Salem High School - Lyon Yearbook (Salem, IN)

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el-In W rf-You-' wi MECHANICAL DRAVVING The number of students taking the course in Mechanical Drawing this year is about t.he average. Two girls are en- rolled in the class. Two perl-ods each day constitutes regular work. The work ln this course begins with the use of in- struments ,and learning of the princi- ples of projections. To learn these, working drawings, problems in develop- ment of surface and intersection are us- ed. The latter part of the first year is devoted to practice working drawings. The students make free hand drawings and take measurements from the actual pieces, then make their permanent drawings to scale from that. Second year Mechanical Drawing consists of Architectural Drawing. The first of the year is denoted to the ma.-.- ing of house details such as window sec- tions and porch sections. The last of the year is denoted to the drawing of a complete set of house plans. Instructor-Mr. Davis. MANUAL TRAINING The first year class in Manual Train- ing has quite a large enrollment this year. The course is begun by reading about, and drawing plans for articles to be made. The care and use of tools ls taught. A few required pieces, such as footstools, taborets, etc., are made, be- sides these the boys make some such ar- ticles as they choose, as library tables and book cases. Second year work is devoted to Voca- tional Farm Shop Work. Instructor-Mr. Davis. ENGLISH It is the aim of the English depart- ment to teach the student to speak and write clearly and forcefully. In order to do this both technical grammar and ihetoriq are involved. During the first 2 years more emphasis is put upon writ- ten work than in the last two. Another field of english is that of literature ana readlng.'rThe students are guided in their reading, both for information and for pleasure. The best books, both class- ic and modern are made accessible thru the public library. Stress is put upon literary appreciation with the hope that the student will acquire new or better ideals and cultivate a taste for that which is wholesome and valuable. Instructors- Miss Wright-I, II, VII, VIII. Miss Lewis-III, IV, V, VI BIOLOGY Botany- Betany seeks to give its readers a cer- tain appreciation of plants and the re- lationship of plant life to his own life. It tries to 'bring out the beauties of na- ture lying before us. Also the import- ance of plants to the industrial world is emphasized. 'I here are two recitation periods each week and three two-hour laboratory periods, in which the four great plant kingdoms, and the representative types of each division are studied. Zoology- Zoology teaches the economic impor- tance of animals to man and industry. In dissection work the student deals with the morphology of animals, using the types most familiar to the student. Each week there are two recitation .periods and three two-hour laboratory periods. Instructor-Mrs. Phillips ART This course includes work in color theory, detail and mass drawings, de- signing, poster making, some work on interior decoration, perspective and art history. Instructor-Miss Purlee. lPage eighty-fourfl