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

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For an assignment in graphic arts, students set type for personalized stationery. Excedrin headache number twenty-seven strikes Ron Stangl while he contemplates a broken pencil among his mechanical drawing problems. Using the equipment in the auto shop, advanced students work on a Chevrolet

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INDUSTRIAL ARTS UNDERTAKES FOLLOW-UP STUDY he lndustrial Arts Department, which turned down some applicants because classes were already full, began a follow-up study of former students through the Educational Act of 1963. By following the voca- tions of his former students, a teacher was able to better determine the course of study for his future students. A different face, new equipment and overhead transparencies were seen in the Industrial Arts wing. lVlr. Ray Smith, who replaced lVlr. J. W. Smith in the auto shop, had previously been in the auto trade for six years in Pueblo. Also new in the auto department was a 1968 Ford Torino chassis donated by Phil Long Ford and a 350 cubic inch Buick engine from the GM training center in Denver. To update and improve electronics and mechanical drawing, overhead trans- parencies were used. For mechanical drawing the transparencies helped to clarify architectural plans and area planning. Basic radio circuits were taught to the electronic beginners with the aid of the trans- parencies. This year's most requested project in the woodshop was stereo cabinetsg also, the students made forty-five jewelry boxes during the school year. ln graphic arts an advisory committee consisting of men from printing industries was set up to help lVlr. James Brown with the technical aspects of his curriculum. Working in the electronics shop, Mr. Smith helps Brian Dreger measure resistance. l While working on a stereo cabinet for one of his projects in woodshop class, Randy Novak gains experience using a power saw.

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PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HIGHLIGHTED ten-week scuba diving class which was coached by Mr. Edgar McVehil was added to the Physical Education Department this year. It was taught every Monday night at eight o'clock at the Wasson Pool to those boys who had fairly good swimming ability and their own flippers, masks, and snorklesg Tor a ten- dollar fee the school provided the air tanks. Also, the swimming classes concentrated on diving, life saving, and the basic swimming strokes. The girls' gym teachers were aided by three stu- dent teachers. A form of team teaching was employed by allowing Mrs. Snyder, Mrs. Fox, and Miss Jones to trade classes to teach in the areas where they were particularly well prepared. The tennis classes which were taught in the spring and the fall were coeducational. For the first time Driv- ers' Education was excluded from the sophomore gym classesg instead, sophomores received a full se- mester of gym. The boys' gym classes added two new teachers Mr. Norman Ring and Mr. Frederick Lustedg weight lift- ing was another new course added to the curriculum. Demonstrating perfect diuing form, this boys' swim class student does a belly flop, Mr. Jl4cVehil gives instructions to members of his evening scuoa-diving class, These six students build a pyramid in a girls'physical education class 'Mk vwfmsi -feifsmcmzxLwspfzmfliifewszrsrsffiiasfrxmrrezraz1qwawwnscrsfJwem ta...avxse95s:L'e Esi.stsz n' V -,