Mitchell High School - Gold and Blue Yearbook (Mitchell, IN)

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Encourage Vocational Interests M .Jana W Q90 Z QZZWJE Freddy Poole. an agriculture student. explains the three main fac- tors of farm production to his instructor and the class. 1 , Agriculture students examine the quality of the grass which they helped plant last spring to beautify the barren school grounds. With today's world becoming more heavily pop- ulated, newer and better scientific ways of farming are needed. Realizing this fact, many high school boys took steps at the beginning of the year to prepare themselves for the demands of today's agriculture world. Studying agriculture from the academic stand- point, our future farmers followed the production of farm products from the grower to the consumer. Not neglecting the vital role of farm management. the ag. students also dwelt upon the hows and whys of farm accounting. Sheldon Slone and john Eisle not only learn about the plant phases of farming but also learn about thc machinery that is used on the farm.

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The Grains of Wood and Farming ,rmmr Nletal Shop students- Danny Karr. Woody Anderson. and David Duncan-work on machinery. under the supervision of Nlr. Crim. The buzz and pound of saw and hammer were common everyday sounds in the Industrial Arts Department. Here, smashed thumbs and pinched fingers were taken in stride for it was all a part of learning a trade. In wood shop, students learned to construct perfect pieces of carpentryg while in metal shop, drilling a perfectly centered hole was equally important. The use of machines was also taught in shop class along with printing and electricity. Mechanical drawing was another phase of the Industrial Arts Department. Sharp pencils, precise compasses. and manila paper were the tools of trade for drawing students. Making their drawings to exact scale proved to be quite ajob. W'ood shop students strive to construct masterpieces by leveling and straightening their wood. Mr. Vifoodrow Wagner stresses the importance of exact scale in mechanical drawing to his student. i

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Business Trains Pupils for Careersg '-Il, First year typing students strive for a speedy. errorless. three- minutc writing. Miss Elizabeth Beldon instructs Twila Terrell. Linda Ragsdale. and Brenda Lindley in ways to use the adding machine. Bookkeeping instructor. Mr. Asa Terry. reviews crediting and dc-biting with Teresa Cook and Tom Brooks. ali For the eager students of MHS seeking future business employments, the Business Department offered classes in general business, typing, book- keeping, office practice, and shorthand. General business courses projected better under- standing in numerous business procedures including budgeting, preparing records, writing checks. pro- ducing and consuming, advertising. and recognizing counterfeit money. With general business providing the background, bookkeeping offered training in keeping debits and credits straightg and all of this was done to the sound of the typing classes in the adjoining room tapping the keys while continually raising their rate of speed. Similarly, the shorthand students watched their rates rise. They struggled for a perfect eighty words per minute while the office practice class trained the students to become efficient secretaries. New equipment also provided the learning op- portunities forthe business leaders of tomorrow.