Hopewell High School - Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Hopewell, VA)

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DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCA T ON DEPARTMENT Above: Mr. Porter talks with his Distributive Education pupils. Below: These Distributive Education students check a model they have dressed. John W. Porter, Jr. R.P.I., B.S., University of Virginia. D.E. is one of the four cooperative programs between the school and the business community offered at Hopewell High. Students are provided with actual business experience and on the job training which gives them a head start on others in their field. This department deals with the buying, distributing, and merchandising of all types of goods. First year students study the field of distribution in the classroom while the second and third year students have on the job training at stores all around town. These two excellent teachers are mainly responsible for the success of this program. Ellen R. Carlon Radford College, V.P.I., B.S. 29

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COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT Azielee K. George Montreat College, B.S., V.C.U., William and Mary. Virginia Nowlin Longwood, B.S., Virginia State, William and Mary, U. of Virginia. Teresa L. Gordon V.C.U., B.S. Thelma G. Clark Winthrop College, B.S., William and Mary, Madison, V.C.U. Above: Mrs. Case instructs her first year typing students. Our Commercial Department has machines for nearly any type of business work a student would undertake. Most of the equipment is electric, from the typewriters to the adding machines. These advantages put the future employee up to date in the fast paced world of file clerks, secretaries, and executives. We are very grateful to these experienced teachers. Mary K. Godsey Longwood, B.S. Elizabeth H. Glass Mary Washington, B.S., William and Mary, University of Virginia. Lucy W. Pritchard Mary Washington, B.S., University 28 of Virginia. Gladys P. Case Winthrop College, B.S.

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INDUSTRIAL ARTS DEPARTMENT Frederick A. Woehr Rochester Institute of Technology, State University of New York, B.S., College at Oswego, M.S. Through the facilities of this modern department, many students are given an excellent start to a productive career in such fields as drafting, electronics, machine work, woodworking, printing, graphic arts, and automobile mechanics. With the assistance of these special teachers we are given practical experience in many areas important in our lives. Through projects and class work, students are helped in choosing a career that is best suited for them. These dedicated teachers work hard and spend many hours in helping us open new horizons in our future. G. M. Showalter L.L. Cooke School of Engineering, U.S. Army Signaling School, Mid- West Signal School, University of Virginia, R.P.I. Glenn C. Myrick Virginia Apprenticeship Commission, V.P.I., William and Mary. Philip Redman V.C.U., B.F.A. Peter Schmidt Del Mar College, St. John ' s River, Foot Hills College, Pensacola, V.C.U., Old Dominion. Walter Daggett Bridgewater, B.A., Old Dominion, V.C.U. Below. These boys are putting what they have learned to work in their machine shop. 3C