Miami Palmetto High School - Palm Echo Yearbook (Miami, FL)

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In a Home Economics class Mrs. Eugenia Smith watches her students sew shirtwaist dresses. The course inciudes a semester of sawing and one of food preparation. 0. Woods '3' . 11 - i INDUSTRML EDUCATION TEACHER JEFFERY HLORES SHOWS LARR? QUINN HOW TO OPERATE A SHOP MACHINE. E. Smitl'l

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Vocational Education Teaches Homemaking, Shop Skills Offering an atmosphere of censtructive accom- plishment. Industrial Education enabled stu- dents to learn skills dealing with floor plans. blueprints, home teols. and mechanics. Quality workmanship demonstrated by some students turned out such items as the popular water skis. Divided into five areas-Metal Shop. Wood Shep. Architectural Drawing, Technical Drawing. and Ganerai GraphiCFihe lndustriai Educat'mn Department encouraged both inexpensive proj- ects and major undertakings. Specialized work in Automotive Technology trained students in a useiul field of production while teaching them the technical understanding of automobiles. As Jndustriai Education offered boys experll ance. Home Etonomics did much the same thing ior girls. Courses in Home Economics con- cerned themselves with training students in the domestic skills of sewing and cooking. Besides these things, giris learned about planning dEn- nersr caring for young children. managing a budget. and decorating rooms. While other classes are preparing students academically. Home Economics prepared students domestica- ly for the future. In preparation for test. Mrs. Jean Zack re- viewed Home E: principles with her c1335. Shop teacher David Days watches as Tom Owens learns proper care of equipment by cleaning the grease from a bolt. Industrial Arts crass taught manual shap skulls.

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W. Chwatlk D. Colllns Physical Education Offers Leadership Class to Girls With the strengthening of character and davel- Oping of good health as its goal, the Physicat Education Department reached its desired and by promoting physical fitness in its abitity- grouped classes. The introduction of a Leader- ship Class tor girls showing an interest in physi- cal education instruction encouraged further awarenesa. Among new materials available to the stu- dents for their use were chin bars and a film library. Spotlighting the program even more. the department offered a Physical Education Manual explaining sports rules and techniques. Operating as a facet of the Physical Educa- tion Department. Driver Education taught stu- dents how to maneuver the car safety. In this program students who passed the written and the practical tests given by the State of Florida earned their restricted licenses. P. Davld J. Davis G. Gibson .I. Westbrook B. Z'Irnbter Physlcal Education instructor. Date Collins coaches the junior varsity basketball team. Sophomore .md iunior boys try out in early Novemhr-r.