River Forest High School - Ingot Yearbook (Hobart, IN)

Page 20 text:

MRS. LORETTA NEIDIGH Boys are offered an extensive foods program which places many in the restaurant and quantity MRS. JANNON CLARK foods preparation business after graduation. They also learn that cooking can be fun. Mrs. Clark explains the basics of good sewing to Rose Sepanski and Audrey Thompson. MISS DONNA PHILLIPS MRS. MARGARET HOLTH HOME ECONOMICS DEPT. USES VOCATIONAL APPROACH Numerous things are required to be a successful homemaker. Meal planning, budgeting and sewing are some of the most important activities. Alterations and tailor techniques were taught in tailoring class, while a combination of cooking, sewing and budgeting were taught in homemaking classes. Two types of nursing courses were offered in the home eco- nomics department this year. Home nursing and child care were developed as prerequisites for a more extensive curricu- lum of practical nursing. Students of both nursing classes must have had at least one year of home economics classes. Also offered this year by the home economics department were foods for boys classes taught by Mrs. Loretta Neidigh. Right: Georgia Bjerkness takes Candy Phelps ' temperature as school nurse Miss Phillips looks on and Lynn Gear adjusts the hospital bed in a practical nursing class. 4 ■EDaii h

Page 19 text:

BUSINESS DEPT. TRAINS STUDENTS FOR FUTURE The business world of today need? many skilled em- ployees. Skills in business are developed through class- room instruction and practical application. Students on the business curriculum take such cours- es as typing, shorthand, retailing and salesmanship, and office machines. For practical application, students may elect to work for office practice credit in the ele- mentary, junior high or senior high school offices. A new course, which prepares a student for work as a medical secretary, was opened to advanced business students and was taught by Mrs. Laura Langley. Office machines class includes instruction on adding machines, duplicating machines, calculators and the tele- fax. |4 usLiS MR. FRED BAKER MISS JANICE TINCHER MRS. KATHLEEN GOLDMAN MRS. LAURA LANGLEY The steady noise of clicking keys and sliding carriages fills the typing II class. In the rear of the room Mrs. Langley helps a student with a question on the assignment. 15

Page 21 text:

Mr. Henderson (center) clowns with students in his wood shop classes. INDUSTRIAL ARTS CURRICULUM EXPLORES WORKING WORLD To prepare students leaving high school to go into the industrial world, the industrial arts department was busy this year developing a more complete curriculum. This cur- riculum was aimed at exploring the industrial world of work. Basic skills offered on the program were electricity, wood- working, metal shop, and industrial drawings. Various student projects are paid for through student fees. In wood shop, under the direction of Mr. Robert Henderson, boys make such items as bookcases, cabinets, and tables. Metal shop projects directed by Mr. James Ross include tool boxes and metal tools, while Mr. Thomas Szym- czak ' s drafting classes plan various buildings and structures of today and tomorrow. MR. ROBERT HENDERSON MR. THOMAS SZYMCZAK Metal shop attracts many boys interested in going into one of the area ' s many industries. Dave Mefford and Alfred Poquette gain the experience of operating various machines themselves. MR. JAMES ROSS Mr. Szymczak instructs Richard Trickel as others in the drafting class concentrate on individual proj- ects. Bruce Walters, Joe Lunghofer, and Chuck Ragon are shown at their desks. 17