Mentone High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Mentone, IN)

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PRACTICE MAKES “PERFECT”? Many subjects were criticized for not being up to standard in our small school. However, the business courses seemed to be considered good for our size school. Classes were taught in Typing, Shorthand, Business Law, Economy, General Business, Bookkeep- ing, and Clerical Practice. Films and various other teaching aids were used besides the texts, drills, workbooks, and practice sets. (Upper right) Sharon learns to run the mimeograph machine as a lesson in Clerical Practice class. (Right) Ready .. . Go . . . The typing drill is on and it takes complete concentration to reach a high GWAM. 21

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TRAINING OF MIND AND BODY “A stitch in time saves nine,” and “Others before self,” were the motto- topics that kept the Home-Ec classes busy. Girls learned not only how to sew and cook, but how to evaulate themselves, their ideals, and their goals. Discovering the “ins” and “outs” of taking care of and raising a family completed the schedule for grades nine through twelve. The human anatomy was developed not only through exercises in Phy- sical Education but through the men- tal development stressed in Health classes. Keeping fit physically was only a part of the program aimed at teaching good health habits and the functions of the body. Mrs. Tatman is used as a guinea pig by her Home-Ec class to model wigs in a demon- stration. The remaining five continue to ‘dodge ball’ in Girls Physical Education class taught by Mrs. Finney. Boys P.E. student, Mike Davis, prepares to give a hard serve to the opposing volleyball team. Sr. Home-Ec student Peg Thompson works diligently on her class- room work, a dress.

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LEARNING THROUGH APPLICATION OF The project of this year’s Building Trade’s class was located just a few yards south of the house built last year, at the edge of Akron on County Road 1000. The energetic students did almost all the work by themselves, with the aid of those trained in con- struction. A large picture window, at- tractive doors, and a spacious garage gave the house the look of a job well done. Auto mechanics, in its second year at M.H.S., found itself bustling with eager students. Mr. Raison was kept busy aiding the guys in the areas of paint, welding, metal, and electrical short as they coincided in the auto- mechanical area. Under the direction of Mr. Peter- son, freshmen took Drafting and Woodworking I. The sophomores toyed in the metal and electrical shop, while junior and senior students worked in Woodworking II, Metal- working II, and Drafting II. The Building Trades Project-1971, almost completed, was praised by the community as the finest production to date.