Lubbock High School - Westerner Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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MORE CLASSES ART, MECH DRAWING EXPAND LHS offered Two years of mechanical drawing. The Tirst year was devoted mainly To the basic principles of drawing, while The second year was composed of structural and archi- tectural drawing. Mr. Wallace was The only mechanical drawing Teacher until This 'year when Miss Wilson Took Three classes. The change was due to The demand of This popular course. In Art 31-32 coloring, design, house planning, water coloring, and painting were taught. Art I included The basic principles of design, and Art II, a more advanced course, consisted of work with leather, wood, and Textile painting. TOP PICTURE: Pat Clark and Brenda Hood work together preparing clay to be molded into pieces of pottery which They design Themselves. MIDDLE PICTURE: Charles Hill devotes his Time to painting a design with water colors in a seventh period art class. BOTTOM PICTURE: Casey Wiley works on an isometric drawing in a first year mechanical drawing class. Also pictured is Denny Moore. Students could make any type figure they wanted To in Pottery, but they were required To use all of The methods Tor making pottery. Vases and figurines were popular among the obiects created by The students. The Art Department also included annual art and commercial art. Commercial art consisted of an ap- proach to advertising. Lettering and layouts for ads were among the phases of advertising taught. T ,W , , A-A --

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PRACTICAL HOME EC, AG STUDENT FAVORITES Being a wise homemaker was The goal of The Homemaking DeparTmenT. To plan, prepare, and serve appeTizing and pracTical meals, To budgeT The grocery dollar, and To be a good hosTess were emphasized in foods classes. The sTu- denTs were TaughT how To make special and unusual dishes, such as baked Alaska and sTuTTed angel Tood cake. The cloThing classes were composed of uniTs which TaughT The sTudenTs To apply The principles of good design and color To one's way of dressing, To buy ready-made garmenTs wisely, and To learn quick, pracTical sewing-consTrucTion meThods. The girls also learned To wear iewelry and oTher accessories correcTly and To wear The righT amounT. TOP PICTURE: Mrs. Scrivener insTrucTs Neva Sue GarreTT and PeTra Dominguez as They mix pie crusT in foods class. MIDDLE PICTURE: BeTTy CarTwrighT and Joy Tankersley sew on a class proiecT, which is making play suiTs for small chil- dren. BOTTOM PICTURE: Filling a Turkey Trough is The prime inTeresT of Wesley Saffell, Pug Mahon, and Bill STovall aT The agricul- Ture farm. ,rE 9:HvY ' 'Yassin ,.lH1'x,,,fQi if Zwwv-Zf SZ2X4eiQ5'V'i '2 h MIVYWWA-'f'.i Four crediTs were available This year in agriculTure, a vocaTional course which insTrucTed boys in The imporTance of agriculTure. The boys spenT many hours on The ag farm, locaTed on The Brownfield Highway, learning TirsT hand To raise crops and care for animals. All oT The diTTerenT phases of farming were TaughT, such as crop varieTy, soil conservaTion, and breeding and judging of animals. Welding and oTher pracTical Trades usable on a Tarm were also sTressed.

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VCCATIONAL INDUSTRIAL couksss INTEREST Boys Three subiecTs-auTo mechanics, machine shop, and wood- work-were very popular wiTh The boys This year. In auTo mechanics, The boys worked wifh some of Their own cars, school vehicles, and parenfs' and Teachers' auTo- mobiles. Theory, Taughf in class periods, was puT inTo acTual pracfice as boys learned a highly-skilled profession. Machine shop offered insTrucTion in welding, sheef mefal, and machine work. FirsT year sTudenTs spenT nine weeks in The specific fields, and second-year sTudenTs specialized in one of The Three fields. Aufo mechanics and machine shop sTudenTs parTicipaTed in deparfmental clubs. TOP PICTURE: MilTon Gardner works on a car broughf inTo The aufo mechanics shop for repair. MIDDLE PICTURE: Working on a piece of sheeT metal in shop are James PruiTT, Paul Lucas, and Earl Robinson. BOTTOM PICTURE: James Mowery works aT one of The large band saws in wood- work class. 14 V f fi wif-V Woodwork classes sTressed crafTs- manship and skill in The use of Their hands. The firsT proiecT for all sTu- denTs was building a common ob- jecT-a small Table. STudenTs Then chose proiecfs which They were per- miTTed To keep upon complefion. Mr. James BurneTT was auTo me- chanics insTrucTor, Mr. James Tol- son TaughT machine shop, and Mr. E. E. Key, one of L. H. 5.'s oldesT Teachers, service-wise, directed woodwork classes.