Manual High School - Thunderbolt Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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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

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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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. . , . V , , , . , , ll lon Iinnu' l,11ll11 lilll fun Iwflllhu lnflwslvnlrl lullylllslv LANGUAGE A LANGUAGE room fairly breathes a foreign atmosphere with its many colorful fiags, maps, and charts. Students struggle with their Cuentos Contados, Romulus et Remus, and Petits Contes de France. However, their struggles will be rewarded, for with the study of many languages, the customs and geography of distant lands are learned and a line basis for international understanding and good will is formed. Along the wall, well filled book cases and loaded tables evidence added cultural wealth. Blackboards are covered with Latin, French, or Spanish sentences, derivations, or conjugations. Pupils furiously thumb vocabularies and rustle papers to prepare a lesson that should have been studied the night before. One rule of learning is prac- tice and the murmur of voices repeating vocabulary words, phrases, or cor- recting pronunciations floats through the doors. Alert expressions and hushed silence pervades much of the time, for the teachers, having traveled exten- sively, share with students their personal experiences, lending a realistic touch to the romantic posters on the bulletin board. Books are pushed aside in the last few minutes of a class period and a discussion about an enjoyable Roman banquet is started by the Latin students. We smell savory sausages and frying fish. Hard boiled eggs were hard boiled eggs to Romans. Fruit, olives, and cake were enjoyed then as now. Latin a dead language? Why students grow hungry listening to the menu of a feast of two thousand years ago! Sixln-1-11 llolll ul Ihr ,lnl1'ri1'1l.x' Np1'1ll.' NlNlHlNlI