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

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Pn,acyieA, ' ii t(f ia P intlnx and PliatcxyiapJuf EDWARD DOWDY busily locks his form as he prints programs for the Spring play. All through the year, advanced students help pre- pare posters and programs for my different school activities. LOOK PRETTY for the birdie. Marilyn Al- ger is posing for Cray Wilson, a student pho- tographer. Students in the photography classes receive instruction on lighting, timing, and other principles of making a good picture They even made Christmas cards with their best shots. A RADIO POWER supply is being completed in one of the advanced classes of electric shop by Eugene Haynes. Another class the shop offers is auto-mechanics where the boys learn how to take an engine apart and put it back together again. I MADE IT is often heard from students who are taking leathercraft. I can tell you, girls as well as boys, enjoy the class. They make billfolds, belts, and key chains; lovely articles which can be used for many occasions. THIS STUDENT is putting together the layout he made on a template board to help him fig- ure out a problem in sheet metal layout and pattern development. In connection with shop work is a mechanical-drawing class. Twenty- five years ago this was the only class offered in my shop schedule. TORCHES MADE by this wood shop student were used in a Boy Scout ceremony. This torch is being sanded on a lathe. In the classes, stu- dents study the units in all phases of wood- working. They make articles both by machine and by hand.

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CorttirtMuiCf GooJzittCf, TWO VERY BUSY GIRLS, Joyce Knox and Mable Reese, are laying and cutting a pat- tern. In their clothing class they learn the easiest and best way to make their pretty clothes. Another duty of the class is the al- teration of chorus robes. The class made and showed the latest fashions to me and mice- to-be in a Spring style show. LEARNING ONE of the first steps to a man ' s heart this advanced foods class prepares pas- tries. During the year the girls in the cooking classes learn the fundamentals of good cook- ing and how to prepare wholesome, nutritious meals. The different classes have breakfasts and lunches which they prepare and some- times serve to my visitors. 1 0 - 3 r 7 j THE TREE DECORATED by these home management students made those last few days with me before the Christmas holidays more bearable. Egg shells, paper, and paper cups furnished the dec- orations made by the class. Later the tree was used at a dance given by the Future Homemakers of America and Distributors ' Club. 16

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Adding Acting and RADIO SPEECH is another new course in my curriculum and is given as Speech 4 un- der the instruction of Mrs. Ma- rion Ciedemann. Students pre- pare short plays to give on my weekly radio show, and learn to control their voices. These students are rehearsing Shake Hands With a Ghost for the Hallowe ' en program while their classmates serve as critics. A STUDENT DIRECTOR prepares a director ' s manuscript, makes a costume chart, sets the stage, and finally directs the prepared play as does this student in her second year of drama. The directors choose their casts from fellow classmates. PRACTICING MAKE-UP technique this drama student, Joe Thomas, applies character paint to a classmate. Drama students, know- ing how to apply make-up well, have helped the community with minstrels, plays, pag- eants, and opera. 18