Wasson High School - Wahian Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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HOW TO SHIFT smoothly. thus assuring good driving habits, is explained hy Mr. Plymell to a driver training class, ManyStudenI Learn Practical Skill Too Following a film through crowded avenues, traffic lights, and stop signs, Mr. Plymell's driver education classes learn all about the hazards of driving. The first half of the course consists of movies which the students watch while driving Etna driver training cars. The second half is devoted to practical experience in traffic with real cars. In addition to learning the mechanics of driving, students are also taught proper attitudes and road courtesies. To give future homemakers the prepargttion and training necessary to organize and manage tl home is the .tim of the Home Economics Department. Miss Hicks .md Mrs. Tatum conduct family .md foods, clothing, .md home living classes to achieve this purpose. The tlothing classes teach girls how to sew stylish and .ittractive clothes, while the class in family and foods instructs girls in the etiquette of t.ihle setting. the selettion of center- pieces, and the .irt of meal planning .md cooking, These classes furnish refreshments for various social functions.

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LEARNING THE CORRECT use of office machines, Jacque she types from a dictaphone recording, while Lorraine Dunow 'Biz Ed' Facult Cffers 5 Majors Divided into five major sections, the Business Education Department provides in- struction for students planning to enter prac- tically any phase of the business world. The secretarial section consists of typing and shorthand, while the office mechanics sec- tion includes business mathematics, busi- ness English and business machines. The other three sections are bookkeeping, retailing, and general business. Students with a business major find that there is a wide variety of jobs available to them after graduation. Shuck uses an electric typewriter uses the small adding machine. Mr. Edward Allen Chairman B.S., University of Illinoisg M.A., University of Denver Miss Katherine Bool BS., University of Colorado Mr. Finis Engelbrecht B.S., Southern State Teachers College, South Dakota Mr. Kent Hill B.A., Colorado State College Miss Rose LaSalle B.A., Colorado State College Miss Nyla McNatt B.A., M.A., Colorado State College Mrs. Gertrude Siebers Counselor HA., M.A., Colorado State College Mr. Howard Waite BS., Central Michigan University 3-S T 'UN .1-4'

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. A A ,. . ,i , . ,M V ge, fl if . f. ' g n u gg , 3523--Tc' JJ' 7 JIM LAUGHREY, a senior, works with the machine lathe in Mr. Ginther's General Metals class. Mr. james Brown B.A., Colorado State College Mr. Clifford Ginther B.S., Colorado State University lVIr. Daniel johns B.S.. University of Nebraska Mr. 1. W. Smith B,A., Colorado State College Vocational Students Learn Practical Skills From overhauling automobile engines to polishing semi- precious stones-such is the variety of work in the Industrial Education Department. The primary objectives of this depart- ment are to teach the basic principles, fundamentals, and skills of the various areas of industry. The basic curriculum in the industrial education depart' ment includes auto, electronics, graphic arts and printing, mechanical drawing, metals and crafts, and woodwork. The vocational classes in cabinet work and drafting are designed to give the students practical experience and to teach skills in these fields leading to employment upon completion of high school. This year the industrial department has had the use of some new machines, including the new planing machine and an Ozalid machine, which makes white prints of mechanical drawings. Mr. Homer Boyer, Cbairmafz M.A., Colorado State College ,--'W'