Grand Junction High School - Tiger Yearbook (Grand Junction, CO)

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Learninrz lo malce lhings and developing handifrall slills lasrinnie fha' shop boys. WORKING WITH LEATHER, plaslics, melals, and wood are bul a lew of lhe opporlunilies offered in shop. Sludenls are laughl lhe prac+ical uses and care of fools plus Jrhe lundamenlal principles ol carpenlry and olher handicralls. Fashioning billlolds, walch slraps, bells, and moccasins acguainl lhem wilh lealher and ils uses. A THOROUGH STUDY ol food preservalion, meal planning and preparalion, plus lhe acquiring ol a lcnowledge ol lhe seleclion and making ol clolhes are included in The curriculum ol lhe homemalqing classes. The course offers lhe opporlunily lo prepare for a uselul vocalion, lo improve personalily and appearance, and slrives lo help girls prepare for Their roles as lulure homemalcers. BUILDING SOUND BCDIES is as imporlanl as molding sound minds. Toward fhis goal, Jfhe physical educalion classes engage in fumbling, wreslling, volley ball, baslcelball, lraclc, and olher compeliliye sporls and slrudy hygiene and heallh care. A reguisile lor freshmen, phys- ical educalion is available 'rhrough G.A.A. 'ro all upperclassmen inleresled in good limes and heallhlul recrealion. Always a busy spol, lhe homemalcing deparlrnenl parlqf-d Chrislmxs fiills lo send fo Europe. Gym iondiliows the lreshrnen lor long, hard yeais ahead. RICI-IFXRU HUNT Shop GENEVA l-IICKS hlomenifalcirii LILLIAN RUNYQN physical Ecluraliwn BID IRWN Shop GLADYS GLENUENNINC7 llomemalming BERT I-lllil Physical Eduf alion Pugi' I-I

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3- 3 li DELMER BORN EDWARD WI-IALLEY Physics Chernisvy QWENDOLYN MALLOPY PAUL PHILLIPS Biolfqy Geology, Biology -. ,., I Y -, , The nrfifc- and IIT? ary swyc- Lion 'afuiry ans sludenfs. ExperimenTs add MST and someTimes The unexperTed To Science classes. MOLECULES, aToms, amoebae, speciTic graviTy, and paleonTology may be plain Greelc To some: buT chemisTry, biology, physics, and geology sTudenTs undersTand or preTend To undersTand such lingo. Sciences are needed Tor college enTrance and are The basis Tor sci' enTiTic proTessions. ANSWERING TELEPHONES, Typing, mimeographing, checlcing aT- Tendance, and running errands are duTies oT The girls working in The school oTTices To gain pracTical experience in The business world. Away Trom The buzz oT The busy classroom, The library is a welcome haven in which To do exTra sTudy and reTerence worlc. HARRIEI KFIGLEY MARY BENSON School Ser,i'e-Tary Library HAZEL ELA INA DYER Library Library iv Pagc I 5

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EXPERIENCE GAINED in mechanical drawing is ol inesli- mable value in conneclion wilh archileclure, engineering, and many relaled iields cl induslry. The inilial course offers The basic iundamenlals ol mechanical drawing, and lhe sec- ond year sludenls have lhe choice oi eilher archileclural drawing or more advanced worlc along lhe same lines given lhe lirsl year group. CLERKS, CASHIERS, ollice boys, ushers, salesmen, delivery boys, and iulure business men and women earn valuable ex- perience plus rwo credils as lhey learn by doing. Having morning classes and ailernoons lree for work down lown, slu- clenls develop pleasing personalily lrails, and a sense oi re- sponsibilily. Cn-The-iob lraining gives aclual experiences which lrain a boy or girl lor posilions in lhe business world. DISASSEMBLING, inspe-cling, repairing, lhen reassembling molors, engines, and appliances are learned al Jrhe voca- 'rional school in fhe lield ol aircrall or aulo mechanics. Elec- 'rrical repair and mainlenance include repairing circuils, wir- ing, and learning salery praciices. Welding 'reaches lhe op- eralion ol eleclric welders, and gives lraining used in plumb- ing, aulo mechanics, and similar Trades. Tesring, repairing, and conslrucling radios and 'rheir paris inirigues some ol rhe srudenls. Melifulfsusiy and ffruralfly me anval dia.-fn: sludenls slave ovz lheir drawing bowr . Qn-lhc--icb experience plus high s'hool rredil malce disiribulive edu- falion an invaluable course. For lhe mefhanifally inflined vcyalional classes are a bciyls dream. CLYDE GRANERE ARTHUR l-lf'-XRMS CHARLES TURNER GUS CONSTfXN'llNE HERBERT BENSON Mvrhanifal Drawing Disvibuiive Educaricn Aulo Mechanics Machine Shop Vo a'ional Supervisor l l d s , Y N P1151 I7