Hamburg High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Hamburg, IA)

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SCIENCE The Science Department of our high school includes Chemistry, Physics, General Science ond Biology. Mr. Dethlefs taught the first three subjects ond Mr. White tought the Biology. The picture shows the crdvonced Physics class in the lctborcztory. The group includes seniors ond juniors under the supervision of Mr. Dethlefs. I COMMERCIAL The Hamburg High School Commercial Department includes Typing I and II, Shorthand, and Bookkeeping. Mrs. Keith Fender taught all of the subjects in this department. The Typing I classes learned the keyboard in the beginning. They also learned how to type business letters, manuscripts, and how to tabulate listed material. The highest individual score on a five minute test was 57 words a minute. In the Typing II class, each student learned how to cut stencils, they made programs for various clubs and for most of the school events. This class also helped the.March of Dimes by sending circulars to everyone in Hamburg. The Shorthand class used the new Gregg Simplified Method this year. Emphasis was placed on transcribing mailable letters. The Bookkeeping students completed a semester's undertaking by working out a practice set which included the whole bookkeeping cycle. . an-sr X' COMMERCIAL 5 Typing I Closs

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HOME ECONOMICS Home Economics is a training in homemaking. lt helps each girl to know and understand herself cmd pre- pares her for usefulness in the home and enjoyment in life. Vocational homemaking is not just requiring skills in cooking and serving but includes other phases of work such as the nutritive value of food, planning adequate and balanced meals, table service and food preservation. ln clothing besides learning the fun- damentals of serving the girls also study textiles, selection of garments as to color and design, care of clothing and personal appearance. Other units of work include home furnishing, child care and development, home care of the sick, family relationships, boy and girl relationship, and becoming a mature person. Home projects worked out with the cooperation of the parents are encour- aged because they develop skills learned in the classwork. The course is divided into three years of work. This year there is an enrollment of 43 girls in the department. The American Government class learned about the way our government was operated. Mr. Langfeldt of station K. M. A. gave the class a fine talk. The International Relations students became well-informed about world affairs and kept up in current events by reading the newspapers each day. The American History students kept notebooks to help in their study of the history of our America. They gave many interesting ficticious reports based on events that happened in those days. The World History class made a study of the happenings of mankind from the time that history was recorded. Many interesting reports were made and a great deal of research was done. This course is required work for two semesters for Sophomores. socuu. scrmcn 5 The Social Science Department of g 1 1 i the Hamburg High School includes 1 W' American Government, International Relations, American History, World History and Economics. Miss Nelson Q taught all of these classes with the exception of Economics which was taught by Mr. Mekemson. Current events were shown by New York Times film strips each month to all of Miss Nelson's classes.

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VOCATION AL AGRICULTURE 6 '2 5 4 K 'Ni S ,IS C5 . N. CLASS STUDYING FARM MACHINERY '48 to '50 Vocational Agriculture is a four-year course for boys. There is an adult class for the older farmers. The ,veterans-on-farm training pro- gram is active in the Hamburg Schools. The Vo-ag program is designed to allow about 315 of the total time for class-room instruction. Approximately 215 of the total time is used for shop work which includes wood and metal Working and arc and acetylene welding. The Ag boys frequently go on field trips: They test soil, check for corn borer, this spring they set 2000 black locust trees, planted a forage test plot, and the seniors will take a trip to Iowa State College. For School and Community improvement the ag classes with the assistance of Mr. Wyatt, their instructor, and Ham, the custodian, constructed the athletic field bleachers, put the cables around the field, and dug the trench across the field for the P. A. system. They assembled the girls new athletic lockers, set two bicycle racks, constructed the platform in the auditorium for the new piano, constructed a backstop for the baseball feild, and did other jobs too numerous to mention. Adult farmers also go to school during special sessions for them. They had 10 meetings during each school year. Discussion this year covered many current topics such as: Borer and weed control, marketing, tractor maintenance, legunie growing and swine production. More than 15 movie films were shown. At the end of the meetings a banquet was held in the Baptist church, Each farmer invited a business man and about 120 persons attended. The veterans-on-farm training program has been active in the Hamburg schools for nearly 3 years. Norman Wyatt is the supervisor, and Byron Grebe and Harry Lauman are the instructors. Forty veterans are attending this vocational training for 12 months of the year. md? Mr. Wyatt, the Ag. Teacher, ex- be-mmm plains some date cmd Charts on ifvrm I I problems. 15C C VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE PROGRAM Ti