Manual High School - Thunderbolt Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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Gmzzflmntlzvv' I-Vlllf Hn' Only Om' Who Frm l'ool.'! HOME ECONOMICS GIRLS hustle and chatter gayly amid recipe books, shining pots and pans, and flour covered tables as they cheerfully mix delicious biscuits. During the baking a mixture of hot oven aromas floats into the halls. In another room, tables are covered with gleaming silver and sparkling glassware, resting upon fresh linen. Colorful fruit, fancy jams, and hot chocolate added to fluffy bis- cuits whets one's hunger. The project comes to an end with the chiming of silverware and the banging of pans as the dish-Washing proceeds. Down the corridor comes soft sounds of Whispering that might even lead to gossip as nimble fingers Work with materials, patterns, lines, and colors to make garments blend with one's personality. These girls are also very inter- ested and will learn how to have better clothing and still be economical. What are the advantages and disadvantages of going steady? Is it dan- gerous to engage in so-called 'necking'? Why should a boy walk on the out- side of the street when he accompanies a girl? What are the reasons for di- vorce and how may it be prevented? The girls enjoy discussing these prob- lems in their homemaking course as Well as to learn to care for children. Another class is that in personal problems where one finds every de- tail of personal grooming is studied. Here, cosmetics, methods of Waving hair, and skin care are discussed. Of course, every girl wants to be a charm- ing hostess and in this class she finds the knack. Fullrtcvn l Ihr GIIAIS .llulrr Noun' of Thvzr Own Vlufhznyl ibm WW: 'ici xy' Av.,

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'llftllll I Hwlp Youf ' ENGLISH STUDENTS sitting in rows of desks. Scratching of pencils-words and def- initions form on yellow paper. Small groups gather, and as papers are col- lected, voices fill the room, What was the subject in the fourth sentence?l' Quietly leaving the tenth graders comparing mistakes an entirely different scene is laid before us. Soft breathing, steady eyes gazing upon printed pages -Scott's Ivanhoe, Poe's Murders in the Rue Morgue, Wodehouse's Pic- adilly Jim, Twain's Tom Sawyer, and other colorful volumes rest before students. In the next room a lively discussion of early drama takes place. Enthusiastic hands wave wildly in air as questions fall fast and heavy? The literature classes hold our attention. However, our steps turn toward another room as voices float through the hall. Composition students grasping for the fundamentals of English grammar are engaged in nerve-wracking pursuit of the conjugation of verbs or the declination of pronouns. The rhythmical beats of a gavel vibrate through the hall with deafening force. Suddenly, the intermingled voices are silenced. A speaker paces dramatically to and fro, as he holds his class audience breathless with the age old oration of Patrick Henry's Give me liberty or give me Death. Across the hall an article on a hit-and-run driver busily occupies the news fan's minds. A bell rings! There is scraping of chairs and loud voices. Quickly the rooms are vacated. Another bell rings and as we resume our positions in the hall the same echoes greet us. Thirteen ll'lu'rr' Was Boolrwr T. llyil-Slllllilftlll Born?

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1'rf'r'ixi0n !'o1n1ts Hera' INDUSTRIAL ARTS THE penetrating odor of hot glue greets us as we enter the hub-bub of a busy woodwork class. Here, tables, radio cabinets, cedar chests, and many other pieces of furniture are taking form. A group of boys pour over blue prints. A lathe whines shrilly as a table leg is fashioned. Leaving the Wood- work class our steps are directed toward the machine shop. A variety of noises issue from the machine shop. The slap of big belts, the hacking of saws, and the shriek of power drills rips into the halls. The rumble of heavy drive shafts drowns all other thoughts and we watch the precision with which young craftsmen manipulate the powerful machines. A few boys work on automobile motors, real overhaul jobs come forth here. In another room we notice evidences of the draftsman's art, high stools, bookkeeping tables, T squares, India ink, hard pencils, and angles of every degree that are essential in the drawing of plates. Mechanical drawing calls for accuracy. A printing class industriously bends over type cases in a little room at the end of a long hall. A printing press rolls as a mounting stack of newly printed programs takes form. The smell of fresh printer's ink fills the air. With the ringing of the bell all machines groan to a stop and halls are filled with shouting boys who were a few minutes ago, concentrating heavily amidst the roar of machines. I- f .lrfislry In lVoorI