Joliet West High School - Alpha Omega Yearbook (Joliet, IL)

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Industrial Arts Provide if if .iii Larry Pickering is spot welding two pieces of metal together in construction of a project in Metal Shop. Bob Hendricks uses the electric sander in the completion of a project in Wood Shop. 24 Useful Training Lonnie Winters takes good advantage of Auto Shop by working on his own car while learning useful knowledge in the maintenance of automobiles. Many freshmen students at West are taking General Shop, a program consisting of six shops, each lasting six weeks. These boys receive experience with tools, materials, and processes employed by man in securing, distributing, and using the earth's resources to meet his physical needs. If a boy finds that he enjoys the program, he may spend a year in the Industrial Shop of his choice. This program helps stu- dents acquire skills and related knowledge to enable them to perform jobs in given occupations and around their homes. The really enthusiastic students take Vocational Shop where they prepare to enter a given, trade. Students in Electric Shop set up electrical circuits and test them with a hand generator. These Electric Shop students are Joe Smyder, Nick Rud- man, and their teacher Mr. Siron.

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Art-uLife seen through a temperament? M Karen Kozma is working on scratchboard and design in Art V. In the art classes at J .T. West students have a chance to express their emotions and personalities through the media of sketching, painting, sculp- ture, wood carving, commercial art, and jewelry making. Aspiring artists or 'tjust interested pupils begin their cultural studies with Art I-II, a basic course in color harmonization, composi- tion, and techniques. and from there go into more advanced classes such as painting. These classes help students to develop individual and creative thinking while gaining a deeper apprecia- tion of their environment and perhaps a better understanding of that mystery-human nature. , L . Is this a shop class? Nope. Gerry Peterson and Ken Griffin are using the blow torch to solder together an art project. M-ws..,..,..q Sandy Menzer and Lynn Minarich are enameling under the direc- tion of Miss Long. I Dave Albue and Kay Sitar are working with sculpture under the watchful gaze of Miss Long.

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A Library is a Storehouse of Knowledge Mr. Edmond Williams, the head librarian, is hard at work behind his desk. We are fortunate to have his highly qualified services aiding us in beginning our library at West. Assisting Mr. Williams in running the library is the assistant librarian, Miss Dorothy Wells. The library at West Campus is extremely modern and well-equipped. It was built as the hub of the school, around which the English, Science, Language, and Math classes, as well as many others revolve. For instance, the library has four large conference rooms where students may work on group discussions or other oral work. There are twelve study booths where students may do work privately. The library also contains a periodical room in which magazines and special documents are stored, and this room may double as a class room which teachers may use. Besides these features,' the library has a materials room, audio-visual room, and listening booths to make it modern and well-equipped. '13 Student assistant librarians of periods 15 and 16 are Ruth Wille, Denise Geritano, Kathy Van Tassel, Donna Klemt, and Tom McLaughlin. These student volunteers provide a useful service to the school while learning about library systems. v u..-r' ,. Mr. Daniel Bonar is working room of the library. He sees ready when teachers need it classes. on a projector in the audio-visual that all audio-visual equipment is for educational purposes in their 25