Okmulgee High School - Torchlight Yearbook (Okmulgee, OK)

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n C Xa' Top row: Explaining one of the elements of mechanical drawing to Billy Berkey is instructor Arnell Bazemore. Roger Turner seems to be concentrating vcry hard on how to saw his board properly. Safety first is the idea behind the poster Wendell Day is hanging in woodwork. All of Larry Shepherd's attention seems focused on a piece of plywood on the band saw. Lower row: Working at Campbell Speciality Co.. Buddy Chastain enjoys his job as a machinist in Diversified Occupation class. Watching Johnny Davenport run the linotype machine are Montie Kelse and Don Collins. Operating the small press at OHS, Bill Anawalt is printing lettcrheads. Ifocusing the enlarger in the photography class dark room is Joe Fulton, Torchlight photographer. 1,4

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Art students, instructed by Miss Mildred Wade, demonstrated techniques of copper tooling, clay modeling, and string painting during the back-to-school night art exhibit. Winners ol the Scholastic Art Awards were Joe Candioto, Jack Castiri, Delroy Hill, and Susan Pancoast. Some of the students visit- ed the exhibit, which was in Oklahoma City. Art EJ students designed the Christmas mural in the hallway and are designing and decor- ating the Okmulgee Creek Council House. Art work assists every activity at OHS. l'reparing and serving breakfast to another home- making class are freshmen girls Ruth Ann Shurd- en, lifwliarai McCullough, Alice Marris, and Eloise Ilull. rlsvssbw Examining Janice Pinneo's dress she sewed in homemaking classs are Ann Thompson, Carolyn Orr, Priscilla Wright, and Joan Ashley. All phases of homemaking include foods, clothing, house planning and decoration, rc- lations, health, child care and guidance. A sequence is followed at different grade levels. Four student teachers from Home Economics Division of ASLM College completed their practice teaching in the OHS homemaking department. The homemaking classes were in charge of the annual luncheon for the School Board members and administrators. Christmas comes to OHS in a multitude of feelings events, activities, and projects. Qi 4 O ., . Aw I? 1 , as- . i. - r Pl' 'Mix A6 1.4 f HOW ' xl .. , as

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lx . l 3 Il' Z' Industrial arts, printing, D. 0. train Also playing a major role in OHS life are woodwork, mechanical drawing, two print- ing classes, and diversified occupation class- es which make up the vocational training de- partment. Printing and diversified occupation are open to Juniors and Seniors only. D. O. class meets at 7:45 each morning for classroom study and receive on the job training in the after- noon. Printing classes meet for three hour periods, one class in the morning and one in the af- ternoon. They print the Torchlight paper and other school forms. Mechanical drawing classes are open to stud- ents from the eighth grade up. In Senior High classes, the boys are making perspec- tive architectural drawings, tracings, and blue prints. Junior High classes inserted a new program this year in Vocational Plan- ning. Woodwork classes have some new hand tools to work with and are turning out some beau- tiful pieces of furniture. 'ie fn Jim Ray Hicks measures a display counter at the Creek Council House as David Goodman writes them down and Jimmy Howell observes.