Thomas Carr Howe Community High School - Hilltopper Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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The home economics department also includes home nursing and home management courses. Girls learn the fundamentals of first aid plus the duties of the home nurse. Satisfactory completion of the course awards a Red Cross pin and certifi- cate to each girl. Home management teaches budgeting, home planning, and home decoration. Art offers the opportunity to create. After an introductory course of craft arts, students may choose classes in several related subjects. They get a chance to express their own ideas in design- ing jewelry, fashions, and plastic articles. Further chances for creativity comes with water color and sculpture. Lettering is a course devoted entirely to planning and lettering posters. Commercial art often points the way to a rewarding career in the advertising field. When posters, banners, stage sets, and Mardi Gras props are needed, the de- partment gets a call. The talents of Howe ' s artists are also evident in the number of Scholastic Art Awards won each year. Carole Knecht and Chattie Shields stitch up a quick seam on the new machines in the sewing lab while Barbara Shepherd sews her fine seam by hand. in fine and domestic art classes Reproducing the human body on paper is a hard job, but art students get much practice. Although a live model may be used, Judy Fitch, Marina Chap- man, Carolyn Jones and Ann Booe concentrate on a statue for this lesson. 15

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JeanetJe Campbell and Bob Martin work at the sand- ing wheel finishing their projects in plastics class— one of the courses offered by the art department. Elective courses offer much more than the chance to pick up an extra credit. They pro- vide the Howeite with practical knowledge and skill that can be carried over into daily life. The south end of the east wing is a busy and often noisy place. Neighboring classes hear the bang of hammers, the whine of lathes, and the roar of presses as wood, metal, and print shop get under way. After a basic course in mechanical drawing, boys may choose machine, architectural, or airplane drawing. Book cases, hi-fi cabinets, and hand tools are some of the articles turned out in the shops. Print shop boys set the type for, and print, almost all of the school forms, tickets, and programs used by Howe. While the industrial arts department instructs boys in the crafts, the home economic department gives Howe girls a taste of homemaking. Tempt- ing smells waft into the basement hall from the kitchen and the whir of sewing machines is a familiar sound to young seamstresses. Skillful hands create projects Many desirable things for the home can be made in wood shop. Dean Templeton completes work on his project, floor model high fidelity record player. Morris Craft proofreads a play program as Jerry Brackin operates the press. Almost all of Howe ' s print- ing needs can be filled by the print shop. 14

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Some business students put their knowledge to practice by working in the office a period a day. Jan Hartle, exchanges a word with Mrs. Christianna Genrich, registrar, while looking up a program card. Jan received the 1958 Altrusa award, given to a junior girl outstanding in all phases of school. From typing to changing tires, Would be secretaries enroll every year in busi- ness courses. They learn the touch system of typing, the secrets of shorthand, filing methods, and fundamentals of office practice. Girls com- pleting the secretarial course often go straight from graduation to a good job, having received not only training in office procedure but in work- ing with a switchboard and transcribing with a dictaphone. However, many students take typ- ing without intending to use it in a vocation, but they know it is helpful in writing themes and letters. Girls often take shorthand with the thought of future college lectures in mind. This skill is very valuable since a quick method of taking notes can come in handy many times. The salesmanship class, new to the business department this year, teaches students how to present a product to the public. Other courses are business arithmetic, law, bookkeeping, machine calculation, and commercial geography. Ugh! exclaims Betty Pierson. She looks aghast at the eye Dan McAnally shows her in health class, one of the courses required for high school graduation. 16