Memorial High School - Talon Yearbook (Joplin, MO)

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af, we 4-' ,A ,gi uf , ' 'W EQ ' L '1 .,,' AVL..-f I .mx zz' 5 Q x 2 'L ...X QI!! V' , l i Ht A N ' 1 A 1 . in-J! JOHN ATKINS, director of Franklin Technical School, did paper- work to be typed by Edna Johnson ffar leftl. Shawn Fream and Steve Ansley tabove leftl looked over new monitoring system ac- quired by Tech. Betty Hughes, nurse, and Joyce Shields fabove rightl studied skeletal system. Classes in auto mechanics, metal work, woodshop and architectural drafting tcenterl taught skills. David Behymer Auto Mechanics Carl Graham Industrial Sheet Metal Drafting Cecil Petefish Sheet Metal Keith Wormington Machine Shop H. Lee Williams welding Louis McMillan Electronics Vivian Tanquary Practical Nursing Gerald Pitts coE Alice Hess Practical Nursing Mary Beaty Practical Nursing Betty Hughes Practical Nursing Robert Hainline Cabinet Jo Ann Witter Practical Nursing Walter Pearson Related Math Leonard Sale Drafting Machine Design

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Franklin Technical School. . . More than anything else, Tech will help me for future life, commented one student. Teachers agreed. Mr. Walter Pearson, vocational math teacher, said, we offer occupational skills with the pur- pose of making the student employablef' Tech not only offered job training, but also employment. One teacher said, I have been able to get employment upon gradua- tion for 60 percent of my students in the field they have been trained in. Although the school is located across town next to Parkwood, bussing didn't seem to bother the students. Students from both high schools spent half of their day at Tech and the remaining part at their respective high schools. Almost all of them answered no to the question: Would you like to have all your regular classes at Park- wood for conveniences' sake? Student comments on teachers were favorable: They really work with you and act like they really care, and They understand teenagers. On the question of improvements for Tech, many claimed that lunch hours weren't long enough and one male student would improve the school by having only twenty-year-old female teachers. The vocational curriculum at Tech involved such classes as woodwork, sheetmetal, machine shop, auto mechanics and nursing. Dll'9CTOf John AtKlI'lS lg M ff

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Seesaw was the name of the game as some clubs and activities pros- pered while others gasped to stay alive. Those near death's door were led there primarily by a new schedule which omit- ted an in-school activity hour.