Mason City High School - Masonian Yearbook (Mason City, IA)

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'sf 6 filth. N-, Q 'V . is Q.. '-'Sus HAROLD PALMER WILLIAM McKEOWN MERVIN ASPENSON DONALD SIMS Mechanical Drawing l, ll Metal Work Auto Mechanics I, ll Woodworking I, Il glzdus friaf Gfrfs Metalworking classes get equipment worth Sl2,000 The Industrial Arts Department includes me- chanical drawing, which involves drafting as ap- plied to machines and architecture, auto mechan- ics, which involves the operation, proper care and servicing of automobiles, Woodworking I, involving the development of techniques commonly used in industry, and Woodworking II, which emphasizes cabinet making. Last year the metals classes of Mason City High School were the only ones in Iowa to have a weld- ing tester. This year the metalworking classes are again fortunate. They are receiving specialized equipment worth about Sl2,000 through a tech- nician's program at the junior college. With such growth the Industrial Arts Department will continue to fulfill its aim of giving the stu- dent, through practical experience, a background to aid him in his future work. FIRED UP 1 Curtis Trebil, a junior, displays his skill at weld- ing with an oxy-acetylene torch. METAL MAN - Ron Colby, intently at work, uses a lathe in a metalworking class to turn down a piece of metal. M ...Ml H

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CRAFTY GIRLS - Students in Cecelia Fye's crafts class use potatoes to make designs on Christmas wrapping paper. Many career opportunities related to home economics Education for life as a woman . . . this is the important product that the home economics depart- ment has to sell. This life may include marriage, child-raising and homemaking. lt may be the life of a woman who wants to pursue any of the almost limitless careers in the field of home economics. Besides the obvious career opportunities, there are thousands of related fields such as interior decora- tion, physical therapy, technical journalism or so- cial welfare work. Home economics in high school is an excellent beginning for any life's work a woman may choose. Cecelia Fye, clothing and design instructor, is new to the home economics staff but not to the department. Miss Fye was a student teacher in Mqgon City during the Spring Qf 1961. MOTHER'S DAY-Juanita Fett shows her mother a Christmas cake she has made. l-ler little brother seems disinterested, but Ella Linde obviously hopes they will decide to cut it. IZ nz' -MARIAN DICKINSON ' F0045 CECELIA FYE Hamemal-:ing LENA KEITHAHN Clothing and Design i, ll Future Nurses X Clothing and Design l Homemaking Crafts Senior Adviser Bi0l0QY PGP Club 5 . ' ., 1 ii:'hafhifia:'2'iif:ii2:.,,2s,.-1.'--,L , if i1l. i r 'i .2 'Win t L.. Q ,l il iii. ,ti' 7' . i,,. Q Q e it leosios, rris isf l . ' 'W' ' ' 3 Iii i?':: 5 ':- EHQFQW'tilgglifffifii f I 28

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Q9 .. 4'-S was WOOL DONE - Howard Moeller seems pleased with the fine flock of sheep he has raised on his tather's farm. CONTEST PLOT - Harvesting the vocational agriculture field with a picker-sheller are Alan Curran and Darwin Holland. The plot was entered in a Challenge Acre contest. na Gfqricuffure ROGER HOLCOMB Vocational Agriculture ll Ill lV X I I Future Farmers Of America Agriculture classes strive for business-like proficiency Proficiency in farming is the goal of the voca- tional agriculture department. Stress is placed on learning to operate a farm as one would operate a business. To achieve this goal, students spend seven hours a week in the classroom tor tour years. They study livestock and crop production, soils, farm manage- ment and farm mechanics. They learn what crops to plant, when to sell their products and which soils respond to certain treatments. The classes also farm l3.5 acres of land near John Adams Junior High Schools Students make all the decisions concerning this land: what to plant, when to plant and when to harvest. They do all the work connected with farming it. GREEN JUNGLE - Alan Curran is almost hidden by the tall corn grown by members of his vocational agriculture class.