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

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Temper! Temper! Click, clack, click, click, echoed out into the hall from Room 4 this year. Not only students registered in typing, but students who had permission, used the typewriters for work. Miss Ryan, the commercial in- structor, gave us a challenge to learn in be- ginning shorthand and advanced shorthand, in bookkeeping, and in typing. First year typists, after becoming well acquainted with the typewriter, plunged into learning various letter forms, typing reports with rows of numerals, and worked on im- provement by taking time tests to increase their speed and accuracy. Prairie High School's future secretaries returned for their second year of work and learned how to take and transcribe really w 'W g W Debits have fo equal the credits. Commercial professional looking business letters, as well as other legal documents. Combined with this dictation and transcription, they learn- ed to use other oflice equipment, like ditto and mimeograph machines. Basic knowledge in keeping financial and business records was offered in another course, senior bookkeeping. Often, around school, we would hear students inquiring, Could you get your books to balance ? After integrating the skills of all these courses, Miss Ryan carried our preparation into the personal field by her help in ex- plaining to us what well dressed secretaries should wear, how to apply for a job, and many other things, that really will benefit us.

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Industrial Arts Gary Bunders and other members of the Senior class were busy making their dream homes dreamier this year. Under the direction of Mr. Bert Krohn, the craftsmen of the freshman and sopho- more classes worked hard at mechanical drawing and Woodworking. The junior class was Well started on the road to becoming master electricians, under the direction of Mr. Guy Ralph. Electric- ity Was studied in great detail the first semes- ter and such varied projects as sheet metal Work, drafting, soldering, and Welding were covered and put into practical use the sec- ond semester. The senior class was under the direction of Mr. Bert Krohn. In addition to their dream homes, the senior craftsmen worked on several other interesting projects. They became acquainted with architectural draft- ing, wood and sheetmetal Work, welding, leather and plastic projects. Lapidary Work was coveredg this involved the cutting, polish- ing, and mounting of stones. These semi- precious stones are purchased from various companies. At the end of four years, students in indus- trial arts have acquired many different skills. If they were to select an occupation today, they could choose to be a Welder, a drafts- man, a carpenter, a solderer, a sheetmetal worker, a plastitician, a lapidary, a leather- craftsman, or an electrician. Don't hit your finger Larry. A model village 16

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What photographer wouldn't get rattled in this company. Home Economics Many of you will remember the delicious aroma of home made bread and baking cakes floating up the hall of the southwest wing from Room 118. Yes, in Room 118 many Prairie High girls learned how to be good homemakers. The spacious home economics department housed a combined classroom and laboratory Where Mrs. Grelle prepared our young misses for the profession of homemaking. Four years of home economics were offered as electives and in each year the work advanced in difficulty. Clothing, foods and nutrition, home and family living gave insight into the intricate tech- niques of construction and buying clothes wisely, of planning well balanced meals and pre- paring them perfectly, of discussing and planning for the problems of marriage and child care. This field has been an important one for making our future homes successful, and as our senior year draws to a close, we leave Mrs. Grelle with more confidence that they Will be successful. there? 18 This home economics class seems to be having fun Don't you wish you were