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

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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

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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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Businessmen of Future Trained Striving to prepare students for future experiences in the business world is the primary purpose of the business department. Students in Miss Golson's office practice class learned to duplicate, keep pay-rolls, records, and to operate various adding and calculating machines. Her shorthand students learned to read notes and then to master dictation. Typing students perfected a skill which would last them a lifetime. Mr. Hall’s bookkeeping students worked out practice sets and kept complete records of business transactions which were comparable to real-life situations. Lawyers spoke to the business law classes and the economic classes bought and closely followed their own stock on the ever-changing stock market. OFFICE PRACTICE girls busily complete their day’s work with the use of adding machines. i RICHARD CASTLEBERRY, keeping his eyes glued to the copy, concentrates on typing exercises to increase his speed and proficiency. BOOKKEEPING CLASS intently listens as Mr. Hall demonstrates the proper procedure for completing an exercise in the next assignment. 20