Ionia High School - Ionian Yearbook (Ionia, MI)

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Stage Hands In these years of war a scarcity of skilled labor and new machinery exists; therefore, the industrial arts course has been more important than ever before. The boys and girls enrolled in general metals, farm shop and mechanical drawing gained valuable knowledge and experience in the main- tenance and repair of tools and machinery. Woodworkers Toolmakers Those students who took general metals and farm shop were taught to operate and take care of the tools which would enable them to care for their own machines. In mechanical drawing the students learned blueprint reading, the details of machinery construction, and the method of drawing according to present-day standards. The industrial arts course is one of the most im- portant in the school today because of its aid to the war effort.

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The Office Force Business Hieroglyphics Behind the screen the students vigorously work on bookkeeping. Some ask, What is bookkeep- Let ' s listen to what an actor has to say. Bookkeeping is the art of recording accounts or business transactions in a regular and systematic manner. Clear thinking is its motto. Perfect rv Copy The opera glasses now spy stage nine where typing and shorthand are under way. Dictation in shorthand, a system of rapid writing in which characters are used for letters and phrases, is handed to the typist. Transcription at 50 words per minute on the typewriter is done like that. Practice makes perfect. Trial Balance

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Pastoral Setting In Ionia high there were 45 students en- rolled in agriculture who carried seven hours of agriculture. Field trips were taken to such places as Murray ' s swine farm, Michigan farmers ' week at Lansing, and the state hospital and reformatory for the test- ing of milk. Some of the students enrolled did not live on farms but took agriculture and accepted work on farms during the summer. rhose Red, Red Points Biological Research I Farm Science In the study of plants and animals, the biology students learned the different kinds of plants and simplest animals. As warm weather came they learned about the respiratory, circulatory and excretory sys- tems of man and the simplest organisms. The biology students also mastered setting up the microscope, and studied bacteria, mold and yeasts.