Ionia High School - Ionian Yearbook (Ionia, MI)

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t' Hen party Agrarian cagers Lambsy divy F.F.A. club Repair crew Tiller-s of the Soil The major purpose of vocational agriculture is to help rural boys become established in farm- ing. In order to do this, boys are given instruc- tion in soils, crop production, care and feeding of farm animals, and farm management. The freshmen were included in agriculture for the first time this year. They joined the sopho- mores in the study of soils and crop production, making a total of 28 enrolled in the class. The study of the care and feeding of farm animals, offered to the juniors and seniors, is made more interesting by visiting the farms in the locality and judging livestock. The seniors also have a course in farm management in which the busi- ness side of farming is taught. The boys also work in farm shop where they repair home equip- ment, make new and useful things for the farm, and wash, oil, and repair harnesses. During the year all boys enrolled in vocational agriculture carry out projects on animals, crops, or farm placement. Approved practices are followed in these projects and records are kept, The Future Farmers of America, better known as the F.F.A., provided a complete program of work, recreation, and entertainment for 35 mem- bers, under the leadership of their president, Armon Leiter, who in mid-term joined the avia- tion cadets and took math studies to help him in this line, and with the help of their vice-president, Emery Townsend, also an aviation cadet, who assumed the presidency. Other officers were: Milton Hammond, who joined the Navy, treas- urer, Paul Tupes, and reporter, Richard Peterson. ln the FFA. speech contest, Wayne Waldron, with his oration f'Post-War Agricultural Prob- lems, proved to be a very good speaker by win- ning first place in the regional held at Fremont, and placing third in the state contest held at MSC. The speech competition is one of three national contests sponsored by the national FFA. ln the entertainment field were two parties, one in co-operation with the home ec. department and the other an independent St. Patricks Prance. The FFA. took part in the basketball round- robins with Portland and Belding, in which Beld- ing captured county honors. The boys also played a few games with other teams for fun. A softball team for the summer months is being organized to play off a seven-game schedule.

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Craftsmen Of Tomorrow The number of skllls berng taught 1n the shop has attracted many boys and grrls These tnclude woodworkrng sheet metal lathe work both wood and metal weldlng solderlng and band saw work lt has been surprrslng to see the number of grrls talang mdustrral arts There are 93 stu dents enrolled rn shop l4 ot these are grrls tour of whom are semors Of the 51 students enrolled rn drawrng two are grrls The grrls are Just as handy wrth the tools as the boys 1n tact some are better and they manage to keep busrer The grrls seem to be getttng the hrghest marks but there IS no partralrty shown All the glrls agree that rt IS one of therr most rnterestlng sub1ects The classes taught are lOth grade farm shop llth and l2th grade general metals and the general shop class and mechamcal drawmg for all h1gh school grades Formerly weldtng scarhng and brazmg band saw blades and band saw blade hlmg were sent out Now these operatlons are be rng done rn the shop and the students are also taught to servlce the1r own tools rncludrng the grrndlng of hand tools and lathe brts Both the grrls and the boys are learnrng Jobs that w1ll be helpful later 1n lndustry Wrth most of the boys gotng rnto the armed forces some of the grrls wrll have to go rnto defense tac torres T e condemnrng of the Jumor hrgh burldrng made the shop and draw1ng classes double up but the classes are managrng well The shop store room has been remodeled thrs year by the shop class puprls and therr teacher The classes have been farthtully and patrent ly gurded by therr rnstructor Mr Moore and the students agree that much of the1r success should be attrrbuted to htm Cough! wlth a draft Grease monkeys Shoppmg around The vlllcrge smlthxes The femmme touch l5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , . 1 1 1 , . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , . 1 4 1

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Eyes and Ears of the School It s onl lt s otll Yes the Spotlrght was othcrally turned off rn tradrtronal style by the senrors who edrted the last rssue Iune 5 The 43 44 Spotlrght made 1lS debut on Septem ber 20 We hadnt realrzed that our newspaper skrlls were so rusty after vacatron but w1th four teen hard workrng veterans we made the dead l1ne Bob Brvett a senror who was our busrness manager left us to Jom the Navy Brll Youngs a talented sophomore we drscovered had a sports lrngo ot hrs own Cubs Yes there are new reporters erght ot them selected after several exasperatrng tryouts We met every Tuesday at ll 30 that rs all ot those that we could catch 1n the hall At the meetrngs we gave out assrgnments drscussed the An array ot odors came from those who must lunch durrng the meetrng because ot noon classes All stones had to be rn by ll 30 Thursday but that deadl1ne was seldom met Thursday and Frrday nrghts we typed our stones and wrote headlrnes Refreshments whrle we worked pepped up our last mrnute head wr1t1r1g Monday two students ambled down Unron hrll at ll 00 to proof read the tour columns we hoped to have What no tea? Sorry Alumnl no tea thrs year Yes we know we are breakrng tradrtron but Uncle Sam Just wont allow Anyway we and our student guests emoyed a Chrrstmas party at Bea Brown s ouna board progress1ve games prctures grtts and tood Maybe we have occasronally shrrked our duty but weve had lun especrally those 6 oclock snacks on Thursday nrght Untrl the Spotlrght IS on agarn for another year so longl SPQTLIFHT STAFF E lt 1 ch f A x tant ed t 1 Soclety lllltlll' Lntrrary edlt N w d tor Lou Slyk '21 V Ima J an Sums Sue Houghton D O Q S 9 l Club Elltor Mu L editor Busmess man.a1.tr Secretary T t I rame kuhn Stuart Todd Joan Bo ne Lucxlle L L l C' ll h UC 9 8 HL GI' Don Ogl r Bull Youmzs YD S Spcrt rqorter Reporter R e An Allen June Rr iem ky J n McKendry Cub reporters Alrce We sg rber lan H cks Eleanor Westbro k Aden Jean N fl en June Steele Janlce Donalson Rchard Burlmgame Daxul Plrer Rich d P dr ete on Spell ght. ad M1 Mabel Brox 1 1 . . . . . . . , . - . , . , , . , , . I . . . - ' I I 1 1 1 1 . . , I - . 1 .. . ' W 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 ' 1 . , 1 . 1 . 1 , 1 . . ,, ,, . , . . . - , A I I ' T I . 11 D ' f d' nr-'n- ie . , . . . . . . . . iso e. I ss S i 0 ' . , . . . . . . e ' e ' 1 ' - 1 ' or . . . . . . . . oris wens prevrous lssue, and lamented over what was cut. ' 4. - A 1 ' - ' - 1 - - B Qf Q BYPWD si ' ' . . . . . . . . . . . ' ' ' fl ' ' ' , 1 . . 1 . . - . YV ' . . . . . . . . . . . . ' ec ' i . . . , . . . . . 'i 1 ' - 1 . . , 1 s 1 1 s . . . . . . . ' 1- . , - I S . . US n , 'I S ' , U21 ' ' ' ' . . . ' i 0 , . i , . ' : 0 . ' i - s , 1 ' , ' 1 i ' ' ' '. 'P . - . . . 1 rg ' - 1 i visor' . . . . . . . . 'ss ' ' VD