Stratford High School - Mnemosyne Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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sa, X. xt' Q.: ,,.,,..wU it shapesga more than meta Building go-carts and tables ai drawing machine parts and I houses may not seem like an actix one could do in school, yet, woot shop, metal shop and drafting concerns just those areas. Most of the students take shop construct things for themselves, F example, junior Neil McQueen I stated, I take it because I like to build things for around the house So far l've made speakers and a cutting board. Senior Karl Moor added, I take wood shop becauj gives meachanceto make , everything I need to build. Safety is stressed in both wood shop and metal shop. Students mi pass numerous safety tests before starting on a project. Wood shop instructor Mr. Richard Iaks joked, want to have the same count at tll end of the year as I started out with. Relatively few girls take shop, however, Senior Lynn Wenger wa one of them. Lynn took shop to learn how to work with machines and wood because she helps buili the sets for drama productions, L commented, At first the guys di expect much from me, and I got of hassles. But now they accept more. Mr. Kenneth Thuesen instructs' students in general, machine and architectural drafting. By taking drafting, students acquire the abi to draw objects they visualize in I The emphasis of the course is to increase the students' manual dexterity. Senior Rob Rigg enrolled in architectural drafting and plans take it as a side field and to desig my own home someday. The skills learned in these classi- prove useful in the future. For by takingthem,studentsbecome j acquainted with various tools anc home repair. Carefully making a box to store cannl beverages in his car, Senior Rick Con adds the finishing touch by turning tr last screws.

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N-.., ,ui ofthe Marx Brothers, Groucho, ayed by Senior Marcella Pardo, icipates in a French vocabulary On the day of the Halloween pep , students dressed in various cos- and wore them throughout the Marcella said that her vocabulary sniff on the board and her big nose were purely coincidental. to a lecture in class, Sopho- Hugh Davis learns a humorous in Mrs. Barbara johns Latin ll Basic dialogue was taught in all :gn language classes to illustrate the per use of words and to give the stu- t practice using the new vocabulary. ing part in a Venbena, a type of nish party, lunior Ana Toroella ssed as Queen lsabella of Spain. Mrs. o's level four and six class partici- d in the venbena after a study of history ofSpain.

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l ' ff - of i A M .W 'X-s X l-us'- 1 X After purchasinga trailer from Mr, Iaks for 5125, Senior Randy Cate straightens I ' ' f Pr it - .lf its axle in wood shop. amistake on his drawing, I Geoff Stugard works on a of a hinged plate in general l I'm going to take architectural and go into architecture, Geoff. 1 ,bs .. ' 2. .ill-fl' . .if ,r H ' L Eivfwg 3? , , ls 1, M if W flying, Sophomore Mark Sah i nen a pipe or a table in metal shop. stated, I took shop because I like 'th t I, d I I . . . , , Welding Wrpgnalfrgneighqggnlg get A Cutting wood on a lathe,llunlor Mike candlestick holder in wood shop. The Cameron attempts to flnlsh a project took three days to complete. industrialarts 83