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

Page 25 text:

Exploratory Teachers Study Possible Future Roles Exploratory teachers FrontRow.' Linda Smith, Sheila Paige, Marilyn Bowden. Row 2: Barbara Terry, Becky Daugherty, Mary Ringle. Mary Ringle and Marilyn Bowden gather books at the last minute before going to their elementary classes. Row 31 Vicki Holt, james Pierce, and Bob Caudellj hope for a future career in teaching. Exploratory teaching was introduced for the first time this year. Offered to seniors only, this was a course for those students who hope to make teaching their career. Exploratory teaching gave these future instructors an opportunity to go into the classrooms of the local elementary schools and observe teaching pro- cedures actually in use. The course received a great deal of interest, and several people enrolled in it. g The exploratory teaching course began in Octo- ber, with nine seniors going for one hour a day to Bur- ris, Emerson, or Riley schools. Having selected the grade they wanted to observe, the seniors were intro- duced to their sponsoring teacher and the children of his classroom. For the first few weeks, the manage- ment of the class, the teacher, and the students were closely observed. Gradually the nine seniors came to know the names of the children in their respective grades, the general make-up and attitudes of each, and the disciplines practiced. In addition to the above, these prospective teach- ers became familiar with the extra tasks to which a teacher must attend, from calculating lunch money to decorating bulletin boards. When he and the sponsor- ing teacher felt he was ready, each exploratory teacher was accorded the chance to take over the classroom and instruct the students. This was done following the examples of his sponsoring teacher but, at the same time, using some of his own methods. Exploratory teaching allowed nine seniors to dis- cover the qualities requisite for a career in teaching. Each recognized the effect a teacher has upon his pupils and found out whether or not he wanted this responsibility. Finding this course challenging as well as fun, the first year exploratory teachers felt that it was a success. -

Page 24 text:

Future Craftsmen Study The Industrial Arts George James carefully measures and trims wood as he works on his project in Wood Shop. Since prehistoric times, man has labored to develop the skill needed to use a simple tool. Keep- ing this fact in mind, MHS has nurtured a progressive Industrial Arts Department whose chief aims are to develop Mitchell's students in the manual arts skills and introduce them to the workings of many of man's most basic machines. Mr. Woodrow Wagoner and Mr. Duane Crim shared the responsibility for teaching a wide variety of Industrial Arts courses. Beginning Drawing intro- duced students to the fundamentals of mechanical sketches involved in building. The boys applied these fundamentals by drawing floor plans and blueprints to scale in the Advanced Drawing class. Students in the metal and wood Shops learned skills in the construction of wood and metal products. They used these skills to make hammers, c-clamps, desks, and cedar chests. After learning the functions and parts of a motor the Auto Mechanics class worked on different types of engines and machinery. Electronics was one of the most interesting new courses included in the Industrial Arts curriculum this year. This introductory course acquainted stu- dents with the fundamentals of electrical equipment as well as with the general concepts of the field of electronics. Mr. Crirn and his Metal Shop students watch a demonstration given by joe Rayhill. Accuracy is the objective of Bill Yother as he begins a mechanical drawing.

Page 26 text:

While Health And Guidance Deal With The Mind And Body Miss Karon Chastain, Mr. Lewis Stone, Mr. Grover Garrett, Mr. Larry Barnes, and Mr. Roger Snow combined their talents to give freshmen a clearer understanding of their own actions, their personalities, their body's anatomy and its care. The students were provided with this valuable in- struction in the courses of Health and Safety and Guidance, each of which lasted one semester. The main objective of the health class was to present the student with a basic comprehension of the structure of the body and enough physiology to know something of its functions. It also instilled in the student a desire to achieve a higher degree of physical and mental fitness. The health courses further informed the students about the cause, prevention, and cure of diseases. In the same course MHS freshmen were acquainted with the various safety precautions to be followed for prevention of every type of accident from a cut finger to an auto- mobile mishap. Miss Chastain, Mr. Stone, and Mr. Garrett-all of whom possess an MS degree in guidance-worked to increase the student's knowledge of psychology and how the use of this science affects them person- ally. To give the student an idea of his possible future vocation, the course required each partici- pant to prepare a paper on his chosen occupation. The amount of research and thought involved in this term paper forced the young students to review their thoughts on their vocations and to introduce them- selves to new facts about these jobs. Miss Chastain gives instructions to her Guidance class before they begin a test. Freshman Debbie Worley asks Mr. Snow a question during a Health and Safety essay exam. Inquisitive Biology students learn the functions and parts of the heart from Mr. Larry Barnes' demonstration.