Kimball County High School - Longhorn Yearbook (Kimball, NE)

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ACHIEVING A smooth surface, a shop boy sands JOHN FERGUSON washes the oil off of a motor by pour- a board to use in his shop project. ing hot water over it as he repairs the motor. Courses Train for Occupations GRAIN SAMPLES are examined by Robert Nemnich and Marshall Mossberg with Mr. Parmley closely watching and checking their knowledge. Industrial Art I classes dealt with foundry, the use of the metal spinning lady, and all woodworking and welding machines. In vocational skills the students did cement work, laid bricks and blocks, and worked with electricity. They remodeled Mr. Haun's basement, put up a 20’ x 26’ building and built a garage. Studying the basics of livestock. crops, and farm mechanics were the objectives of Vocational Agriculture I. Ag. II experimented with crops, studied the nutrition of animals, and farm mechanics. Electronics, agricultural mathematics, and advanced studies of livestock and crops compose Vocational Agriculture III. Managing their own or a hypothetical farm challenged students taking Vocational Agriculture IV. 18

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INDIVIDUAL PRACTICE in translating and speaking Spanish is possible with the language lab which allows Mr. Guzman to tune in on each student separately. GOOD WITCH (Nancy Mortenson) tries to change Yorick the frog (Mark Nachtigai) back to a Prince, but fails and must seek assistance from the wicked witch (Susan Jones) as Princess Katrinka (Linda Reemts) weeps about her poor husband's condition. Such was a scene of The Frog Prince. an original play written and acted out in French. Students Express Themselves JOURNALISM students always find plenty to do in keeping pace with their deadlines for both the yearbook and the bi-weekly paper. IN HIS speech on firearms. Morry Abshier points out the parts of a gun to his audience as he explains how guns work and how to care for them. Learning to speak and write a foreign language, Spanish and French students broadened their cultural knowledge. Spanish I and French I were concerned mainly with basic grammar and students learnea to read and translate sentences. Second year classes were devoted to literature, history, and writing. Speech class provided students with an opportunity to gain poise and self-co’nfi-dence in front of an audience as they studied various units of public speaking. Debates and discussions increased their speaking ability and taught them to think. Oral interpretations and staging a one-act play provided them with experience in drama. Journalism class was always busy writing stories, copy, or cropping pictures to meet the deadlines of the paper and yearbook. Students learned journalism practices and gained an insight to the amount of work required for such publication. 17

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Girls Learn Homemaking Skills DELICIOUS SMELLS fill the room as Kay Hoggat opens the door of her oven in Home Economics class. PUTTING UP hems is included in the finishing touches that these two Home Ec. girls do in order to complete their sewing. First year Home Ec. girls studied the comprehensive areas of homemaking. Some of these included time and money management, sewing a cotton garment and preparing simple meals. By babysitting they learned to get along with one to five year old children. Home Ec. II studied textiles, buying clothes and clothes in our lives. In another area housing, furnishing a home and buying a home were considered. Family living was the main course Home Ec. Ill centered around. Selecting a mate, infant care and money management were some of the subject courses. They also learned to prepare large family meals, buy family clothes, and how to apportion their time and energy to finish their work. BECKY CHRISTENSON watches closely as She completes another seam on her garment. 19