Jonathan Alder High School - Power Horn Yearbook (Plain City, OH)

Page 31 text:

GORDON OXLEY, B. S. JACK O’ROURKE, B. A. and M. E. Mechanical Drawing Industrial Arts Principal INDUSTRIAL ARTS AND MECHANICAL DRAWING MECHANICAL DRAWING Our shop at Jonathan Alder is a general shop. This course is an intro- duction to the industrial world. The students work with many different materials and learn how to use tools and equipment safely. While using these tools and materials the students learn how to design and build a variety of projects. We have woodworking, metal work, mechanical drawing and leather. In the future we hope to add electricity, power mechanics, home maintenance, plastics, ceramics and welding. At Alder a Junior or Senior boy may elect the course of Mechanical Drawing. Mechanical Drawing may be defined as a method of giving complete, accurate, clear and quick description of an object by means of graphic representations. The work of a draftsman has become highly specialized with the particular field of engineering to which it applies. To become a proficient draftsman a student must learn the funda- mental principles of drawing and a thorough knowledge of the details of manufacture and construction in the industry in which he plans to work.

Page 30 text:

BUSINESS EDUCATION The commercial department offers a course for those whose interests and abilities are such that they prefer to follow a vocational path immediately after high school. In the tenth grade a student may take Typing I. In his junior year he will continue Typing II and Bookkeeping I. As a senior, a girl or boy gains insight into the opera- tions of a business through the office practice course. They learn the do's and don'ts’ of working in an office. They have training on the business machines available for student use. These include calculators, adding machines, duplicators, and mimeo- graph. Shorthand I provides the tools for skill in stenographic work. The skills and knowledge acquired by electing the course offered by the commercial department constitute a firm foundation for any student seeking employment as a receptionist, clerical worker, bookkeeper or stenographer. TYPING DOROTHY SAYRE, A. B. Business Education

Page 32 text:

JAMES ADAMS, B.S. and M.E. Vocational Agriculture HOME ECONOMICS The major goal in Home Economics is to help girls become better homemakers. During the four years the girls study manage- ment, family relations and development, understanding self and others, clothing and textiles, housing, foods and nutrition and careers. The department is equipped with sewing machines (six are new models). The ranges, refrigerator, automatic washer and dryer are exchanged each year for the latest models. Specialized home economists fre- quently appear to speak and give demon- strations to classes. REBECCA TOMLINSON, B.S. JUNE MOOR, B.S. Horn Economics Home Economics General Science VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE The major objective of Vocational Agriculture is to help the individual student develop effective ability to make a beginning and advancement in farming, to improve living conditions, and to assume various leadership roles. A course in Vocational Agriculture, when properly planned and com- pleted, should qualify the student to pursue higher education and also provide him with an excellent background for many related occupations. The scope of this program also provides for the instruction of the young farmer just becoming established in farming, the part-time farmer and the established full time farmer. In other words, a complete program provides agricul- tural instruction for FUTURE FARMERS, YOUNG FARMERS, and ADULT FARMERS.