Pink Hill High School - Hornets Nest Yearbook (Pink Hill, NC)

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Sewing is one of the main skills grasped by the sophomore girls in home economics, Katherine Taylor and other girls are sewing skirts and weskits. Mrs. Nancy Jones instructs her class con- cerning the proper procedures to be followed in laying a pattern and then cutting. Dianne Taylor works diligently in her homemaking class to complete her sewing project. 23

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Vocational Subjects Develop Creativity and Teach Precision Two courses offered to increase vocational skills are home eco- i! nomics and vocational agriculture. A four year course is offered in both, and a graduated program of improvement can be seen from year to year, After four years of either course, one can be skilled in homemaking or agriculture, These courses are elective. Vocational agriculture is taught by Mr. John Worthington. In this course farming techniques are begun as well as a modified course in the use of machinery. Senior boys study welding and machine repair. Basel Hildreth and Kenneth Grady are shown doing some repair on a lawnmower engine. This card catalog stand for the elementary library was built in the shop, Jimmy Strickland and Marion Smith put on the finishing touches.

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Mr. Thomas Salter, freshman health and physical education instructor, ex- plains to the class the functions of the body systems. Health and Physical Educa- tion Help Us to Learn and Practice Ways to Make Our- selves Physically Fit. Health and physical education is a required freshman course but becomes an elective after the freshman year, Courses in physical education vary from basketball to weight lifting. Eunice Taylor and Carol Greer meet the challenge in a game of doubles in ping-pong. Group participation is always a favorite with freshmen. Here a group of girls swing on a rope. This type of exercise develops practically every muscle in the body.