Hinton High School - Dart Yearbook (Hinton, WV)

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5 , ,IW-ta 1:1 X334 Y ,..i-4 4-1 1-',.',..,-vs QUMMERS COUNTY VOCATIONAL SCHOOL The Summers County Voeatlonal Scho ml has been ln operatlon smce the summer of 1947 Smce that txme the scho ml hxs been approx ed and oper ited under the SLIDGFVISIOII of the Sum mars County Bgard ofEduc1t1m lndh is been a part ofHmton Hugh Sc hool It lS me of several schools set up and appr wed by the State Department of Vocatlonal Educatlon ln Charleston opportumty of WOFKIHQ, on lathes shapex s fflllllllg Ill21LhlIl9S t,r1nders planers drtll press es and v.1r1ous mac hxnes that are c omm an to the shops tn mdustzv The b ns 1 et 1 th Jrough course ln Blue Punt Rtadtm, md some prac tlcal drawtng thit wlll help them to mterpret prmts that wlll be g.,lNCIl them tn sh ups xn yxhuh they mxght work lll later lxfe They are taught to measux e it cur xtely to mthxn 1 th vusandth Ji in mth and often are xequxxcd t 1 make wnrk to those spec 1f1L atlons Sey eral of the boys haye fmxshtd castmgs furmshed by commercxal foundrxes tnto machxnes and tools th tt are useful at the1r homes The students attend classes for .1 peuod of two years and at the end of that tune they re cetve a cert1f1cate from the Vocat1onal School 1n addmonto the1r regular H1g,h St hool Dtploma Interest has xncreased ln thxs type of classes due to the pxact1cal1ty of the traxmng and due to the fact that the students are better eqmpped to e.un a hvmg 1n xndustrlal work Seyeral of the graduates have gotten Jobs 1n xndustrxal plants and others have gone to college to further the1r educatton 1n the fneld of lndustrlal Educ atxon Surely our shops have started several boys 1n an mterestmg work that they would not have learned anywhere else A ' lr 'Y' f . 3 I , , 't ,f 5, ., . ,H f -4.4 .. . 4 I V-. ', '- 4 ' X ' r ft .. U ' isle. -'f 't ip ' y . , A , y .nal ll ' ' A : ha Q N 1 Phil ,fir . : f ,V -. I, fix? u ' r M K B :al x .f ' l . Vi- X - h f i u. , yy s 5 u C X A , 5 I s , I xx X . .1 . Y ' . t 1 I l .U ' 1 ' ' . , , . . y . . ' '- - ' . L' . Q z ' ' ' ' ' t . r Q - I , - X v , ' . ' ' The classes meet for three hours each day, and during that time the students have the . V . I y kv vvw. . , Q I . Y. 4 C . M- . ' .' V ' rx 1 5. r ' . . ' K V' , ' 3 ' 1 'z j ' 1 t t 1 , 1 ' t ' K . A 1 ,' ' ,, ' . , y 1 , , ' ' . 1 . ' w ' - I ', ' 1 ' 1 ' 4 . . . , ' 1 . . - . - . .' ' , - 4 W ' ',- K n ' 1 ' 1 ' A , . . . V . v 1 , , wa