South Central High School - Orbit Yearbook (Union Mills, IN)

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Homemaking Techniques Are Learned. The Home Economics department be- lieves in a comprehensive, flexible, functional program to help pupils live effectively in a changing society. The student’s abilities, interests, and tal- ents should be encouraged and developed. The students should also be helped to understand and appreciate each other and themselves as individuals and as mem- bers of our society. This department is available to students in grades 8 through 12. Home Ec. I studies color, personal- ity, clothing, foods, and various other aspects of home life. Home Ec . II deals with foods, clothing, child care, and home nursing. Home Ec. Ill and IV are together in one class. This year, each girl is designing and decorating a model home. They have visited homes in Marion, Ind ., for helpful ideas. They also study courtship and marriage, and advanced foods and clothing. The Family Living class studies areas like personality, friendship, dress, manners, dating, marriage, citizenship, and family relationships. Pam Wakeman is hard, but happily, at work sewing on her skirt in 8th grade Home Ec. Here Jennifer Kuss is busy at a sewing machine work- ing on her clothing project. Juniors Becky Daumer and Patsy Demo are cleaning up their work area after a cooking session in the kitchen. 28

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Many Facets in Mechanical Drawing Mechanical drawing aids students in gaining a basic background in drafting, blueprint reading, engineering, and ar- chitecture . The first semester of the sec- ond year consists of machine drafting and the second semester, architectural draw- ing. The completion of this course pre- pares a student for further work in this area. Students of the drafting class are busily at work on architectural drawings. Mary Beth Shei is studying the floor plans of houses in the drafting class. These mechanical drawing students are working on scale drawings in class. 27

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The Health Department has become a valuable asset to South Central. Under the supervision of Mrs. Joan Owen, a registered nurse, accurate health records are kept of each student in the school. This department has shown the impor- tance of good health and contributed to the welfare of our school. Mrs. Owen is administering the hearing test in the health room to Lory Berg. Health and Counseling Help Us. The Counseling Department, under the direction of Mr. Harry W. Turak, con- sists of three major areas . The first and most important is the counseling service. This enables the student to discuss his own educational, vocational, and personal problems with the counselor. The inform- ational service provides reference ma- terial on various topics of interest. The testing service provides the opportunity for many students to take tests which might help them in choosing their further occupation. Testing results are com- bined with other information in order to give the student a chance to better under- stand himself. This then would put one in a position to make more realistic de- cisions . Mr. Turak is pointing out some interesting facts from a college catalog to junior, Mary Ann Hiigli. 29