Patrick County High School - Archive Yearbook (Stuart, VA)

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Mrs. Priddy looks on as Janice experiments with her victim, Freda. Mr. Hall is showing his students in auto mechanics how to align the front end of a car. Trade and Industrial Education 29

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Students develop skills for future occupations Instructions in trade and industrial education is based upon the needs and interests of individuals which are realistic in light of existing or anticipating oppor¬ tunities of employment. The main pur¬ pose of trade and industrial education is to prepare the individual for employment or for advanced training in a specific trade or occupation. The Trade and Industrial Education classes are in four categories. They are Cosmetology, Electronics, Building and Trades, and Auto Mechanics. Students learn a particular trade in each of these classes. Young masons learn something about the foun¬ dations of the world. Mr. Bruce Dollarhite Mr. R. B. Hoyle Mr. Clarence E. Hall Mrs. Winifred S. Priddy 28 Trade and Industrial Education

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Distributive Education is a program of instruction designed tc prepare students for entrance into and advancement within a distributive occupation. There are three levels of Distributive Education: DE I—Preparatory DE II—Studies in Marketing DE III—Advanced Studies in Marketing At the DE II and DE III levels students receive both classroom and on-the-job training. The DE program works in con¬ junction with local businesses, known as training agencies, to train students to be effective and productive workers and to give them a sense of responsibility neces¬ sary for success in the world of business. Mr. Leon M. Pollard Students get on-the-job training in Distributive Education Mr. Pollard prepares to show his DE classes a film on proper selling techniques. 30 Distributive Education