Proviso West High School - Mural Yearbook (Hillside, IL)

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The less glamorous side of home economics is nol ignored, even in class work, seniors Nancy Zawarus and Barb Molina discover as lhey perform one of lhe painful bul praclical lasks of homemaking-washing dirty dishes.

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5 f A Correlchng colors wlh lextures home decorating sfudenls plorn ailrochve and comforlcble Interiors Home Economics Students Prepare for Challenge Of Dictaphone or Dishes Trying to achieve ii hulunee hetween the two worlds of tocluyls women, Proviso Vllestls home economies depart- ment stresses hoth the home and the business worlcl. Courses in clothing inelutle information on grooming which prepares future wives :mtl mothers to lieep Clothes repaired as well us practice in creating new garments both fluttering zmcl inexpensive. llome cleeorzition Classes teueh the art ol' interior tleeorution, as they stucly present and past trencls in home and furniture styles. Unusual tuhle zmcl wall cleeorutions were Constructed hy students themselves. Vvestls clepurtment emphasizes the needs and problems ol' moclern families zincl homes in family living classes. Girls preparing for the future heeome familiar with the cliffieulties ol' setting up worliable huclgets anal housekeeping routines. Vlflith tentative solutions, Prof viso VVest's home economies students prepare to meet the Challenges of home and Career more effectively. Miss Lois Baker ' i .,,. va J 12--'SfZ: .- 1 .3:L.'I:iEs. -I X -r w in -5.5. , in is i ii. 5 Bliss Ieanne Bernharclt 1DC1JI71'l71ZC71f Clzrzirwzzitz Miss lane Heiser Mrs. Judith Holtz Mrs. Dorothy Knoeppel Mrs. Margaret VViehser

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Machine drawing develops saleable skills. Doors to Careers Open for Inolustrial Arts Graduates Machine shop students work daily on lathes and other metal working Education, which upon graduation, can be translated immediately into terms of dollars and cents is the boast of Proviso Wcstis industrial arts department. Theory and actual shop experience in local garages is avail- able in auto-mechanics. Finely-equipped print shops at both East and West gave students employable skills in graphic arts, Machine and architectural drawing turn out draftsmen capable of moving directly into industrial drafting rooms, while vocational machine shop graduates are also in demand by employers. Two new electronics courses this year offer instruction in both telegraphic and radio coinmunication and in TV circuitry. An ori- entation course, which gave experiences in four dif- ferent vocational fields, provided background for the beginning industrial arts student, and wood shop gave additional training in prevocational skills. A recent ad- dition to the department was the diversified occupations program which permitted selected students to Work dur- ing part of each school day in offices or laboratories.