Plainfield High School - Silhouettes Yearbook (Plainfield, IN)

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Healthy” Home-Ec and Analyzed and Outlined by PHS Students Home-ec students model and analyze their own clothes. Here Senior Jen- nifer Cummins poses on the home-ec room's mod- eling runway. Drafting Futures Big people and little houses—little people and .. Are you positive that bone is essentially essential? The big people with the little houses were the home-ec girls with their miniature houses that they created for in- terior design. The little people were the small brothers and sisters who taught class with their emotions and reactions during the child development studies. Yes, it's the PHS home-ec labs, geared not only for homemakers, but career girls, too. And then there's the bony girl that plays the organ. No wait—was that health class being discussed? Besides bones, organs, and diseases, sophomores studied person- ality and hygiene during the one semester course. New home-ec teacher? Little Darin Ping explains to home-ec students Nancy Medsker, Peggy Ping, and Carol Coy the real methods of child care during the class's child development training.

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In the film, Aristotle is contem- plating the bust of Homer. In the classroom, Becky Willie is contemplating the film. At the back of the room, Mr. Winbren- ner. World History teacher, is contemplating Becky's grade. The Thinker Engrossed, (or hyp- notized by the whirring cylin- ders?) Senior Buddy Gaw listens to tape recordings. It's a Republican year! —But Democrats care about you! Keith Trent and Greg Rogers debate for their favorite political candidate as they talk politics , a popu- lar U.S. History topic during elections. Society Determine Plot of History MPlay i

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A finger-removing demon- stration? No, it's Senior Buddy Wolfe making a window frame in shop class. Showered in sawdust. Senior Roger Acton begins to create on the lathe. Thinking big. Senior Larry Biggs shows his finished king , formed from crude wood stock like the other members of his giant chess set. Did you see what he sawed and sold? Did you see what he designed and drew? PHS shop pupils produced projects for profit as they studied the values of tools, woods, and machinery. The boys, after selecting and purchasing their own wooden sup- plies, constructed anything they desired. Turning these chunks of wood into such finished products as tables, lamps, chairs, vanities, and even a giant chess set, the boys were free to give their projects away, sell them, or even play chess with them! Surrounded with right angles, rulers, compasses, and various pencils, PHS drafting pupils studied machine draft- ing, achitectural, and basic drafting. With these techniques in mind, they put their equipment to use and designed and sketched their own floor plans. Working on desks cluttered with right angles, pencils, and rules, the drafting boys sketch basement floor plans. Eye to eye With an eyeball staring him in the face. Sophomore David Scully takes a health test. 29 Hmmll That's eye- catching! exclaims Sophomore Health Student Mickey Long to Dave Blaschke.