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

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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.

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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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' A L 21 T v , 'ft-f.-is 'Ns W7 gs if 8 . .tw rssrs ,, 5214 - Q. ,us ,,,.,k..,h 7 i if 1. RICHARD C. BERRY Marketing Merchandising Cooperative- Merchandising DECA -.1 . , Q, ,,kV S fy-21.mv. .i.-. '- . i:'- n a n s . V .s ii , ' 1f..,t- in - V ,M ,,,.i- .Ll 1'i:1afsgi,Q,g,...-' 4, , A Ul-A MAE MARION J. WM. A. MCBRIDE JOHN T. GLOVER DAVENPQRT HUDSON Typing Clerical Practice GeI19fGl Business Marketing General Business Office Machines Business Law DECA Chess Club Shorthand Personal Typing Typing Students in business education classes were intro- skills. Typing, bookkeeping, accounting, shorthand duced to a variety of office machines and clerical and office machines classes were in the curriculum. Supplying students with a knowledge of the business world was the main ob- iective of the Business Education Depart- ment. lntroductory courses such as explora- tory business and general business were offered to students wishing to secure more information about business educa- tion. Students could take more advanced courses in marketing and merchandising. These courses provided students with knowledge in basic occupational skills. Supervised on-the-iob experience in local businesses were made available to students enrolled in cooperative mer- chandising. In this way students could receive training for future references. Office machines, clerical practice, shorthand 1 and 2, secretarial practice and typing 1 and 2 were classes offered to students wishing to enter the secre- tarial line of work. Students could also receive on-the-iob training as a secre- tary, through cooperative office educa- tion. In bookkeeping, students received ex- perience in keeping formal business rec- ords. Record keeping was for the stu- dents who wanted the information for their personal lives. Lab assistants, Chuck Gearhart and Bob DeYoung, repaired a camera in a Experience for Work Mr. Alfred Zammit used a Steno Lab machine in his shorthand class as a training aid. The machine dictated to the students at four different speeds. photography class. The lab program was headed by Business Education.