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

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Linoleum Blocks — Surrealism — Figurines Art Bottom: Rosie Tetrault sculp¬ tures. Top: John Davis is making a leather belt in Art. This year the art students, under the helpful hand of Mrs. Gwen Hammer, have undertaken many new projects. Some of the interesting sub¬ jects offered to them were oil painting, soap carving, sculpturing, and shell jewelry. Mr. A1 Flamia, a graduate student of Purdue, has cer¬ tainly been a wonderful help to the students in leatherwork. With his assistance they made their own billfolds, belts, and purses. The yearly custom of the art classes of making stencils for decorating senior skirts and cords was again in evidence. When warm weather came in the spring, it seemed to liven up the class guite a lot. The students went out into the open air and sketched landscapes and outdoor scenery. The whole school is grateful to the art students for their aid whenever decorations are needed for a dance or a social affair of the school. They really do a beautiful job, and it is certainly appreciated. They are also a big help when it comes to publicity for the school plays as stu¬ dent posters are exhibited in many store win¬ dows. The art class has always been greatly appreciated throughout the school, and we know it will continue that way with Mrs. Ham¬ mer ' s expert guidance. Page J 5

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Home Economics Carbohydrates — Child Psychology — Etiquette? Edi Kennedy and Don Astell preparing a full course meal at 8 o ' clock in the morning. Home economics is one of the most useful courses, not only to the girls, but to the boys as well. For it is here that future homemakers often meet with their most lasting impressions. The studies in this field, taught by Mrs. Ruth Hamlin, will affect our home, the center of our community life. This department includes foods, sewing, child care, nursing and house management. Foods includes cooking from the breakfast egg to the full course dinner. How we enjoyed eating our own concoctions after the suspense of awaiting the cooking processes! The delicious aromas which wafted upward made others envious of our opportunities. Child care was taught by actual practice with young active children. We could not tell who was more timid, the little children or the student observers. Many a lesson was learned from these pre-school children which will be of help in our families or in social services later in life. Sewing, classed as a useful art, borders on the fine arts in its study of line, color, and design. We feel our time was well spent on the course of home economics as taught by Mrs. Hamlin and the able assistants from Purdue who were under her guidance. Page 44

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Page J 6 Band and Orchestra Crowds are cheering at the half as the Scarlet and Gray band marches gloriously onto the field. With its spectacular formations and inspiring melodies, the West Side band spurs our team on to victory. This organization under the competent direction of Mr. Marshall Howenstein, is always willing to supply us with fine music at all our football and basketball games, at contests, and our Annual Spring Concert. Our majorettes are doing well as they add sparkle with their flashy batons. Howie has done a very good job in training his sixty-three members. All those in Mrs. Mueller ' s an d Miss Sinks ' fifth hour classes are familiar with Howie ' s marching feet as the instrumentalists industriously play with the sound waves. At contests, these musicians have a chance not only to show their own ability, but to learn from others, as well. As the band plays on the field, and when it returns from the contest with those blue, first-division ribbons and medals, we know for sure that, as usual, we have a band of the usual high standards.