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

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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

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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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Oh! Oh! Bob is looking at the keyboard again. Are they really working or just camera shy. Time is one’s best friend, teaching best of all the wisdom of silence. A. B. Alcott TIMING FOR SPEED AND ACCURACY Attention ! Heads up, shoulders back! No, a squad of fresh recruits weren’t receiving their basic training. The new typing students were being taught the correct posture to use while typing. Becoming familiar with the typewriter keyboard, and writing different types of letters are the main fundamentals in first year typing. Although the room at the end of the hall may have sounded like a Chinese school at times it was just the beginning shorthand class reciting dictation. A, ish, u, gay, floated from the room, as eager students diligently studied their lessons. Advanced shorthand and typing classes covered work that supplemented their previous years learning. Steadily they increased their shorthand and typing rates and became proficient in their work. A glance in the bookkeeping room revealed students busily pecking away at adding machines, learning to balance books and the meaning of words like debit and credit. The students in the commercial department realize the guidance of Miss Charlotte Ryan has been very valuable. They complete their courses with satisfaction. 26 . . . COMMERCIAL