Minneapolis Vocational High School - Tradewind Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Artists imagine horizons . . . Commercial Art and Metal Arts R' d. Mr. F. Jules: Meta] Am; Design. Student betray varying »hades of interest a Mr. Donald Datis di»cu -» a layout problem with them. METALS Metal Arts is a specialized field dealing with jewelry and silversmithing. Besides learning the techniques of soldering. sawing, filing, enameling, stone cutting, and polishing, stone setting, silversmithing, electroplating, a student is also given basic understanding and background in design. Skills learned in this field may be applied to such areas as dental laboratories, production assembling, plating and polishing, and silver soldering. ARTS AMD DESIGN Itt Commercial Art, students are taught how to work with line, shape, form, color, and texture. The course consists of lettering, fashion illustration and photography. layout, pasteup, watercolor, oil painting, and silksorcen are a few of the techniques of general art with which a student becomes acquainted. This three year course is planned to develop the ability to think inventively and to acquire the major skills and techniques which artists need, and to attain an understanding of ort from the past to the present day. The student is taught a wide variety of arts and after graduating he may wish to continue his education in order to qualify for positions requiring particular skills, in such field- as fashion, photography, advertising, and general design. Datis, Mr. Donald: Commercial Crernunod, Mr. Gale: Cotnmer-Arl; Retail Display. cial Art. Johnson, Mrs. Katherine: Com- Trudell, Mrs. Martha: Retail mercial Art; Fashion Drawing; Display; Typing-copyfitting; Layout for Printers; Commit- Photography, tees: Bulletin Boards, Open House, and Student Social Affair ; Department Head. 28

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or delight of cuisine Hotel and Restaurant Training This year our Hotel and Restaurant Department received new kitchen equipment from the Minneapolis Gas Company to he used hy the students in their training. The student is first taught small quantity cooking, special order cooking and baking. and then is trained in methods of serving. He then advances toward large quantity food production in the public tea room and in the student lunchroom. Besides training in cutting and in store room procedures, a course in nutrition is available. Dictated from Left to Right: Mr. John Fitchelte, Manijck Alai. Paul Charboncau, Jackie Bnrka, Bruce Tliiclen. 1‘aul cuts a standing rib roast which will soon be served to lucky patrons of the teachers' lunchroom. Miss Alai will soon return to her native Iran to teach. Clark, Mrs. Alice: Large Quan- hitchette, Mr. John: Hotel and tity Cooking; Social Committee; Restaurant Training. Department Head. Clenny, Mrs. Dorothy: Tearoom. Shepard, Mrs. Mildred: Hotel and Restaurant Training; Home Economics Club; American Association of University Women. Mr. John Filchette hides part of the gleaming tjinl -.» »tr.-I • pan«e of his stoves and ovens donated by the Minnrap-di- (i.i n»; .my. 27

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. . . printers capture them . . . I'rimin'!; Baker. Mr. Carroll: Priming; Related Math; Estimating. Hanson, Mr. Robert: Photo-Offset Printing. Muller, Mr. Paul: Beginning Offset and Layout; Department Head. Tieu, Mr. Harold: Printing. CRAPHIC ARTS Printing is one of the nation's ten largest industries. In acquiring skills for this trade, the student is trained first in bookbinding and letter-press work. The second year in this trade consists of job shop printing and offset printing. The senior year is composed of further work in the job shop or, through the Cooperative training program, working in a commercial printing company. It is in the Vocational job shop that all printing for the Minneapolis Public Schools is done, so that a great variety of experience is available to the Printing student. 29 Mr. Paul Muller looks on as Gary Miller and Mike Lunderborg adju»l lli - printing prr « for the day's work.