Hammond Technical Vocational High School - Chart Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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WORKING ON THEIR PROJECTS are Pat Dougherty, making jewelry; Laura Leader, weaving; Joe O ' Dea, paint- ing with water colors, and Sheldene Fegely, drawing with chalk. Miss Clency ' s Art class offered many different types of art work. ACTING OUT A SCENE from Heidi” are, from left to right: Sheldene Fegely, Sam Bo- zack, Kitty Carlson, and Bob Calabrese. The children’s play was presented on April 11 in Tech’s new auditorium by Mrs. Parre’s drama classes. JOURNALISM WAS A CLASS added to Tech’s curriculum in 1958-59. These students signed up for publications aftet completing the class. They ate, seated left to right: Olivia Love, Ann Ray, Donna Ptak, Sharon Ramsey, and standing. Bill Duncan, Diana Nabors, Joanne Beavers, Marilyn Rogers, and Connie Malkewicz.

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CALISTHENICS is an important part of all physical education classes. ELECTIVES ROUNDED OUT CLASS PROGRAMS Music, drama, art, Tech Times, Chart, and physical education were some of the many electives offered. THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION PLANT in- cluded modern locker room facilities for girls. Left to right are: Joan Simon, Karen Saberniak, and Christina Buono as they changed for gym class. KARL SHAKE WORKED on the par- allel bars while the other members of his class looked on. Everyone was re- quired to take physical education dur- ing his freshman year. INSTRUMENTAL was a one-period elec- tive offered to students who wanted to learn to play instruments or to those who wanted to develop their talents so they could go into band. Here Mr. Robinson is instructing Charles Lakatos on the clar- inet. MUSIC APPRECIATION was a new class in 1958-59. Some of the units covered were Music and Dance, Music and Ceremony, Sightseeing Through Music, Music and Legends, and Magic and Phantom. Students learned to decide between different kinds of music. Pictured from left to right are a group from the class: Cathy Robley, Larry Clark, Bobette McCall, Wendell Donelson, Miss Volkman. instructor, and Sharon Luther.

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VOCATIONAL SHOPS ALSO AIDED TECHNICAL STUDENTS Auto, like most shops at Tech, was once considered training ground for only the student planning a future on the job. In 1958-59, he worked side by side with friends who wanted advanced training and careers in science and technology. The technical stu- dent could combine theory of class and lab with practical knowledge only shops can afford. Tech ' s first shops for girls were shorthand and typing. That was in 1921 when one typewriter was shared by both the office and the students. In 1958-59, hundreds of girls got thorough preparation for both home and business in fourteen modern, well- equipped shops. Boys’ shop offerings grew from one afternoon a week set aside for instruction in drafting by Mr. Benson to twelve separate shop programs which offer everything from pattern making to plumbing. The freshman boy in 1958-59 spent his year in four exploratory shops and got a sample of work in metals, wood, electricity, and drafting to see what suited him best. Every Tech student in 1958-59 was required to take shop work. A WELL-EQUIPPED, well-instructed shop in auto repair and maintenance offered student thorough training in an important job in our economy — auto mechanics. THIS WAS Mr. Galen A. Merrill ' s auto shop in the old Russell Street building in the late twenties.