Moline High School - M Yearbook (Moline, IL)

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Home economics classes and industrial arts courses taught girls and boys various aspects af adult life. In home economics, instructors taught girls to plan well-balanced meals, and to properly care for children. Food classes planned and prepared nutritious as well as appetizing meals, while clothing classes studied the color and design of textiles, in addition to the actual material itself. Family living classes taught girls the meaning of marriage and child care. In industrial arts, boys have the opportunity to either draw and design machines and tools or to use them in actual vocational training. Over twenty-seven courses were offered, giving students a wide variety from which to choose. Courses offered were welding, auto mechanics, metal and woodworking, and drafting, which included mechanical and architectural drawing plus tool and struc- tural designing. Machine shops helped boys set up and operate basic toolroom machines. Electronics could also be taken by interested boys. Special education gave its students instruction in regular school surroundings. The well-equipped nurse’s office offered medical aid and comfort to any student who required it. Extend that line another fourth of an inch and you’ll be done,” in- structs Mr. Cyrus Galley as senior Jim McClary completes a blue- print for his mechanical drawing course. Industrial Arts, Home Ec Offer Vocational Aid William Baltzell Driver’s Training Baseball Lela Adams Family Living Future Homemakers William Bishop Donald Adkins Driver’s Training Art Basketball Ray Brasmer Industrial Arts Supervisor Louis Dilulio Band Cyrus Galley Geneva Henss Robert Edwards Drafting Nurse Clifton Hyink Lorette Johnson Warren Leonard Woodworking JETS Future Nurses Driver’s Training Clothing Electronics 22

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Courses in typing, shorthand, and general office prac- tice were offered to business minded students. For the first time, beginning typing classes were able to use electric typewriters, each student using the electric machine for one third of the semester. Use of these machines gave the students an opportunity to increase their speed and typing ability. Overhead projectors were used in classes to project shorthand characters onto a screen, enabling students to see the characters clearly. Tape recorders and record players played back messages and letters. Each set served from eight to ten students and could be adjusted to dic- tate at three or four different speeds, allowing each stu- dent to work at his own rate. General office practice trained students in the daily routine of an office. Added second semester was the class for boys only, emphasizing the use of computing machines and filing practices such as those found in factories and offices. These classes stressed automation in business, giving students a preview of the new types of equipment used in modem offices. College bound students gained helpful methods of taking notes from a course in notetaking, a simplified version of shorthand. MHS purchased an IBM electric typewriter, which simulates a key punch machine board. This machine al- lowed students to get the feel of operating actual key punch machines. A new thermo-fax machine, which makes copies of material, was also purchased. Teachers used this machine to demonstrate the operating procedure to students. Mr. Edward Mitchell demonstrates the proper way to use a Thermofax machine to seniors Betty Stafford and Jacquie Nelson. Modern Machines Supplement Business Classes Dorothea Hyink Shorthand Billie Lee Alma Kotez Spanish Business Education Spanish Club Edward Mitchell Business Education Camera Club Helen Piehl French French Club Mario Ramirez Spanish Joe Ruherg Frieda Schnowske Business Education Business Education Diane Snodgrass Tennis Counselor Spanish Esther Steffen Keith Williams Stan Woods Latin Business Education Accounting 21

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Helen Manus Richard Marlin Mark Marsell Don Moeller Charles Oellerman Iva Owen Foods Auto Mechanics Driver’s Training Art Woodworking Special Education James Partridge Marjorie Partridge Music Lit. and Art Theory Vocal Music Merle Wegener Orchestra Kerinit Wells Frank Willits Clifford Zenor, Sr. Vocal Music Machine Shop Welding Key Club Artists, Musicians Build Interest in Fine Arts Miss Lorette Johnson, home economics teacher, instructs Pat John- son and Carolyn Lawson in the care and use of the sewing machine. Art classes taught students how to express themselves in a confident manner. Students learned to be aware of objects having individual beauty. Craft students did their work in leather, metal, wood, glass and plastics, while the pottery classes worked with clay and ceramics. Advanced work consisted of three-dimensional construction and sculpture. Fourth year art students were able to concen- trate on and develop their works more thoroughly be- cause the course was scheduled for two hours three days a week. Examples of student art work could be seen in the show case near the art rooms and during a brief exhibit before Christmas. New in the music department was the music literature and theory course. Instructed by Mr. James Partridge, students learned facts about the lives of famous com- posers and became acquainted with well-known musical compositions. They also studied rhythm patterns, meter, and terms pertaining to music. Main purpose of the course was to give students a better understanding of music, pre- paring them for further study. Music was an elective and students chose between band, orchestra and choir. Breath control and proper tonal quality, as well as correct diction and clear enuncia- tion were among the topics taught in chorus. Mastery of the basic techniques and fundamentals of music, plus harmony and development of smooth phrasing were goals of the band and orchestra. 23