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

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0a-Une-jul gacpmience SHOWCASES AND SALESBOOKSI Re- tail selling students learn to handle both. Here Harold C-askins and Whar- ton Graham prepare a display of Scout equipment for a local department store. This course is on-the-job experi- ence for future vocations. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE a dentist appointment every afternoon? Virgie Stoneham doesn't mindl This year she has been assistant in a local dentist's office under the diversified occupa- tions plan. J ,ff f 'Q THIS SHOE WILL FIT like CinderelIa's slipper. John Spivey, through the re- tail selling course, has learned to sell products successfully and satisfy cus- tomers. This year 35 students, enrolled in this course, held afternoon positions from which they collected take-home pay while learning the ropes. OCCUPATION OR VACATION? To Elsie Nichols the job of record clerk at a local radio station is a wonderful way to earn a living. Other DO stu- dents have held positions as photog- raphers, electrical repairmen, survey- ors, and nurses aides.

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DEAD BATTERY? Need a sparkplug? ln auto mechanics modern trouble shootung equipment IS used as much as a wrench or jacks Students receave practical experu ence nn reparrnng by worklng on the cars of the faculty members or students OF THE NEWER SHOP COURSES the mo chlne shop us probably the most popular Beglnnlng with a workung knowledge of lathes and drulls vocatlonal students per fect simple hammers and then more com plncated devices such as gears pupe stands and juuce extractors AND RUN THIS THROUGH John Wormock adds the fnnnshung touches on hrs Inland lamp an advanced wookwork Book ends lamps and tables are popular proyects nn thus class THE BASlC REQUIREMENT for any of the shops IS a years draftnng Basuc draftnng Illustrated by the plcture begins wnth scale model drawmgs of odd shaped blocks Thus later develops unto architectural mechanu cal drawnngs and the luke Often a pupnl IS allowed to blue prnnt one of has draw ings THE MUCH AWAITED WEEK' The best an :ndustrlal craftsmanshnp as dlsplayed a nually each spring Projects from a copper bowl to a printed lob mark the varnety of abnllty ln NNHS shop boys - ll - 11 I - I - I - I I I . , . . . - 1 I I - , . - ll - ll - n- X . na xv'-'l

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Recifwi amf Siqlea THESE FUTURE MATES learn the care of babies. Their home management course teaches them the principles of house planning, treatment of the sick, and, as its name implies, how to manage a home. When they take over, everything will be smooth sailingl PREPARINC TO TAKE THE HELM of the home eighth and ninth grade girls study and menu planning in home economics class They learned to prepare nutritious meals and to set and serve a table in the very best style Some students like Barbara Ander son and Rosa Griggs made sandwiches or cookies during their class periods for Patrons League receptions and other school functions 57 if Y' if- f XV ' f SEA WOMAN Mary Ellen Booth is fitted in her new wool gabardine vest When she finishes it off with a matching skirt and white blouse shell be a trim little craft In the extensive and instructive course the eighth graders learn to use a machine and to do important basic sew ing As the classes become advanced they do more difficult work making coats and suits and dresses 'K My V X N 'iv l ' A , x , lt A R, H ll I -'Fl . . ' 'tx .1 4 -my the fundamentals of cooking lx Ti . I I N, F . ll ' Al N, 'E T ' e lit? ' A , ' V 1 , ,K , 6 . . , s s ,,,-'jp if ' X 32