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

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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 ™ |

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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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Charles W. Gurkin B.S., North Carolina State University Maurice L. Lang B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute William E. Powers B.S., University of Alabama With a superior knowledge of correct operation of the mod- ern band saw, Tommy Oakley and James Seamster work. i } 59