Warren G Harding High School - Echoes Yearbook (Warren, OH)

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Foods I class concocts a hot cereal dish. ,., 0006 When walking past room 308, we are greeted by the pleasant aroma of foods being prepared by our cooks of tomorrow. The installation of new, glistening Tappan gas ranges this year gave these kitchen artists added incentive. Now there is no excuse to have fallen cakes. I Ill Girls in Clothing classes blossomed forth in new suits and blouses of their own making - naturally, the New Look. In other Home Economics courses, they ac- quired the know-how of furnishing and decorating the home. Of course, these teen-agers also learned the latest in smart grooming and tasteful costuming. fit Page Twenty-one lie

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t l Flying fingers whiz through timed Writings and budgets. I I Everyone who expects to work in an office should study typewriting. The course at- tracts future bookkeepers, stenographers, and office clerks. During the second semester, the wheels were set in motion for the Co-operative Com- mercial program. All important phases of business procedure were stressed in a three- Ill hour morning class to the 12-A students, who then worked in industrial and profes- sional offices in the afternoon. Yipee, exclaimed wide-eyed Business Education students when they first caught sight of the modern equipment added to the department. What fun it was to operate a comptometer, Sound Scriber, calculator, and dictaphone! -25-I Page Twenty

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Mr. Taft is about to enjoy t?l a spin with his proteges. Mr. Nickel superintends a filing and polishing job on a lathe. gow? ' An occasional slamming of brakes and screeching of tires were trademarks of these amateurs. However, there was more to the driving course than just learning to handle a car. This departments aim was to produce safe, courteous drivers with a knowledge of state and local laws, as well as of the mecha- nism of a car. Even the girls learned to change tires. These students received proficiency cer- tificates and a driver's license upon the com- pletion of the course. The busy silence of the mechanical drawing room, the buzz of the drill press, the cutting of the jig-saw-all showed the vocational training department in action. The woodshop boys and Mr. Kraker were especially proud of their new project this year, an electrically equipped trailer. Last semester the long-planned cooperative was set in motion. This program placed eleventh graders in special courses for one year in our shops. In their senior year they will have part-time employment with pay as ma- chinist apprentices in some local industry. -it Page Twenty-two jif-