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

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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-

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Botany students prepare an exhibit for the Fall Flower Show. O Ill Ill In general science, a smattering of all the sciences is included. If a student wishes to delve into electricity and sound, he is attracted to physics. Amid the ever present perfume of the laboratory, future chemists plan and exe- cute their personal explosions. Zoology, a la Crawford, stresses marine life and herpetology Csnakesl. Students become intimately acquainted through dissection and film specimens with the dark-fish shark, rattle- snakes, and Gila monsters. Up-to-date methods of first-aid and home nursing add life to the study of Dry Bones . A new mannekin joined the department this year. Physiology students can even take a blood count. Mr. Hulme's botany students soon develop a tell-tale microscope squint from ex- amining plant cells. Field trips and visiting the Cleveland Flower Show highlight the course. Page Twenty-four lie