Valparaiso High School - Valenian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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. run raise In gym class skins and shirts battle for the ball . . the length of the floor . . . shoot for two points . . . the score. Circular arrangement in folk dancing . . . group motion with rhythm ... a girl’s gym class participates in some phase of skilled activity. Mr. Virgil Sweet Miss Olive Wade 28

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Vocational arts courses are among the many im- portant courses in the curriculum of VHS. Included under vocational arts are wood shop, machine shop, mechanical and architectural drawing. In wood shop Mr. Paul Brammell taught the boys to use the different machines in making useful articles for the home, such as stools, shelves, and spice racks. Mr. Kenneth Pifer, the machine shop teacher, taught the boys to exercise care in the making of the re- quired project which was vises. The boys in me- chanical and architectural drawing learned to use the various drawing instruments under the direc- tion of Mr. Robert Rhoda. Miss Edith Weems taught her students the fun- damentals of various homemaking techniques. In cooking, girls learned principles of nutrition and food buying besides receiving training in cooking skills. Knowledge of the sewing machine, patterns, and style of clothing increased as the girls made practical and attractive clothing. Advanced courses in home economics included the study of child care, first aid, and nursing. Such training provided girls with background for future home planning duties and service professions. Reading of a recipe . . . sifting and measuring a cup of flour . . . mixing for lightness and fluffiness . . . Miss Edith Weems watches carefully to make certain that each step is performed with ' precision. Informality of a kitchen range . . . pre-heating the oven . . . pyrex and aluminum . . . experience in baking.

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Developing Sound Bodies Awareness of Safety Providing practical information . . . preparing students for responsibility . . . health courses em- phasize common sense for safety while physical education classes release teenage energy . . . train muscles to respond with agility. In health and safety classes, Miss Olive Wade and Mr. Virgil Sweet taught their students how to stay physically fit. The names of important bones and muscles, a proper diet, and first aid treatment were some of the things emphasized in this re- quired course. The physical education classes provided the ex- ercise necessary for physical fitness. In these classes the students learned to use such apparatus as the parallel bar, springboard, flying rings, and slide horse. Mr. Sweet taught his boys’ classes tumbling, gymnastics, dodge ball, volley ball, basketball, soft- ball, and touch football. The girls in Miss Wade’s classes learned archery, speedaway, softball, volley ball, tumbling, basketball, field hockey, and golf. Drivers’ training is an extremely popular one- semester course. The students learn to drive the automatic the first half of the course and then changed to manual for the second half. Teachers of this course were Mr. John Wiggins, during the school year, and Mr. Dale Ciciora, during the summer. Getting into the drivers’ training car . . . Eunice Kroenke and Mary Stinchfield prepare for another lesson in the manipulation of the automobile. Observing the structure of the muscular system . . . during health class . . . Ramsey Barrett indicates the placement of the extensor. In health class . . . locating vital body organs . . . using a plastic model to correspond with information in the text. 29