Logansport High School - Tattler Yearbook (Logansport, IN)

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for daily problems Carpentry know haw includes ability to use a hand saw. Firsthand experience with tools cannot be learned from text booksg industrial arts is designed as a practical training course for boys unable to attend college. Stu- dents have l'l'1ell' choice of Sl'1OpSf machine, Bent over his drawing, Larry presents a study in precision wood, electrical, printing, or drafting. Experience acquired in school machine shops introduces bays To the skilled mechanical trades they will follow later in life 25

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Ventures in practical arts offer solutions Drivers' training is not the place to expect chivalry. Another branch of the home economics de- partment, home nursing and child care, prepares girls for duties as future wives and mothers, Actual practice in the correct way of making a bed and close observance of children's habits are examples of the specialized training offered in this class. ln the hope that proper driving habits will cut increasing traffic fatalities, drivers' training is offered, Teenagers are taught that a good driver respects the law and keeps his car in safe operating condition. Using her own children as subjects, Mrs. Ulmer introduces tots at play to members of Miss Healey's home nursing class.

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The present and the The superintendent is the executive officer of the school board and works hand in hand with them to provide better educational fa- cilities for the students of Logansport. The main achievement for l958 was Hendricks' Special Education School, the first in the state to be financed by a school corpora- tion. Much of the year was given to solving the problems arising from the rapidly in- creasing number of pupils, a special coun- cil was organized to determine whether to build one new high school or several junior highs. Also appointed was a Citizens Study Committee, their topic was Does Logans- port High School Prepare Its Graduates to Enter and Complete Successfully a Course W of Study in College? Mr. Jack Ulmer served as an adviser to this committee. Charles L, Sharp, the superintendent of Logansport schools The public school program is determined each year by the members of the city board of education. Front Row: Mr. Wayne Schaefer: Mr. Donald O'NeiII, president, Mr. Jack Hunter, treasurer. Back Row: Mr. Ed Jackson, Mr. Leo Baumann, secretary. 26