Lew Wallace High School - Quill and Blade Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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PI Jody Collins is sewing the lost seam in the dress that she will model in the sewing classes 4 spring style show. Jim Wright carefully inspects his completed project in crafts class. Mrs. Hazel Crawford instructs a first year typing class in the art of encircling errors. ineA c areerA Clara Behrendt Barbara Blesskany Sue Born Hazel Crawford Clarence Day Jennie Efkinton Erna Gibson Georgia Harding Pearl Krueger Arthur A. Manning Joseph Mrak Herbert A. Pearson Robert L. Yates 27

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Stitt. With Avid do-it-yourself fans find the Wallace workshop a dream haven for their hidden talents. Joe Beckham demonstrates how simple it is as he pots the finishing touches to a bookcase. After graduation many students will enter the fields of business and industry while others will become a part of the homemaking world. In preparation for the future, mechanical drawing students learn the fundamentals of drawing and lettering. As they advance in knowledge, they delve into more intricate and detailed problems of architectural and electrical designing. The shops, wood, metal, print, and crafts—vary according to the knowledge and capability of each individual student. Responsibility on the job is learned through the correct operation and use of machinery. Busy sewing machines help many a pretty girl save by making her own clothes which are modeled in the annual spring fashion show. Future housewives are introduced to useful appliances through the modern living and home nursing classes. Experimenting with recipes produce baking delicacies which give the secret to a man ' s heart. 26

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r v c r T- —-r- - .• .■■ ■ vmm : smmi Ms-. v .v tA wvmwmm » SffiT ■il A 4 I v . • .. j i ’ ’ Field hockey, an increasingly popular sport, has been introduced for the first time to the boys in the gym classes. ' XerciSe an Joseph H. Black Marce Gonzalez Lawrence G. Martin Don R. Polizotto fm Mildred A. Kelly Richard F. Polk - 8 i 4 -If r It matters not whether you win or lose, but how you p ! ay the game is the philosophy which plays a major role in our gymnastic pro¬ gram. The principles of good sportsmanship, team¬ work, and competition are developed through participation in sports. The proof of these qualities is reflected in our football, basketball, swimming, track, and golf teams. Two new activities added to the boy ' s gym curriculum this year are calisthenics and weight lifting. Competing in tournaments add more inter¬ est to girls ' gym classes. Volleyball, baseball, basketball, and bowling are the sports offered to Wallace girls. Gym is the course students look forward to and backward on with pleasure. All eyes are glued on the ball during an intramural basketball game. Intramural games give boys the oppor¬ tunity of participating in sports.