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

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STudenTs Gosped for Identity in Sed of Tangled Bodiesp inherenT TalenTs in order To learn various Trades. ln order To graduaTe. all girls were re- quired To have one home economics crediT. Among The Topics covered were sewing, inTerior decoraTing, and cooking. lSomeTimes rooms were filled wiTh smoke from burned cookies and The clinic wiTh vicTims of needle-inflicTed wounds.l OTher classes learned abouT child devel- opmenT and care in The home. Family Living, a co-ed class for sen- iors, discussed The facTs of daTing, courT- ship. and marriage, and explained popu- laTion growTh and culTures of differenT families in socieTy. The class also delved inTo cooking and inTerior design. Shop courses ranged from wood shop To elecTronics. Meral shop classes Turned ouT magazine racks and lamposTs while power shop assembled and repaired au- fomabile engines and oTher moTor equipmenT. Graphic ArTs drafted homesTyles and cogs. and prinTed every- Thing from personalized sTaTionery To Lick Dick in 72 silk screened T-shirTs. Learning The use of counTless Tools used To reshape misTakes inTo beauTiful works of arT, wood shop classes creaTed shoe shine boxes. small cabineTs, and coffee Tables. Holes in compuTer cards regained personaliTy in The arT sTudio. PoTTery and painTings idenTified people in ab- sTracTions and differenT sTages of life. The chilly air was warmed wiTh self- expression and kilns ThaT radiaTed heaT all day. CrafTs l and ll allowed sTudenT To produce original leaTher, macrame, wood, and clay creaTions. ArTs ll and Ill culTivaTed The dormanf seeds of Mi- chelangelo and. before long, The walls of room 706 were adorned like Those of The SisTine Chapel. ArTs also creaTed eTch- ings and linoleum prinTed ChrisTmas cards. The business educaTion deparTmenT's ouTsTanding TransIaTion of squiggles and receipT books, and The aboliTion OT The hunT and peck sysTem equipped sTudenTs wiTh facTs To fighT off an enTire army of snarling IRS men and business execu- Tives. Typing classes were TaughT To benefiT fuTure secreTaries and college bound scholars. A sTudenT versed in Typing could hammer ouT legible Term papers and business leTTers in The correcT form, ShorThand simplified noTe-Taking and dicTaTion while up and coming CPA's lCerTified Public AccounTanTsl were able To Take business law and maTh and ac- counfing classes. CooperaTive Business EducaTion, Co- operaTive l'lealTh EducaTion, and Coop- eraTive DisTribuTive EducaTion classes gave seniors The opporTuniTy To work and learn simulTaneously. Members of These organizaTions Took Two required crediTs - English and governmenT - and wenT To Their respecTive business classes To pracTice reTailing, secrefarial, and healTh skills. The sTudenTs lefT afTer fourTh peri- od and wenT To work. A maior shake-up in The far end of The school broughT abouT a spli+ in The physi- cal educaTion deparTmenT. Coach PaT Signorelli acquired The direcTion of six Teachers and formed The driver's educa- Tion and healTh and safeTy deparTmenTs. Through filmsTrips and simulafors, sTu- denTs learned The arT of driving. The healfh uniT TaughT sTudenTs The evils of narcoTics, consequences associaTed wiTh premariTal sex, smoking diseases, and good grooming. Meanwhile, Coach Doug Howell creaTed physically fiT young Americans Through exercise and sTudenT parTicipa- Tion in a varieTy of Team sporTs from vol- leyball To paddle ball. The cusTodial sTafT, direcTed by Mr. Edward McCarTney. buT epiTomized by Mr. John daddy Bird, made sure ThaT The building survived The daily onslaughT of 3.450 youngsTers. These men and women repaired shorTed lighT sockeTs and swiTches, Tidied up messy rooms, supplied The p.e. deparTmenT wiTh Tow- els, and repaired The air condiTioner when iT refused To funcfion. Women cus- Todians in The girls locker room renTed ouT physical educaTion uniforms. CaTeTeria workers labored morning, noon, and nighT creaTing menus for The sTudenTs. Well-balanced, planned meals insured good health and sTrong bodies.

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i Mrs. Dorofhy Lee and Mrs. Phyllis Williams organized clubs and orher sfudenf acrivifies. :MUN 4'-wg, Tucker suffered Through one of Mr. Roger Frese's many dufies: suspensions. Mrs. Elizabeth Cobb, assisfanl principal of curriculum. organized courses 'ro benefif faculfy and sfudenfs. -fr - ' M if -2, V E: f g my-1 wg. 11.1-. 3 --W' '- W' f K, :lf Gianna Iglesias discussed problems wirh Mr. Kennefh Berger and Mr. Collins