Highland High School - Shield Yearbook (Highland, IN)

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Boys learn new skills through industrial arts classes Skills in handicrafts are the tools of the industrial arts department. After their recent expansion into the new wing, the department gave a more spacious and well-equipped working area to its students. Precision and neatness are all- important in mechanical and architec- tural drawing classes. Designing and laying out intricate machine parts are part of mechanical drawing classes, while architectural drawing students sketch and build scale models of their ideal houses. Studying the properties of wood and metal shop, students make furni- ture and metal projects. Enlarging the department was the new electron- ics class, enabling students to study more extensive and varied phases of industrial arts. Safety precautions are taught to be important features when work- ing with heavy machines. Protective eye shields must be worn during grind- ing, sawing and cutting. Heavy asbes- tos gloves must also be worn when using the blow torch to avoid burns. Roger Silsby fires a cutting torch to smooth away rough edges of a piece of metal. Welding, cutting and grinding are all techniques employed in making useful metal tools that are not only attractive but safe to use. 8 Industrial Arts Industrial electronics student Bill Kozet tedi- ously studies a complex maze of wiring as he completes an assignment.

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salesmanship class to curriculum Vickie Heimberger carefully corrects a slight typing error as she swiftly completes another business letter. Nimble fingers, accuracy, speed, and continual concentration are prime requisites for all proficient typing stu- dents. Rechecking long columns of figures soon becomes routine to students tak- ing courses in business machines. Senior l.anette Phillips painstakingly goes over her class work in an attempt to achieve accuracy which is of prime importance in today ' s business world. Symbolic of the work done daily by business students, the number-filled tapes of an adding machine tumble upon the floor as the students complete their homework assignments. Business 7

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Getting ready to saw a piece of wood. Jun ior Milton LaMantia lines up the saw to insure a clean cut. Modern machinery enables students a maximum of efficiency. With precision accuracy, a wood shop student checks to make sure his book shelf is perfectly squared. Employing the techniques of modern machine shop practice, an industrial arts student in metal shop grinds a piece of metal down to specified size. Safety precautions are always taken as he has a double shield for his protection. Industrial Arts 9