Shelbyville High School - Squib Yearbook (Shelbyville, IN)

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Sharon Leffler and Carmen Coers, members of a foods class, work with a new electric mixer and cook on one of the new stoves. ,Nome gconomicd C6155 The combination cooking and sewing suite provided a pleasant learning atmosphere for students in home economics classes. The rooms are internally divided by a dining room and a pressing room. The large kitchen area is equipped with two electric ranges, two gas ranges, one surface burner, one electric wall oven, a combination washer and dryer, a combination freezer and refrigerator, two garbage disposal units, and plenty of cabinet space. The sewing room area, with the adjacent pressing room, contains twenty-two sewing machines and very adequate closet space. We Discover New Facilities C0l'YlI1'l8l'C2 The commerce department offers a wide vari- ety of business education subjects. In the large commercial department of S. H. S., a student may wish to pursue the complete commercial courseg or he may choose to elect only a year of a business subject. Many new pieces of equipment were added to this department. These pieces included six electric typewriters - five I. B. Mfs and one Royal machine - and several other new manual-operated typewriters. A new accretion for the advanced commerce classes was an Edi- son Voice Writer dictation machine. Shelbyville High School's reputation for training and supplying good office workers is Well known in this vicinity and in adjoining areas. The new equipment which has been added to the business education department serves to enhance its facilities greatly. 6 Martha Davis and Peggy Landis use two of the new elec- tric typewriters in advanced commerce.

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i I S. H. S. Today The aerial photograph which is reproduced on this page was taken from a helicopter by Robert Brant. The picture shows the school as it actually appears today. The architect's drawing shown in color on the introductory pages includes an auditorium which will be built in the future. The modern classroom pictured at the right is typical of the fine furniture and equipment which have been provided for the student's use at S. H. S. In ,yy M . y This is the ultramodern chemistry laboratory and classroom 5

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.fggricuhure olo Since agriculture shop class had livestock for its students to observe, it was not unusual to hear the sound of a cow bell in S. H. S. corri- dors! The boys also observed and examined several pieces of heavy farm machinery. KSome of the future food producers of America have studied within these Walls IJ The shop's judging teams have competed in many contests and, in turn, have brought home several prizes. To Help Bill Lovitt and Larry VanSickle help each other in me- chanical drawing class. Mike Dover and Max McColley repair a mower in agri- culture shop. Us Learn SADF Maybe you've heard the buzz of a saw or the noisy pounding of a hammer. These sounds came from one of the shops. In the shops, many of the future draftsmen, carpenters, and electricians developed their talents in the fields they intend to enter in later life. Many beauti- ful and useful objects were made during the process of the school year in the metal and wood shops. 7