Hot Springs High School - Old Gold Book Yearbook (Hot Springs, AR)

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Thev walked 1nto room 202 They sat down at the strange desks They took out the1r scales 2H and 4H penc1ls gum paper angles French curx es and those hxghest of h1gh1nd1spensab1l1t1es thexr T squares Then the mechan1cal drawmg class began The f1rst y earers started operatlng on d1f ferent news of blocks and adx anced to de s1gn1ng house plans Floor plans foundauon plans roof plans and two elex at1on drawmgs were mapped out by the slxteen talented pen c1ls sur weeks per phase Thev turned thelr attentlon to sxmplc palts of machmes toward the end of thc coulse The four second vear enthuslasts who wexe comb1ned w1th the Inst year group had been breezmg through compl1 cated machlnerv all telm Eng1nee1s drafters and archxtects know how essentlal mechamcal drawmg trammg IS 1D then f1elds and manv related ones as d1d th1s amb1t1ous class of seventeen boys and th1ee g1rls Draftmg tools w ere xssued to them by the school wh1le the students ful mshed then own 1nc1dental mater1als A9213 Jin' 1 H.. LY N A dream house' W as nt Foshcc completes hls hou 4 plan ,108 Z gn . Hull assists om of thc mcmbcr: f h' lncchanlcal dr'1w'ing class. Lucky Anna Sun surrounded by all thosa boys. LELAND HULL BSE.. University of Arkansas nlechanical drawing uses french curwes . U r M I' tk- ' , . r Xi 7 R C -LL B H fso 1, xx lp x X '

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Iiogarithms haven't stymied Bob Harrison in algebra c ass. Business math, algebra, geometry, and trigon- ometry - four subjects which some students first regarded as death sentences! But they soon gained confidence that math could be as interesting a mystery as a jig-saw or a crossword puzzle. When Miss Cox added her deep purple outfits and rich humor to each and every algebra problem. the numbers seemed to fit into place automatically. Coach Brooks did just as well with his plane geometry, solid geometry, and trigonometry. His oddly shaped geometric figures fthe Uparallela- gramic outhouse, etc.J almost explained them- selves. The same sort of procedures gave Colonel Lawes good results. He injected practical ways of solving difficult math questions into the minds of his business mathematicians. Pczqe Z4 Bu! Chuck I have proved it' e claims Buddy Brooks after working a geometry problem ss., MISS DESSE COX M.A., University of Kansas CARL R. BROOKS A.B., Henderson State Teachers College wary students penetrate puzzles of nlath X ii V N V

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woodshop harbors ash travs and boats LLLAND HULL B S E Unuexslty of Arkansas Wlth the whlne of saw and planer and the howl of sander and shaper cabmet wood was shaped and flnlshed 1nto the most 1nter estmg p1 ojects from ash trays to tables from lamps to boats' Much woodshop t1me was also spent rn the bulldlng or reparrrng of ar t1c1es for use IU the schools Many amateur Woodworkers bu11t pro These sallors wlll have many happy saxllng days thrs summer ln the boat they are buzldmg X Puihng the flI11ShlI'1g touches on the1r ard table occup1es Don Radley and Jack D1 obena fess1onal lookmg furmture for the1r own use or for sale Cedar chests were popular th1s year as were coffee tables 1n cedar and wal nut Through the SplCY smellmg haze of pul xerrzed ShaV1DgS even a full s1zed rowboat could be seen restmg on the shops floor These projects bullt sound bases for future vocatlons as well as current hobbres Shannon Montgomery s coffee table takes shape Many useful projects are completed 1n wood shop Page 26 . .ng K, ',.' . ..., , . - ' - s v ' .' ' ' r - . .. .. . , 1