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

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(Jnlimited Opportunities For Learning Skills Machines send meri ' y humming noises throughout the high school shop while boys work at leather-tooling, wood-work- ing, and other handicrafts. Sounds of tools echo as those who participate in the courses of vocational education at the school on North Seventh learn practical skills. For the girls, courses in home economics give them a chance to plan and cook meals, learn the proper selection and care of clothing, and make general preparation for coping with the myriad problems which arise in running a home. As another opportunity giving students work experience the on the job training plan is offered to those who are 16 or over and wish to gain knowledge by actually taking a school- supervised position in one of the local business houses. J ' unmy indufitrioufily works at ruiininii a head. Margaret Heinrich is the victim as make-up is applied during a demonstration in home economics class. Planiny in the high school .shop is Rod Gill. Wlicii Cecilia completes her project, there ' ll he some new monograms made.

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Mathematics, Science Probe Secrets World Still Holds Pungent odors permeate the atmosphere of the east side of the third floor as the science classes carry on their work in chemistry, physics, and biology. At various times throughout the year, the chemistry classes concoct such delicately perfumed mixtures as rotten egg gas in order to observe the chemical reactions. The smell of gas from a Bunsen burner might be noticed as one passes 311, the physics room, for the students v ithin are probably conducting an exper- iment which will show interesting facts about the world we live in today. Any perception of the smell of formaldehyde prob- ably is emitted from the biology room during one of the dissection periods. Students have an opportunity to observe specimens of frogs, clams, crayfish, and other pickled forms of some animals that inhabit the earth. In thj m.athematics department, GJHS ' eis study to hold their own in the complicated mathematical phases essential in the world today. Algebra students learn to solve the equations, while geometry students literally go in circles trying to prove difficult pro- positions. All courses in mathematics work toward building one ' s future career, but for some of the more highly technical fields of vo cation, students need the training which can be received in second year algebra, solid geometry, and trigonometry. Gene points out the hrenthniri appaiatiis or the frOiJ t ' j drnilllii. Ill rn :i III I. mill Violet ilUistrates tlie relationship heticeen distance, rate, and time. Sue iacks off n ml Ki inn ironders as -1 1 m [jri iinn n • hi in i li ' ii i .rprn inent. Page 19

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Commercial Studies Prepare Future Business Leaders Preparing to be the business men and women of to- morrow, students are trained in bookkeeping, typing, shorthand, and secretarial work. Throughout all five periods of the day, clicking keys and ringmg carriage bells may be heard coming from the typing room. After students master control of the keys, they learn the proper form for business letters, with speed and accuracy drills to test development. Knowing how to type proves valuable to students whether they en- ter office work or not, for thev also gain knowledge of theme writing and techniques of composing at the typewriter. In bookkeeping classes, students learn to keep rec- ords accurately and systematically and how to bal- ance that all important budget. Supplementing this study, a course in shorthand is offered. For about a month, the new shorthand students wander around in a maze tr)-ing to sort out the characters in their minds, and later they struggle to transcribe the char- acters while typing. Combining the techniques learned in typing, short- hand, and bookkeeping, secretarial work acquaints the students with the applications of what they have learned and gives them actual experience which proves to be valuable in future career plans. iff C 14 i n Elemental II , :i,j,l,„;i . iiiuml.s ;ii I (Uu jion Artliiir Barms. Charlotte exiilains the proper tray to keep accounts straight. Concentrating 011 ti ping and shorthand, a secretarial praittte class noils tlimugh tin hour Page 21