Homestead High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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lsr 'S 1 .i Make if There are probably as many reasons for taking Home Economics as there are stu- dents in the classes, the main objective, however, as with any subject, is to enlarge upon what is already known. Foods courses help girls to improve abilities which may have been acquired to some degree at home, clothing classes teach them to create smart outfits for far less money than they would pay for them, ready-made, in the store. To boys, cooking class gives basic know-how and prepares them for the day when they will need to cook their own meals. For everyone, Home Ec teaches a useful lesson in thrift and self-discipline. In shop, students learn a wide variety of skills, from woodworking to the basics of architecture. For many, both boys and girls, who plan to go on to become engineers or draftsmen, these classes are good founda- tions for further study in college. vw 5. 1 Q f...-

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v - -gf fa' 1: Ny: A' Y Pl -'I' I don'+ know how I+ works! Many aspects of life at Homestead are made more pleasant by the Audio-Visual Department. If it were not for this tiny but vital organization, broken projectors would remain unfixed, and important school events and T.V. specials could not be recorded. As it is, however, numerous schooldays are brightened by the anticipa- tion of a film in science class, or an inter- esting B.B.C. movie in English Lit, and the coaches constantly make use of A.V. game films to instruct their teams. Scarcely an hour passes that isn't enhanced with some type of presentation from the department, and, though most of us probably take it for granted, if it were suddenly to disappear, we would feel its absence immediately. Not only students, but many teachers as Well, rely on audio-visual services, and this dependence creates a sense of pride among the A.V. crew. They know their work, and they know they're needed-somehow, that's enough to assure that at least a small group of these mechanical geniuses will be at H.H.S. in the future.