Norwalk High School - Signal Yearbook (Norwalk, OH)

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Vocational Coumer Vocational courses help students prepare for assuming responsibilities in a working world . Electives in the vocational department are also helpful to pupils who are trying to decide on the career for which they are best suited. Students interested in becoming secretaries selected typing, shorthand, and office practice classes while a course in general business served as an introduction to the business field. Those interested in specialization included salesman- ship or bookkeeping in their curricula. Students excelling in secretarial work were employed by a local firm during the latter part of the school afternoon and after school. PUTTING HIS KNOWLEDGE of automobiles to practical use is Bob Sommers shown grinding the valves for Steve White's car. This project is being performed for auto mechanics. xv A 1 , 5 or girl 4? TO INSURE perfect fit of the garment which Kay S3 Plans to sew' Minnie Boyd measures her speed is Susan Kerr, a' first-year typing student. GIVING HER UNDIVIDED attention to the timed writing which will determine her TOM TIMMAN displays his array of stationery for Judy Carpenter and tries to persuade her to buy. Tom uses technique taught in salesmanship class.

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THAT THE TEMPERATURE of steam is 212 degrees, while the temperature of ice is 32 degrees is being proved by chemistry students Richard Seely, Tom Osborn, Jim Ross, and Gary Bundschuh. M sk si 'iii N1 x 1. ' - 5 S rf- if 'wil , ssjg s i wiikif . I 0 4 ..... if Q I 79..s4stT'T j ., ,,,. g1,,,,4. USETTLERS BURNED out in Connecticut came to this area in Ohio, states Mary Zureich to onlooking Bill Gelvin and class. .s-' A --- We Luc, sm x -:a- X, 'gm 5 P' QL? . 5 AS RAY THOMAS completes a figure to demonstrate a theorem to RECALLING her eighth grade history, Frances Schauss, soph the geometry class, Homer Stall checks the bisected arc with one omore, skims a book about Abraham Lincoln on display in pictured in his book. the high school library. 17

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De ermine 0195 These students go through a trial period with the understanding that, if they do well, there is a good chance of their being hired after graduation. In this way enthusiastic and hard-working seniors found out more about office life and its responsi- f trrfirer . 'H ., K X bilities. The high school curriculum requires girls in the seventh and eighth grades to take home eco- nomics courses, which are considered electives thereafter. The study of home economics provides a basic training in such fields as interior decorating, sewing, catering, and home demonstration. Since boys are usually intrigued with making and fixing things, a basic shop course is a seventh and eighth grade requirement. Older boys took such specialized studies as metal shop, wood shop, mechanical shop, and mechanical drawing. if gg, i AS A PROJECT for home economics class studying rennet, Erica Doughty removes her rennet custard from the oven, while Judy Bishman turns off the gas. 7 DICK VAN HENTENRYCK operates the grinding machine number five WITH THE HELP of the adding machine in office practice which sharpens keen edged tools in Mr. Herbert Ro1sten's metal shop class. class, Kay Kugel tries to get her sum to balance. K g, s USING A STRAIGHT- EDGE and a triangle, Ken Silcox prepares a blueprint in the me- chanical drawing phase of woodworking class. 19