Miami Killian Senior High School - Catamount Yearbook (Miami, FL)

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HOME EC.-INDUSTRIAL ARTS .wi Tl? , . -I. - qfrfx . ' DRUGS, SEX, AND SOCIAL DISEASES SPARKED MISS DONNA WELL'S CONTEMPORARY LIFE CLASSES. E Qin A ,A L,,', I T' 1 ,,, I I Swv X O Ubn MWA Wmswtis .a A Wmmmr W 0 4, ,, FROM BLANKETS TO THE BATH WENT THE BABY AS MRS. FERN MILLER, NURSE, GAVE GIRLS A PRELIMINARY GLIMPSE OF MOTHERHOOD. 36

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Freed Hostilities and Talents Contributed Striking Art Works A Van Gogh or Picasso wasn't the main goal of the art department, although such talent wasn't suppressed, but rather the goal was to allow students the opportunity of self-expression and creativity. Displaying their talents for a small profit, art stu- dents sponsored a Clothesline Art Sale during Back- to-School night and during drama productions. lf painting wasn't one's speciality, the department also offered fashion design and arts and crafts. Students used potters wheels, two kilns, lapadory equipment, an air brush, and jewelry materials as well as worked with batiks, copper enameling, and wood carvings. In addition to allowing the students to simply express themselves, the art department also tried to prepare them for careers and professions by offering poster design courses and commercial art. -Q Sgt GOO Q WA N D ART iii SN sys. TO THE VERY LAST STROKE HOPED DESIGNING DEBBY MCSWAIN. mwpqg ,,,..aam With compass in hand and her imagination at work Karen Bennett at- tempted to construct an eye-pleasing display for viewer and instructor. A tub of paste and a bag of art goodies plus intern Mr. Willia Hargraves and Daniel Fields combined to create poster design l'T1 S. 35

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. N 3 as s . Cabovej The dream job of the Industrial Arts department was in the hands of Mr. Art Thornton who helped and watched as Alice Miller and Mary Bradshaw demonstrated for the boys the correct way to prepare a tool box. fright! Hoping for one more turn to do the job Mr. Thornton completed the finishing touches as he reassembled the boat motor which he used to demonstrate the components of an engine to his shop classes. Girls in Shop Sparked as Much Interest as the Boys in Home Economics Yes, Virginia, there are such things as coeducational shop and home economics courses. The old beliefs that neither was possible were discarded and the new arrange- ment offered motivation and incentive in class studies. As a new branch of the traditional Home Economics department, the Home and Family Life section departed from strict cooking and sewing lessons and its students obtained practical skills for future homemaking. For Young Men Only was offered the second semester for future bachelors who wished to obtain a basic under- standing of home management and personal and house care. At the same time that boys were studying meal planning, the females in shop courses explored the intracacies of woodshop, electricity, and household mechanics, the first course of its kind offered in Dade Count-y. Three hundred dollars bought the cast iron table top for composing type in the Graphics laboratory, and three mockup demonstration devices were obtained for Power Mechanics to allow complete viewing of the entire opera- tion of the cycle of an engine. The Home Economics department introduced Home and Family Life students to a different realm of homemaking through lectures by doctors, economists, lawyers and demonstrators from large commercial firms. These teach- ers heightened participation from class members by as- signing and personally checking various home projects students executed in their homes. The Industrial Arts department did not have college and university students as interns, but rather the Neigh- borhood Youth Workers Corps aided instruction in all phases of the technical arts. ln the future, innovations in shop curriculum might be Aerospace Technology, American Industries, Building Analysis, and construction courses. Class Workrooms were also included in proposed department completion. 37