Newport News High School - Anchor Yearbook (Newport News, VA)

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Inx+deA, Future machinists could be found out in the new shop annex. These students repaired the shop equipment and constructed some V-blocks for this equipment. Some of their other projects included making vises for home work-shops, and automobile parts. They even made alumin- um fruit juicers for their moms. Classes in auto-mechanics had twice as much space in which to work this year, as their shop had been expanded. Here the boys learned every- thing from dismantling an automobile engine to tighten- ing a bolt in the car ' s axle — all inclusive! This is one class that really prepares a boy for a job. Wood-shop workers have been striving to develop a knowledge of general wood work. To do this, they studied units in all phases of wood- working, both by machine and by hand. The articles that were constructed ranged in difficulty from serving trays to small tilt-top tables! The electricians working in that shock- ing subject, have been studying elementary electricity, which included everything in the field, from motor winding to the fundamentals of radio work. The industrial education department plays a large part in developing good and useful citizens. FUTURE CAR OWNERS will have no worries about any mec hanical difficulty with their machines, because our auto-mechanics classes taught the boys everything from changing a flat tire to assembling a car engine! WHEN YOUR NIECES AND NEPHEWS finish their me- chanical drawing courses they will be well fitted to step into important positions in our local shipyard ' s drafting rooms. ALTHOUGH THIS COURSE is called general metal, the students work with more than just metal. Out of plastic and metals they construct attractive jew- elry and useful household articles.

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arnxWvo-uA G ' la t ' Lnten JP.eQA i Here is one department where not only mental but manual labor took place, Uncle Sam. We ' ll let the accomplishments of the department speak for themselves. In most cases, the students made their own selections as to what project to con- struct. Girls as well as boys are interested in the classes conducted in leather-craft. These stu- dents made wallets, girls ' pocket-books, playing card cases, and numerous other articles. In the general metal shop, boys produced articles of plas- tic, and pieces of jewelry. The advanced classes in me- chanical drawing visited the local shipyard and went through the drawing rooms. These drafts- men saw movies of a ship under con- struction, and viewed the dry-docks and piers. The enlarging of electrical drawings was taken up in class together with other drawings. Photography students made an excur- sion to the city park in order to take some of their class assignments in pictures. After receiving instructions on lighting, timing, and the principles of making a good picture, the students tried their skill. Also they printed pho- tographic Christmas cards, and displayed them in the annual exhibit of shop work. Our printing classes made posters in two or more colors and some smaller motto cards during Honor Week. Calling cards, stationery, and blot- ters also were among class projects. OUR LEATHER-CRAFT STUDENTS make many practical and beautiful articles such as bill-folds, photo cases, and book-marks, in their classes, and as spare time hobbies. THE PRINTING CLASSES printed our Honor Week motto cards, blotters, and stationery in their shop, and when graduation time came, they printed some of the Seniors ' calling cards. NEED ANY CAR- PENTERS or wood-workers? If you do, the boys who re- ceive thorough training and practical experience in all sorts of wood work will be at your service.

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Wasting no time this past year, the his- tory department devoted twenty per cent of class time to current affairs, with reports on local, national, and international events. Heated discussions and debates followed these issues, which usually concerned racial problems and other vital topics. Government classes held honest-to-good- ness trials, visited the local courthouse, and got first-hand information on what makes the fire department tick by climbing over the fire engines and sliding down the poles at the fire station. That must have been fun, don ' t you think, Uncle Sam? The history department also sponsored two school-wide projects: An assembly speech by Dr. W. T. Squires, a noted his- torian from Norfolk, who told the student body about Stonewall Jackson ' s private life; and a film depicting life in colonial Williamsburg. Digging into the past and observing the present ke.ot all the history students busy! cM-iitosuf, NoieA, r l JeSie Zaby ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSION of current topics, both foreign and home-front, make the several history courses more fascinating, as the students compare the happen- ings of the past with those of the present. GOVERNMENT STUDENTS find that the fire sta- tion is really the best way to get a first hand account of one of the city ' s public utilities. 26