Rapid City Central High School - Pine Cone Yearbook (Rapid City, SD)

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The auto body class has re- done the four school trucks in gleaming red and white in keeping with the school colors. Here members of the auto mechanics class replace a motor after an overhaul job. New Uocational Kuilding I71-oaIideA modern Sluyu RCHS is proud of its new, modern voca- tional building. This addition makes it pos- sible to offer students several vocational cour- ses never before available in Rapid City, such as agriculture, auto mechanics and body work, and vocational carpentry and cabinet making. All other shop courses have im- proved facilities in their new location. According to Mr. 0. H. Schwentker, direc- tor of vocational education, all shops now have the very finest of production equipment. The classes are operated for craftsmen and taught by outstanding members of the craft. Adults in the community also benefit di- rectly, since the shops are used for evening classes.

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New Sapenn tendent lJeadA School S94 tem Rap1d C1ty H1gh School welcomes Supenn tendent Paul C Stevens to the top pos1t1on Ln the Rap1d C1ty School System Havmg served as Supermtendent of J effer son County Schools one of the largest school systems 1n Colorado Mr Stevens assumed his dut1es as head of the Rapxd C1ty Schools on Julyl 1954 The school should provlde a well rounded program of phys1cal mental soclal and moral trammg for youth as well as an understand mg knowledge and apprec1at1on of our hen tage and the Amerlcan way of hfe stated Mr Stevens as he expressed h1s phllosophy of educatlon He also stressed the xmportance of mamtamlng h1gh standards of scholastlc achlevement and urged students to take ad -t:E?f vantage of the many r1ch educatxonal oppor tun1t1es avallable to them Mr Stevens IS known among educators for h1s work 1n the fleld of guldance He has re ce1vea nat1onal recognltron 1n th1S fleld and IS the author of a gmdance manual for teachers and school admlnxstrators He has served as consultant and v1s1t1ng Professor of Educatxon at the Umverslty of Colorado Umverslty of Denver and Colorado A 8: M College Mr Stevens wxth hrs wxfe and daughter Sally enJoys the fr1endly atmosphere of Rap1d C1ty and the Black Hxlls provlde an excellent locatxon for h1s favorxte pastlme whxch IS flSh1l'1g He also enjoys taklng motion plctures and h1s mterest m all types of sports 1S read1ly shown by h1s electlon to the vlce presldency of the Natlonal Federatlon of Hlgh School Athletlc Assoclatlons Students of Rap1d C1ty Hxgh School were f1rst mtroduced to Mr Stevens when he pre- sented the athletlc awards at the senlor hlgh assembly H15 pleasmg personallty and ab1l 1ty to relate a humorous anecdote proved popular w1th the student body 0 I V ' ,C 1 7 ' , 1 1 ' u ' 9 1 y - , - . . ,, l Y . 1 - - . , , a a Q 1 L . I

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in 1 Q r v Sawdust flies as a student , l ' skillfully guides a plank , r 1 fav! through the surface planer. 'S ' ' MA, fi ,Q 1 V X S'-1 V Each tool has its lace in the cabinets P made in the vocational carpentry classes. A steady hand is a definite requirement Practice makes perfect in operating the when cutting intricate designs with the band lathes, saw. 9 L? 3 if x if 5 NL ., f-'fn :mi ilu