Reedsburg High School - Gleaner Yearbook (Reedsburg, WI)

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Students Applied Their Knowledge l l l DON JOHANNES T. Ft. LATHROPE JOSEPH LYNETT DONALD T. MANZ BS., U. of Platteville MS., U. of Wisconsin M.A., Northwestern U. BS, Winona State Auto Mechanics, Carpen- Agriculture ll,lll,lV Co-op Office Practice, Of- College try, Woodworking fice Practice, Shorthand Industrial Arts Metals. Vocational Courses The vocational subjects offered to students attending Webb fall into four major categories: busi' ness education, home economics, agriculture, and industrial arts. The business courses, which teach the skills of shorthand, typing, stenography, and office practice, allow students the opportunity for practical applica- tions ofthe knowledge they gain. The best example of this is the Cooperative Education Program. This new project, a combination of classroom instruction and supervised work experience, is open to any senior sixteen years old who is taking office practice, Through the benefits of the program the school is able to obtain a fifty per cent reduction on the costs of machines bought to aid students in this field. The home economics department is divided into regular home economics, a four year series. and home economics survey, a summary course offered to senior girls who have had no home ec. The agriculture section is broken into many different units including welding, soil and water con- servation, farm management, and marketing. In the industrial department courses offered include wood' working, or shop, designed to encourage boys to build their own creations from wood. and drafting, which teaches fundamentals of blueprint sketching, as well as general metals, carpentry, electricity, and auto mechanics. Metals, Electricity fs V, t ' Y' DONALD L. MAVIS ROWSAM MCNAUGHTON BS.. Stout State U. BA. Stout State Home Economics 8,9,1l. College and 12 Industrial Arts l, Electricity I, Consumer Mathematics l, General Mathematics lll Peg Deyo, a home economic survey student, seems to enjoy with some of her classmates, the dinner they have prepared.

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Vocational Arts Engrossed Students MRS. IRENE H. SANDRA CUCHNA RUDOLPH T. BILL GRONLEY CLAUSON MS., U. of Wisconsin GEIMER B.S.. Platteville MS.. U. of Wisconsin Home Economics 10, ll. BS, River Falls U. State U. Personal Typing, Voca- 12, and Survey tional Typing JOYCE HILLMAN B.Ed.. Whitewater U. Shorthand, Bookkeeping, Record Keeping Seniors Edward Schuck and Dale Hudzinski. members of the automobile mechanics class. learn how to take apart a one cylinder ITIOIOY. Agriculture. General Sci- Drafting ence Mr. Gronley. the drafting teacher, explains the basic geometric forms that Pat Walsh will use in the course.

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Special Courses Supplemented MRS. BETSY DeMERlT BS., LaCrosse Girls' Physical Twice a month Mrs. Betsy DeMerit carefully inspects her students' uniforms. MRS BARBARA JO MRS PATRICIA GROVER KEESEY U. BS., U. of Wisconsin Stephens College Education Speech Therapy Girls' Physical Education Special Services Three non-academic departments at Webb High designed to help the student strengthen skills which require the coordination of his physical and mental abilities, are physical education, speech therapy, and driver education. Girls' physical education classes this year were introduced to some novel activities. For freshmen and sophomores, folk dancing and track and field were new: for juniors and seniors, field hockey, modern dance, and archery. Other activities undertaken were speed-a-way. tumbling. softball, tennis. badminton, volleyball, basketball, and physical fitness tests. Each of Mrs. Betsy DelVlerit's classes was divided into smaller groups called squads to increase unity and to encourage cooperation among the girls, and four or five were elected squad leaders. Mr. Mike Liebenstein started every boys' phys- ical education class with close-order drills done in military fashion, a fifteen minute exercise period, and a five minute session for agility drills. Some of the activities of freshmen and sophomores were speedball, combatives, wrestling. gymnastics, tennis. and softball. Juniors and seniors participated in archery, soccer, volleyball, tumbling, basketball, and golf. Mrs. Barbara Grover's work in speech therapy helped many individual students who had a problem in speaking. enabling the handicapped to reach the roots of their defects and overcome them. Mrs. Grover trains such students throughout our district. including those at Webb, Junior High, and South Schools. This was the second year for our four-phase driver education program. The four phases are class- room, simulator, multiple-car range, and on-the-road training. The simulator and on-the-road experience enable the young driver to respond to actual driving situations. This year Reedsburg participated in a re- search project. with the support of the State Depart! ment of Public Instruction. to test the progress of the students in the course.