Hemingford High School - Bobcat Yearbook (Hemingford, NE)

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Determining her vocational aptitudes. Carol Price looks over re suits of her Kuder Preference tests with Mr. Johnston. In choosing a career, Sandy Grabber looks over college catalogs with Principal Harold Johnston. The Hemingford school system has a very efficient guidance program for the student. A series of tests are given for the purpose of determining the student's abilities and his potential. In the Junior and Senior years, the students are given preference tests to find their occupational interests and abilities. They are also given information pertaining to college entrance along with financial aid information. Below left: In desperation, Miss Clark searches for the lemonade which her Freshman home-ec class drank—er . . . made. Below right: Deep in thought, Senior girls vie for honors as they take the Betty Crocker Homemaking tests. Frustration reigns as senior Margaret Meyer finds that she must tear out a seam for the third time.

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MARILYN KAY CLARK University of Nebraska, B.S. HOME ECONOMICS LEE MESSERSMITH University of Nebraska. B.S. VOCATIONAL ARTS Vocational Guidance Vocational guidance and training is the practical approach and the student's intro- duction to everyday life and problems. It is an important part of the school in pro- viding this emphasized liberal education. In Home Economics H.H.S. girls are taught the practical and basic principles of homemaking. They are taught the practical arts of sewing, cooking, and the philos- ophy of child care ancl home management. The instruction becomes more advanced as the years progress. It is offered to Freshmen, Sophomores, and Seniors. Each year in the phases of home-ec, the girls are required to make projects and they present them at an annual style show in the spring. In Industrial Arts, boys learn design, welding, carpentry, metal works, and usable mechanical knowledge. Like home-ec, the boys are given an opportunity to use their knowledge acquired in yearly projects. These shop classes are offered to Freshmen, Juniors, and Seniors. Each year these boys turn out beautiful wood work and metal work along with acquiring a vast amount of first hand knowledge and experiences that will be useful later in life. Practicing welding techniques, Floyd Wegrzyn works on a proj- Final touches on his project are explained to Dick Zeller by Instructor ect in Senior shop class. Lee Messersmith.

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Social Sciences HAROLD JOHNSTON Kearney State College, B.A.. M.S. AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AMERICAN PROBLEMS AMERICAN HISTORY GUIDANCE The heritage and history of the past which lead to the development of the present and are giving way to the fu- ture, play a primary part in the course of study at Heming- ford. From the past we are able to learn the mistakes and the errors made and are able to avoid repetition of the same kind of error. American History is required in the Junior year at H.H.S. From this course we learn the progress and the foundations that our heritage was built on here in A- merica. From the discovery of America to the present day, historians have recorded happenings that were important then and are now. The American Government class is given in the Senior year and is required. It deals with the law-making proc- esses that govern our land. It acquaints the student with the hows and whys of agency government. World History deals with the development of the whole world and each country's relationship with each other. We can trace man's development back into the beginnings in the Mesopotamian Valley of the Middle East. World Geography is offered to Freshmen and deals with the physical aspects of social development, and the effect it has on social changes. Below left: Illustrated maps give vivid details to Rodney Christensen and Mary Bruns as they look for the Holy Roman Empire in World History. Below right: Committees do most of the nation’s law-making research as a group of American Government students find out, much to Ron Hucke's dismay. Below: Showing films often gives the student a better in- sight. as Juniors in American History find out. Butch Klemke Jim Wacker. and Ken Kohrman set up the film.