Norton Community High School - Prairie Dog Yearbook (Norton, KS)

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' 1 92. ases C ., W it T 'T l D 2 ti T' Qi- it ,- ma3, Y 1 M osflfv become a first class carpenter or contractor requires years of study and application in the trade itself under someone who is himself a master of the particular occupation in question Along with wood-working goes mechanical drawing. In fact mechanical drawing should precede any attempt at manual training. There are at present several boys in the drawing class who could do Uncle Sam val iant service as apprentice draughtsmen and with a little further study and application could become skilled artisans in various lines of activity. Mechanical drawing is closely allied to mathematics and the physical sciences. At this time Uncle Sam is calling for skilled mechanics of nearly every conceivable line of work and especially men to work in ship yards. Surely industrial arts will be in every school in the very near future. MUSIC The chorus of N. C. H. S. this year consists of forty girls. who raise their melodious voices in beautiful warblings to the heavens above. This chorus has sung several times in chapel. They took first prize of twenty dollars at the District Contest in Oberlin in November. Their singing speaks much for Miss Kuchera's efforts in their behalf. The N. C. H. S. Orchestra this year consits of the following members: Violin, Eugene Umphermang Cornets, lrl Hicks. Mr. Gruver and Merril Sto- verg Traps, Wava Taskerg Pianist. Alberta Shueyg Director, Miss Kuchera. One of the members, Arthur Munson, has moved away. so that we are now minus a clarinetist. This Orchestra also took first prize of twenty dollars at the District Contest at Oberlin. N. C. H S. should be justly proud of their Orchestra as they are always ready and willing to play whenever they are asked.

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