Plainfield High School - Silhouettes Yearbook (Plainfield, IN)

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pMtriteol is ofjfj ifids by vmo cwjoJI Martha Jones pins on a pattern for a skirt she is making for herself in her Homemaking class. Stirring the chocolate at a stove in the Home Ec. kitchens is Dorothy Barnaby. Beside her, Carolyn Atkinson heats the milk for the cocoa they are making. Allan Simmonds, student in a drafting class, draws house plans on his drafting board in a shop class. 14

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botfi duruMj ktCjk school CtM l 0 c(u6tto i Susie Baldwin and Carol Young receive help from Miss Durr while using stencil equipment in an office machines class. The commercial department at P. H. S. is growing rapidly. Perhaps it is because more studentsare entering the field of business and perhaps it is because our daily lives call for this training more now. Typing and shorthand are becoming a must in our everyday lives. Teaching these courses for personal use, for school, and for future jobs is the objective of these classes. Office Machines courses are designed to acquaint commercial students with equipment they will probably use on the job. Business, bookkeeping and sales classes are planned to be beneficial to any student preparing to enter the field of business. Here, would-be business men and women learn gen- eral office practices, techniques, and man- ners. Although the commercial department is specialized, each year more students are en- rolling in these courses. The future will see great growth in this department. Using the ditto machine are advanced typists, Faith Friel and Jo Ann Gosnell. This machine is used by teachers and students to run off tests, pro- grams, and announcements for the school. z Shorthand is fun (that’s what it says) and practical, too, says Bonnie Buis, one of sixty-three shorthand students. 13

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Sobjfecfes, iriuMot, luuCjodZoto, ctM l I mliiv ctasses During one of their classes in driver’s education, Todd Raper and Gordon Castetter patiently explain to Judy O'Conner what makes a car go. Rosemary Wooley acts as Kathye Zeigler’s victim in health class as the girls practice the back- pressure-arm-lift method of artificial respiration. The vocational department has a complete curriculum. In home economics girls, or boys, too, if they wish, learn to perfect the skills of sew- ing, cooking, child care, home nursing, and interior decorating. In agriculture classes practical knowledge about farming is learned and is frequently practiced. Shop classes give boys a chance to study about drawing, making, and assembling articles. Health and safety classes are required, but may be substituted by two years in home economics. They are valuable for giving stu- dents knowledge or procedures to follow in treating everything from the common flu to more serious accidents. Driver's education classes are conducted to help improve the safety conditions on our nation's highways by training alert, watchful, and safe drivers. All these subjects offer practical ex- perience while learning specific skills. Miss Snider, driver's education instructor, shows Diana Heald the proper way to shift gears. 15