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

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AGGIES ATTEND FFA CONVENTION Dennis, Lyle, and Butch are hard at work, while Don supervises the job. Time is the nurse and breeder of all good. Shakespeare t 'That looks better boys. Vocational agriculture offers training through established supervised farming programs with approved practices, new skills, and improvement programs. Following this program, the agriculture students covered many difficult fields this year, including farm crops, animal husbandry, and farm mechanics. The seniors studied methods of successful farming and visited loan sources in Prairie du Chien. Farm mechanics, with an actual practice in repairing farm machinery, was taken up by the juniors. Sophomore and freshman ag students were concerned mainly with studying proper feeding methods and woodworking. The highlight of the year for the agriculture department was the trip of Floyd Beneker and Lyle Bedward, two senior students, to the National F. F. A. Convention in Kansas City, Missouri. These boys were selected for the trip by the state and the Prairie chapters. 24 . . . AGRICULTURE

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AT CAESAR'S TIME .. “Gaudeamus igitur iuvenes dum sumus.” “Let us then be merry while we are young.” This might be the motto of the Latin student’s but those enrolled in the course are also prepared to study seriously. The curriculum of our school includes two years study of this language. During this time memorizing vocabularies and translating stories of early Roman life are the most important objectives. The first year Latin class specifically involves becoming familiar with the origin, formation and vocabulary of the Latin language. Those who continue with their education in this subject translate material which includes such subjects as Julius Caesar, Rome, and the Gallic Wars. Upon the completion of the Latin course the student has received many benefits, the most important being a vivid understanding of the English language gained through learning Latin prefixes and suffixes. Mr. Paul Lutzke, who makes the study of Latin more interesting and valuable, has inspired and guided many students in his teaching career. Now, who wants to translate today? Time ripens all things. No man is born wise. Cervantes Eighth period enthusiasm. LATIN ... 23

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TAKE TIME TO WORK They call us the tack and hammer boys.” But we aren’t really. Why, we cover everything from stone cutting to working with electric motors! Our work in the freshman and sophomore years was much the same. During that time we learned to make symetric, oblique and orthograph projection drawings. As juniors we attacked more complicated projects. The first portion of the year was spent at the drawing board. Following that the study of electricity was the main item on our schedule. This included building an electric motor. The seniors studied architectural drafting, welding, and cutting, polishing and mounting stones. Now we fully realize the value of the direction given to us by Mr. Bert Krohn, our capable instructor. Does it have colored TV Bob? I think if I take a little off this side Employ your time; Time glides on with speedy foot. Ovid I'd say drill about one more inch Gary. INDUSTRIAL ARTS ... 25