St John Township High School - Echo Yearbook (Dyer, IN)

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Homemaking Can Be Fun A new teacher, MRS. BARBARA DALTON, has come to Dyer from Shepardsville, Kentucky, where she taught last year. She is a graduate of West Kentucky State, where she received her B. S. degree. Mrs. Dalton’s home economics classes include courses in good grooming, nutrition, and sewing. MRS. MARY ORR is back in the homemaking department this year, teaching classes, supervising the cafeteria, sponsoring the Pep and Home Economics Clubs, sitting on the Faculty Review Board, and never running out of cheerful energy. In the second year homemaking course, the 1st semester is devoted to advanced foods and nutrition, while the 2nd semester takes up child development and home care of the sick, plus a short sewing project. During the period devoted to foods, the girls study meal patterns, and plan meals that are pretty, delicious, and fun to prepare. In the picture above, Terry Miller, Clara Roe, Barbara Robinson, and Sandy Tewell enjoy the cinnamon twists they have made during the study of quick breads. - 8 -

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f A Strong Mind Needs a Strong Body Whether teaching Latin or health, MRS. RUTH HOFFMAN is quietly efficient. A long time teacher of girls’ phys ed, she has had the unusual experience this year of straight classroom work, the phys ed classes having been postponed until next year when the new gym will be completed. MR. GAINEY DAVIDSON, who has a master’s degree in science from Indiana University, is new to Dyer this year. He teaches classes in health and physical science, but is best known to the community as the hard driving football coach. The students in his classes respect his knowledge and his low pressure discipline. The aim of the health course, according to Mrs. Hoffman, is to teach the girls how the body is put together and how it functions, how to develop strong minds and bodies, and how to get along with people. The classes use workbooks and notebooks as well as textbooks and, if the picture above is a fair example, appear to enjoy the entire procedure. - 7 -

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f Shop Department Trains Future Industrialists Teaching embryonic draftsman how to letter properly and to make working drawings is just one of MH. JOHN LINLEY’S many tasks. In his wood shop classes he teaches the use of all hand tools and emphasizes the use of safety measures in handling power equipment. His students have turned out many professionally finished articles such as pump lamps, TV chairs, coffee tables, desks, and gun cabinets. A ready smile and a shop apron are characteristic of MR. HERBERT PEARSON. His specialty is metal shop, in which he gives an exploratory course to determine the boys’ aptitudes. His students are taught the care and use of hand and machine tools, and basic manufacturing techniques. They have made beautifully crafted tools such as ball peen hammers containing small tools in their hollow handles. High school boys have a splendid opportunity to become acquainted with the metal machinery used in industrial manufacturing. The shop equipment includes a drill press, a milling machine, a shaper, grinders, and lathes. In the pic- ture above, Mr. Pearson is explaining a counter boring operation on an engine lathe to Tom Ludwig, Pete Elder, Bill Burk, Louis Berg, and Wayne Baker. -9-