Prairie Du Chien High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Prairie Du Chien, WI)

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IT'S THE WOMEN'S WORLD Among the new additions to PHS this year was a beautiful ultra-modern Homemaking department. In this spacious combination class room and laboratory the girls of Prairie High are taught by Mrs. Eunice Steiner to become better and more efhcient homemak- ers. This subject is offered as an elective all four years in the high school. The course is progressive with the most advanced work in the Senior year, The more intricate techniques of sewing and cooking, plus a study of home-life and the problems of marriage are some of the studies undertaken by the Seniors. The three other classes de- vote their time to studying the basic facts of cooking and sewing, with child care taken up in the Junior year. A, l Any girl who has completed one semester in Home Economics is eligible to become a member of the Future Homemakers of Amer- ica. Ofhcers this year were Mariory Ahrens, President, Marlene Emerson, Vice-President, and Allene Sedlmayer, Secretary-Treasurer, It should be good-there are enough cooks! First Row-llolnrvs Sin-rkvl, M:irf.:i- .Xhrm-ns, Dorothy Mm-Ginlvy, 'l'nni Vnyn, Rilzi lfnrst, Dorothy .hiiliiusi-, .lncly Kossinzin, Pzilsy Tolverinzin, Hi-len l'itzer, ,Xlllll'lll' f:l'Illl'S, Hose l4'ishl4-r, Iinvy Swzitvli, Second Row--.Xlloiiv Si-rllnmyr, Muriannv News-r, l'ill'Ul Iinnkv, .lo Ann lizithliun, Nitin-y Num-Ikn, Fliirlm-y M4-zvru, I.or:i Steiner, Sliirlvy Horkoinwr, Dorothy Vpdiki-, Mary l l'il- lim-lc, Mary Svvi-i'soii, Kay lloninth, Joanne- Mez:-rn, Third Row-Ilairlizirn Ms' Ghnn, I':llt'l'll1' Munro, Maury .Xlirs-ns, Nile:-ii NVIUIIIPIQ Rita Neisins, M:1rp.:':u'f-I Ynllvy, l.:lnr:i lfis-di-rnizin, Gm-rry Finns, Ibnnnn XVilu-I, ltininin Krupxnizin, Bonnie Horkeinier, Yvldai l'lOll1'llllt'l'f.ft'I', I.urr:iini- Ilii- l'h:irini-, Fourth Row---.lnnel l4':1ssliends-r. l':it NViIli:inis, Denii-rv lJoui.:'l:is, .li-:nn XYliit4-, Knllivr- ini- Mo-zi-rn. Vliyliss lifmrli, .l:in4-t fleilz, Nl1ll'C'i1l Hvdvinnn, Mary Iforst, l':itlivi'iiis- Cin-Oli, 'I'ln-ri-sn Vurst, .lnnim-v Knspnrek, .lzxnice Iirdwurd, Shirley Adi:-r, Annu lin-rlu-ric'h, Fifth Flow- .ls-:iiim-ltv I-Hirst, Nnrnin Chi-vk, Galle Ke-dl, Bernice Enkv, Marilyn Sll'lIlll1'I'1.f, .loan Mzilonsvk, l'll'l'l!lfl. Si-lilm-gl, Uolli-en Stull, ltunnio Messerli, Irene Konirhrk, Lorrniin- llornv, Donna Iiornv, l'uin Str-iiior, Nov Slcplizins. Twenty-six

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TOIL TODAY - CROPS TOMORROW First Row- NIV. Iinlph, Ailvisur: .lim XYl11lv, llonnii- Mimi-, nvnny Xt:1i.:iwr, l.uwvll Alu'--ns, ltunsilil llolli-nlii-i'i.:i-i', Ilwuim- Zlnlwk. Second Row- I.:-nnxiril Zulu-I, xvillllil' Al1'Z4'l'2l, Syivi-sit-V All'Zt'l'JL, l,:i Yl'l'll1' llu l'llIll'llll', limi XY:ii'lilll:1, llill Fish, lnfillllri Oi-i-nuszik, llogi-I' lforsl, Floyd Ili-ni-ki-r, l.yli- lit-ilwxnril, l r:ini'is lie-i'n':ir. Third Row-ltnnuld llurdzi, l.:i Yirrni- Sutton, Ituimlil Sli-ssliiig, lionzild Si-vi-rsniu, liolwrt XVl1iti-, XVilltu1' XY:iprm-r, .luhn Ilunlmr, Ilonnld l'Zwim:, lti-u 'l'l1om:is, llonnis Zlzilwk, l,:u'i'y N:ip.ri-I, .tvrry Kuvun, ltnlii-rt Itli-zi-l':i. The Aggies put to practical use their studies of farm crops and animal husbandry as well as economics and mechanical problems under the direction of Mr. Guy Ralph. Several Aggies raised corn with yields up to 150 bushels per acre. One student's swine proiect cleared 5700 last year. Another student received the F.F.A. Bankers Award 1550.00 bondj for keeping complete records and accounts of home and farm transactions. Francis Forst received a S200 Farm Short Course schol- arship as a result of four very active ag years. A large number of Ag students exhibited proiects at the Wisconsin State Fair and at the Madison Fat Stock Show and County Fair. The building of a 7'xl4' hog house, calf pens, pig brooders, milk can carts and racks, and making tractor and machinery repairs were among the many useful proiects undertaken in the shop. Feed cost studies on 200 chicks were also conducted over a I0-week period. All the students of Agriculture toured the La Crosse branch of Allis Chalmers in February, observing the manufacture of field tillage tools. The F.F.A., the Aggies organization with Lowell Ahrens as its president, is under the advisorship of Mr. Ralph. The mechanics of a modern tractor, by Mr. Guy Ralph. When tillage begins, other arts fol- low. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization. -'Remarks on Agriculture Twenty-five -- gnu. l' ,N -Q .rece vu

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INTRICATE WORK .,-' .1 ntilli Slow down Dave, it's not that bad! lf a survey were to be taken showing which course was taken by more boys than any other, Industrial Arts would probably win hands down. The department was en- larged this year with the construction of the new additions. Under the direction of Mr. Bert Krohn, the Freshman and Sophomore boys take courses combining mechanical drawing and wood- working. The two years are nearly identical with the second year course being more ad- vanced. Electricity is studied in detail the first se- mester of the Junior year with sheetmetal, drafting, and soldering the main undertaking in the second semester. The Seniors are offered architectural draft- ing plus a general shop course which in- cludes wood and sheetmetal work plus weld- ing, They also create projects of leather and plastics. A new course offered to the Seniors is lapidary work, which involves the cutting, polishing, and mounting of stones. Probably the prime objective of this course is to acquaint the student with some of the basic skills he may encounter after he gradu- ates from high school. At the drawing board-What's it going to be, Don? Twenty-seven