Palo Verde High School - Olympian Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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Industrial Arts Department Offered Practical Maurice Forrey welded a trailer hitch with the electric arc process in Mr. McKnight's welding class. Senior Tom Murawski ran a production job off on the A.B. Dick offset press in advanced printing. Pre-vocational courses were offered to boys and girls by the Industrial Arts De- partment. Drafting, photography, elec- tronics, machine shop, woodworking, printing, sheet metal, auto shop and welding were included in the depart- ment curriculum. Beginning students were introduced to their courses through academic and ex- ploratory exercises. The advanced pre- vocational classes stressed practical ap- plication on authentic equipment. lndus- trial Arts Department teachers, under the direction of department head Mr. Rich- ard Southard, graded students on a point system. Welding, electronics and machine shop offered second-year courses to stu- dents meeting prerequisites. Woodwork- ing offered four-year courses. Mock-up equipment was offered to beginning auto shop students. Ad- vanced classes were allowed to use vol- unteer instructor and student-owned cars. Students in auto mechanics classes worked on cars in actual need of repairs. The vehicles used by l the boys were contributed for repairs by teachers, custodians and often by the students themselves. GAYLORD E. LEONARD BUSH CHEDSEY BURDETTE BEE WILLIAM BELL JAMES J. Mechanical Graphic Arts JIM LOCKET E. ELROD LYNN H. Graphic Arts Sheet Metal BISHQPP Drawing Photography DAUNHEIMER Electronics KANOUSE Printing General Metals General Memls Drafting Driver Education Graphic Arts Woodworking Yearbook Wrestling Machine Shop Gun Club Photo Publications Football Titan Litewriters J. V. Baseball a o s rrs f . ., , L . H- , - s 'ts W , ti, - r-tl We-+ ,r' . if A ,,-- K it ' rf S H Q p ,Q Q f . - Q

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5 'K in Pro iding Artistic Programs for Students WM. E. RICHARDSON Band Stage Band Music Theory Music Discovery -wg A ill. A 52 g f JAMES D. STEVENSON Orchestra 1 if: J-,. 152325 '- .sw i 'We '- . W.. W , . 44 Many types of music, from classical to iazz, were taught in Mr. Richardson's Music Discovery class. the use of make-up Make-up was done by students for beginning and advanced dramatic productions. Advanced art classes drew sketches of model Tina Gorter as she changed poses every 30 seconds. A X pose was found that suited the class and the stu dents did a comprehensive charcoal drawing.

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Application Courses Carefully trying to make the final picture perfect for the iudges, Sharon Bailey, a photography student, retouched one of many contest shots she took. . me Fred Fox worked on an intercom circuit and Dale Wuertz on an electronic tic tac toe in their electronics class. The class stressed pre-vocational skills. With the aid of a drafting machine, Jerry Madison worked on a technical drawing in drafting class. RAY A. RICHARD I.. L. W. SPAHR MCKNIGHT SOUTHARD Graphic Arts Welding Auto Mechanics Auto Mechanics Woodworking o ' Q ' if c in A-' Q' , '33 'v ff W X, ww . 2, ,N Z! I W Bryon Hackett planed a walnut board for the gun cabinet he was making in his woodworking 1 4, class. Students designed and planned their proiects themselves.