Hastings High School - Tiger Yearbook (Hastings, NE)

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, ,., I , 5 ' B ' fnwmm, Look at all the fine new machines these girls are using in the office practice room. They have electric typewriters, the newest dictating machines. calculators, the mimeo- graph and others. These girls are talsing the advanced courses in business education. They have already had courses in shorthand, type- writing. and bookkeeping. XY'hile there are no boys shown in this picture, it must be said that many boys take these courses, es- pecially typewriting. Girls who go out from this department to take jobs are well trained and have little trouble finding work. Acme, 4u.l:pzcf.4. you, 1 W'-, ,f , Here is a shop where ideas are turned f I into concrete Cwoodj form every day. V There is something inspirational in worlt- ing with wood. Xvood is nature's own A gift to the craftsman and there is no more beautiful material in the world. ls there any better place for a boy to create something beautiful. and use- ful, than the wood shop? lniagine the thrill of having a desk like this in your own room-one that you built yourself. Some boys like it better to work with metal, and many useful and beautiful projects are made in the metal shop. In the drafting room boys learn about working drawings-htixv to malse and read them. llere are students in a mathematics class learning to use the Hslipstielf' fyslide ruled This is a very useful tool in the hands of a mathematieian. ltngineers hate used the slide rule for many years as .1 means of speeding up their calcula- tions. ln more recent sears the rule has heroine useful in many other fields. Nlans students shi axvax from math li.- tause they feel it is tonxlififietilt and ims prattieal. lt is not really ton diffit'ult. .X reasniiable amount of effort liy must stu! dents will do very wt-ll. and the stilaietat is prattieal and becoming more and more used every day. 1,-.ak . I X X

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dat? The greatest joy that one can experience in life is to create something. To that person who gets .1 thrill fron1 graceful lines. pleasing forms, and harmonizing colors, the painting of a picture, or the creation of a picture, brings the greatest joy in the world. Everyone has ideas and feelings within himself that he wants to expressg some do it with paint brushes. some use words and write .1 story, some use tools and make a piece of furniture. These girls. WOI'ls- ing in the art room, are satisfying their desire for self expression. You don't haye to be .1 master to enjoy the satisfaction of creating something. You just throw your whole heart into the task and do your best. 4. I 0 These boys in auto mechanics are not go! ing to create .1 new car. Nor will they create .1 new engine. But when the boys put that once noisy engine back into the car, start tl1e thing running, listen to its sweet putting sound, don't you tell them they l1.lYCIliI created something-they know better. These boys will have .1 better apf preciation of their own cars after taking this course. 147 I 55, I 2 mfg. F' . - z,'+?. 1. 45' sz., iff 'inv- 1 In science you create too. You talye two smelly liquids, pour tl1en1 to- gether, heat them over a fl.1me and then allow the liquid to ev.1por.1te. W'hat do you have? A lot of beauti- ful White crystals that you didn't have before. Of course some one else had them before. but tl1ey're new to you. And then, if you lseep study- ing chemistry long enough, some day y0u'll come up with son1e crystals that nobody has ever seen before and you will really know the joy of creating something new. lneidentally, you'll be famous too. There are also classes for students interested in physiology, biology, physics, and general science.

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Look at these busy girls in an Iinglish class. They could be writing .1 theme. They might also be working on grammar. Or. maybe it,s .1 test on the works of Shakespeare. Anyway, whatever it is they are doing, they are getting a good foundation in Iinglish because Has- tings has .1 good department of English. In L3 dal, ' In this department students study about people. They study about people from the earliest times down to the present. They study about the progress people have made all over the world. Later they study just about the progress made in America. Still later they study about progress and problems of people today-right now. One of the most in- teresting ways to study I11.lI1iN progress is to study his inventions. is '--4 R' an English class students learn how to give sell expression to their ideas through written themes and compositions. They sometimes try their hand at poetry too. Jlome, Don't envy the girl who can make herself a pretty dress. klust register for the class in clothing and see how easily you can do it your- self. NVith fine equipment, new machines, and a good teacher, you will soon be tl1e envy of other girls. And can you bake a cherry pie? Therc's no need to say no. Any girl tor boyj can register for ll class in foods and learn to cook and bake like a chef. And speak- ing of creating something-did you ever put a pan full of pale looking dough into the oven and later take out a delicious golden crusted pie? .+ 'bf' One of the most interesting ways to study about people is to study their language. In Hastings High School stu- dents can study Spanish, French and German. Latin is also taught. Latin, though not spoken today, is an important language and is useful in the studying and understanding of other languages. One way to make the study of a foreign X language more interesting is to study the customs and dress of the people speaking it. Here, in a Spanish class, stu- dents .1re wearing the costumes of the Spanish people.