Sheridan High School - Syllabus Yearbook (Sheridan, IN)

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THEMSELVES FOR TOMORROW’S WORLD The modern business world calls for both young men and young women with a knowledge of the basic clerical skills. It is the function of the commerce department at SHS to develop these skills and to prepare those students interested in commerce for the future. The commerce department at SHS offers courses in typing, shorthand, bookkeeping, general business, and office practice . Today's students become tomorrow's farmers. Agriculture, even though a relative old vocation, requires a special scientific and technological training. In order to provide the future farmer with the best methods, SHS offers four years of agriculture. The FFA plays a major role in this agriculture course. Some of the boys' instruction comes from field trips on near-by farms. Typing correctly presents a problem to Ronnie Blackstone, as Mrs. Spear points out a few errors on his copy. Agriculture students hunt extensively for the answer to the question proposed by instructor, Mr. Ross, DR. BAILEY A. COX, OPTOMETRIST 19

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VOCATIONAL TRAINEES PREPARE Teaching nutrition, personal grooming, clothing construction, meal planning and preparation, plans for a house, buying and budgeting of food, child care, and other household chores to teenagers is the main objective of the home economics department. SHS offers a 4 year home economics course to those students who will be the homemakers of the future. Under the instruction of Mrs. Zell, the girls gain much valuable experience. Vocational education trains a person for a specialized course. Courses in industrial arts, including 2 years of shop and 2 years of mechanical drawing, are offered to SHS students. Industrial Arts gives boys skills in manual training and a comprehension of the various trades and conditions of employment. Under Mr. VanArsdel’s instruction, the boys learn to coordinate their hands with their minds. Staystitching is easy as explained by Mrs. Zell to VaRae Thistlewaite and Sibby Stoops. Mechanical drawing is taught in one half of our two room industrial arts department, which is a converted coal bin.

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Square dancing is not missing from the modern teenage world. Girls' physical ed. classes learn several variations of folk and square dances. IN ADDITION TO THOSE SOLIDS” THERE Developing muscles and minds is the objective of the physical education and guidance classes of Sheridan High School. In addition to developing the body with vigorous exercise and games, the physical education classes promote cooperation and sportsmanship between fellow classmates. The purpose of the guidance classes is to furnish a fresh background, information concerning themselves, and their future vocations. The health classes teach the structure of the human body to the sophomores. They also teach the care of the body and how it functions. It takes brains! Health instructor, Mr. James Guttman, explains the organization of our organs to sophomores who find it all very interesting. CURRY'S HARDWARE BOTTLE GAS 20