Lincoln High School - Links Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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sfaooring fare! to Government equipment is being sent to the Lincoln high shops by the army air field and surrounding states. H valuable mobile gener- ator unit given by the Lincoln army air field on February 7 will produce 10,000 watts, enough power for the school. its estimated cost was 52300, but Lincoln high got it free. Hlso given to Lincoln high by the army were sev- eral electric hand tools, a sander and a plane, which are used in the Woodwork classes. Q new multilith machine, which has been purchased for the printing classes, is able to increase or decrease the size of a page by means of photography. Girls are taking auto mechanics for the first time since the war. lt's just like learning to cook, said one of the feminine mechanics. Drafting, required of each pupil who takes a trades preparatory or industrial arts curricu- lum, is a course in basic fundamentals used in the trades and engineering fields. ln all shop courses time spent in the classroom precedes practical application in the work shops. Guilford Burnham, Clarence E. Evans, Orville Lee Hedrick Pllvin H. Miller, Iames S Wallace. 535 Y RN V , That the printing press is a complicated machine, is proved by Iohn Sarratt's industrious expression, In an auto mechanic.: course Margaret Chamberlin, fa Y of Bic, ' 3. D fy ,ff I - QE 2 fxl ' r 5 5 tr-If U MX, X - My L Dk, Ox-S Marilyn Kieck. Barbara Buck and Ioan Mockett work hard on a car. xr X Flrvid N. lohnson, Lee H. Kuhn . Q4 X

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gays of Cqrdinary safe thel Etmund, Mrs, Katherine Henninqer, Mildred G. Kemp Colorful slip covers are made in Miss Etmund's home economics class. Future chefs and seamstresses in the superlae tive measure! That's the aim of our school's cooking and sewing classes. Preparation for homemakingu might Well be the motto of this department. Modern equipment, some pur- chased for the cooking classes this year, and the informal atmosphere add to the delight of the students participation. Boys prove their finesse in the art of cooking. M: 'Ji ' I'lS WQI'H'lg tllQ Gli,Cl!'!QflgQ 'Z W ' Show cases, grocery displays, stacks of suitable ..,. 'W . . reading material and gay yellow Walls make the distributive education room one of the most novel Fern H' Hubbafdi hefld and interesting in the school. Those who Wish a future in salesmanship and merchandising find ade- quate training in this curriculum which offers cer- tain academic subjects and such specialized sub- jects as retail sales, merchandise mathematics, job hygiene and display. This relatively new course has many advantages, one of the foremost being the opportunity of earning money while acquiring an education. The student may also get practical training in stores and receive school credit. Distribiitive e rl ll ct a f i o n students practice salesmanship in their classroom store Page 16

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Qqlzougfzts een an fear lnez Burnworth Inez M. Cook, head Edith M. Ellis Ruth N. Hall Gertrude lanes Grace McMahon Mildred Waide Iosephine E. Wible Mrs. Florence Wytock ' lil lc. , A4 Mr qw, - I h if Q . . ,gg ,gt if ,-EEr, :Q Realization that the world is ever changing and highly technical has made the mathe- mathics courses popular. Qs a basis for college mathematics, algebra, trigonometry and solid geometry are offered. Commercial mathematics is invaluable to those planning a career and industrial mathe- matics equips the student to meet the problems ot tomorrow. This year, for the first time, a book written by the members of the department and the outgrowth ot tive years Work, is being used in geometry classes. This important publication sets forth the value ot cultivating the reasoning power. lack McCann and Dick Olney study the intricacies of slide rules in a senior mathematics class. Geometric solids are explained in Miss lanes' solid geometry class