Griffith High School - Reflector Yearbook (Griffith, IN)

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Industrial Education Provides Solid Background for Trades; Daily Practice Develops Marketable Job Skills With a transition year toward more extensive industrial education, advisers in industry were acquired to report on what skills to emphasize. Exploratory junior high courses will now precede drafting required of soph- omores. At this level the boys may also take a one-hour course in their field of interest. As juniors and seniors they can take the new two-hour classes to develop their skills. By building small motors in machine shop, tracking down car ail- ments in auto mechanics, and building work-benches and cabinets in woods, the boys are developing substantial back- grounds for entering industry. CONCENTRATION IS APPARENT on Dave Welch’s face as he strives for precision and accuracy in his work with metals. GEORGE JONES MAKES an adjustment on Mr. Harold Mack’s car while other members of the advanced auto shop class look on. Anyone connected with the school may have his car serviced in the shop. 14 MACHINE SHOP STUDENTS become ab- sorbed in their own individual projects.

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Creative, Artistic Students Discover Scholastic Outlets for Abilities in Music , Art Two courses on the creative side are music and art. They give those students who enjoy working with their hands or their voices a chance to show their merits. Not only sketching and painting are included in the art classes. Sculpture, with the emphasis on the aesthetic val- ues of design and form, and ceramics, in which students work with clay to pro- duce objects both functional and decor- ative, round out the course. Outstanding projects are displayed in the student show each spring. Under the general classification, “mu- sic,” are mixed chorus, A Cappella, and band. The mixed chorus is open to all while band and A Cappella require try- outs. “NON-OBJECTIVE” IS the word Steve Skvara uses to describe his hard-to-describe work of art. MAUREEN MURPHY, DONNA Mattingly, and Judy Teibel practice a number in mixed chorus while keeping their eyes on Director, Richard Metcalf. KYLE SMITH AND Pat Dagley arc absorbed in getting each note right, counting time, and watching Director, Robert Sohn’s baton. 13

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TYPES OF JOINTS and finishing are taught in wood shop. Here Dick Taylor makes use of one of the many power tools available. TESTING AND CHECKING must be done quickly and accurately. Mr. Alvin Jones watches as Don Hoffman, Ted Ireland, and Rick La- Buda put I ed s car through its paces. Four shop areas are in use this year — woods, machines, automotive, and drafting. The electrical shop is yet to be completed.