Maggie L Walker High School - Dragon Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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Halsey T. Johnson Masonry The basic purpose of our Industrial Education and Practical Arts department is to provide offerings for those students who are not college bound. In this highly industrialized society it is very important that schools give students opportunities to acquire knowl- edge and skills that will enable them to meet the economic and social problems of our times. In photo to right, Miss Vivian E. Baker and Mrs. Alice S. Segear, Needle Trades instructors, stop their planning to greet a visitor. d Mrs. Georgia S. Williams, Cosmetology, checks a new piece of equipment. Industrial education 28

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teachers Mrs. Helen Brown holds Math IBM print-out sheet. The Math Department offers courses which vary to suit individual needs. The Department seeks to equip students in terms of problems of the community. The overall program meets the needs of the col- lege-bound and the work-bound student. Mathemat- ics serve as one our main sources of communication between PEOPLE. “Just how can that be’’, muses Miss Delois Lowrance. ‘“‘Now would you believe it’? But it must be true, so says Miss Delores Y. Nutall. | Carroll C. Grant Miss Ruth E. Richardson 27

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George Anderson, Industrial Arts, takes inventory of small tools. practical arts Mrs. Mary Keyes, Mrs. Betty Moon and Mrs. Ruth E. Taylor of the Home Economics department confer on plans for the next school day. Lester V. Hill, Dept. Chairman ICT Coordinator Hughie M. Armstrong Industrial Arts