and radios. In the well equipped wood shop, pupils were under expert guid- ance as they created bookcases, coffee tables, and other furniture items. Newly added, the ceramics area held liquid clay in prepared molds from which students made professional casts. Instructors cov- ered efficient shopwork and safe operation of ma- chinery in the classroom where students built the foundations of purposeful creatively in work areas. ? HTTPS HE a bane ee, Seem. = nn a Sad ™ ee ad ™ |