Highland High School - Shield Yearbook (Highland, IN)

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Homemaking and Child Care Prepare Girls for Future Roles For the future homemaker, the world of home economics offers countless opportunities in learn- ing the fine arts of housekeeping, from first year cooking to sewing problems. With the help of well-trained teachers and modern equipment and teaching methods, stu- dents learn home management, child care, and home nursing, as well as cooking and sewing. Girls acquire the skills of planning and managing a home, caring for children, and treating the in- jured and the sick. Working hard over sewing machines and stoves, creating stylish fashions and delicious meals, the girls realize that the thrills learned here will be utilized in the future. MISS RACHAEL RAMSEY, home economics instructor, gives a helping hand to Pat Markward and Sandy Parkis as they strive to become adept in the culinary arts. TALENT, UTENSILS, INGREDIENTS— all are essentials in any home economics class. Under the watchful eye of Miss Ra- chael Ramsey, Kathy Hansen attempts to master measuring tech- niques.

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Industrial Arts Courses Train Boys for Future Vocations SPARKS FLY, METAL softens, and experience is gained as John Tuskan welds part of his project. Metal shop gives all students the opportunity to work and to obtain the confidence necessary for shop. BUSILY FINISHING HIS PROJECT Rick Coppage uses safe- ty taught to be important in using shop equipment. Courses instruct boys in more than just the fundamental construction procedures. Creative young men are given the opportunity to develop their skills in carpentry and drafting through the courses offered by the Industrial Arts Department. This department had it’s beginning when the high school opened, offering seventh and eighth grade shop. As the school continued to grow, more courses were added, including drafting and advanced classes of wood and metal shops. Students of wood shop are taught the correct use of tools, as well as precision work in carpen- try. Learning and experimenting with the meth- ods of metal fabrication is one of the purposes of the Metal Shop courses. The advanced courses in drafting offer an opportunity to study house con- struction. All are vital links in the curriculum.

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CONCENTRATION AND PRECISION render rewarding and lasting results. Here sopho- more Jim Morehead puts them to good use. Students Contributed to Efficient School Operation by Taking 12 What is a high school? It is defined as a “build- ing where a group of teachers and pupils meet.” But to those teachers and pupils, it is much more. It is people, lockers, movies, fight songs, activi- ties, economics class, pride, and responsibility. Besides getting from their school, pupils give. They aren’t content to receive all the time; they want to accept responsibilities in order to make their school even better. For the first time, monitors were organized un- der Mr. Ron Johnson, social studies instructor. They were instructed to check all passes and issue court notices when necessary. Projectionists were available every period to as- sist teachers in showing movies. Office aids helped administrators in both the main and guidance offices. Student librarians and teachers learned and helped at the same time. But pupils gave in other ways. They gave in hard work to the main job of a school education. Study and physical fitness went hand in hand to better both the mind and body. PARTICIPATING IN ATHLETICS at the gym class level, as well as the intrascholastic level, can be an enlightening experi- ence, and lots of fun, too, but it sure does build up a thirst.