Martinsville High School - Artesian Yearbook (Martinsville, IN)

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Hochstetler Davis Richardson Building better home life is the general aim of the home economics depa rtment. To attain this goal, courses and units are offered in food prepara¬ tion, sewing, interior decorating, baby care, and other problems which the girls later as housewives may encounter. Students May Build Homemaking, Business By following a course of study that starts with general business and progresses through typing, shorthand, office practice and bookkeeping, a stu¬ dent can graduate with the skills that are needed to fill many positions in the business field. The department is especially pleased with the acquisition Bowers Kitchen Baker Mrs. Myra Hochstetler, head of the department, has homemaking classes and manages the cafeteria; besides her counseling duties Mrs. Helen Davis teaches two classes in the department, and Mrs. Ita Richardson, an addition to the department this year, has a full schedule of homemaking classes. Skills of an audiograph for the typing and shorthand classes. Head of the department is Hubert Bowers, teach¬ ing Typing I and II; Herschel Baker has classes in bookkeeping, general business and typing, and Mrs. Marie Kitchen, shorthand and general business. Page Nine

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“ k ’ ‘ V. ' ij Mann Brown Elmore Hochstetler The industrial arts shops, the land of sawdust, printer’s ink, and electrician’s tape, give students opportunities to do creative and accurate building with woodworking tools, metal lathes, drawing boards, and printing presses. Graduates who have specialized in vocational industrial arts consistently land good jobs in industry because of their skills. Department head When Hochstetler handles the vocational machine ship; Kenneth Elmore has wood¬ working and printing; John Mann has drawing and general shop, and Ward Brown has a class in general shop. Industrial Arts and Agriculture Lead to Good Jobs Such practical experience as learning to use an instrument to measure the moisture-content of grain, demonstrated below, and actual record keep¬ ing on their own farm production projects occupies much of the time and energy of the boys in the vocational agriculture department. Instructor Virgil Telfer is anxiously awaiting the time when the new farm shop will not have to be used for elementary classrooms so that he can further enrich the experiences of his students with facilities to build and repair farm tools, combining classroom, laboratory and shop in one area. Telfer Page Eight

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Page Ten Rankin Johnson McKrill Learning the use of the new air brush is just one way that art students can express their talent. They also learn to use oils, watercolors, tempera, pastel, textiles, linoleum block, metals and clay. Roy Rankin gave up the elementary art supervision to come to the high school full time in January. “Europa non est insula.” Foreign languages not only improve our vocabularies but also give us an insight into the ways of life in other countries. Mrs. Mathilda McKrill, head of the department, teaches Latin, and Mrs. Mary Louise Johnson has the Span¬ ish classes. Cultural Opportunities Aid Personality Building While music offers vocational possibilities to a few talented people, the music department serves a more important function in our educational building process. Along with art, literature, and languages it develops cultural appreciation, not only in the active participants but in the student body through Elliott P. Smith frequent music programs at convocation time. Richard Elliott, head of the department, directs the band and orchestra and teaches harmony. Miss Priscilla Smith directs the vocal groups and the string orchestra. Both teachers also carry on instru¬ mental work with grade school pupils.