West Lafayette High School - Scarlet and Gray Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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Zlnmn, mnomica, A modern girl in a post war world! The Home Economics Department offers all a girl needs to help her create the model home of tomorrow. The laboratories consist of six individual kitch- ens furnished with latest equipment. The living- dining room provides a lovely setting in which school organizations serve on their social occa- sions. In the spacious sewing room, MRS. RUTH HAMLIN teaches First Aid, Home Man- agement. Child Care, Clothing and Textiles, all of which prepare a girl for everyday living in the world of tomorrow. 'NIP hs :F Page 1 7

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The shop class, under the leadership of MR. WALTER WOLEVER, has kept abreast with the world of PEACE. Metal working has large- ly replaced wood working. This change was brought about by acquiring new equipment by purchase and by allocation of war surplus ma- W if tcrial. We now have two steel lathes, a power saw, three drill presses, and an Allison airplane engine. With these new machines the students have learned practical experience in many dif- ferent lines. ln this year of VICTORY we have become aware of the needs of thc time. With serious intent we, both boys and girls, have studied Mechanical Drawing that we may have a part, perhaps, in solving the housing problem and in engineering new ideas for happy living. Page I 6

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539114, Our l1igl1 school curriculum would not he complete without some sort of physical education course. That hrings us to MR. ROBERT BECKER again, under whose direction the hoys started out in the fall on the football field. During this time they chased the pigskin over the field or did calisthenics. Wllell the Gridiron season faded out and old ,lack Frost came around, the classes were held in school. Now it was Hhow fast you should drive and what makes red cor- puselcsu. Health and Safety was a "favorite,' of many of the fellows. ln early spring, after Mr. Becker had hroadened the classes' acquaintance with these worthy suhjects, they went hack to the field again. The weather at first might not have been just right for shorts and hasehall hut that didn't hother the hoys. Page 18 ig it laxffs f