West Springfield High School - Terrier Yearbook (West Springfield, MA)

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Preparing for Domestic Life Hands preparing The staff of life, and hands guiding The home- makers of The future, The instruc- tors of The Home Economics De- partment attempt to Teach domes- tic skills to The housewives and career women of Tomorrow. Students learn howto plan well- balanced menus, to prepare tasty meals, to buy wisely and economi- cally, and To care for a family. The students are given opportunities for practical experience in These fields by sewing and cooking in up-to-date kitchens, by providing refreshments for various school events, by making Their own gar- ments which They model in fash- ion shows, and by going on Trips to investigate Their fields of en- deavor. Mrs. Eileen Lenahan and Miss Joyce Ashley, Home Economics instructors, demonstrate new types of stitching on one of the modern sewing machines. T i Now pin the dart here at the waistline, Miss Ashley tells her students, Barbara Godek and Mary Ann Korpac. Girls in the Home Economic classes find ways to dress becomingly and economically by learning to design and sew clothes for them- selves and others. Miss Joyce Morrissey helps Geraldine D'Amico and Carolyn Sulli- van with interior decorating in her family living class. The girls study child psychology, personality development, and the es- sentials for making a family happy and secure. Pre-vocational subjects, Taught by Theodore Smith and Miss Florence Blish, train students to prepare themselves for life after high school. The students have a morning schedule of sub- iects such as English, history, math, and science. In the afternoon the boys receive general shop courses while The girls are taught helpful home- making practices. A new program is-being de- veloped to provide practical experience for the students through part time work in stores, hos- pitals, filling stations and local industries. I5

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Practicing Gftice Procedures The West Springfield High School Business Department has a distinguished record in Training students in a wide variety of com- mercial subiects - Typewriting, bookkeeping, stenography, Tran- scription, clerical practice, office practice, office machines, business law, business mathematics, and salesmanship. After completing The four-year business course, our students are well prepared To entre either com'- mercial colleges or various careers in The business world, such as sec- retarial work, banking, merchan- dising, retailing, and marketing. The success of West Side alumni in the business field Testifies To The high quality of our commercial course and its faculty. The mem- bers of The Business Department are: left To right: Miss Louise Smith Miss Jean Kelliher, Maurice Pease Miss Alice Clark, and Miss Mar- garet Curley, department chair- man. I I Keep your eyes on your books. Take your paper out and Calculating profit and loss state-ments of a Theoretical company proofread carefully. Student typists, Pamela Jones and Linda gives Carolyn Sullivan and her STO classmates office experience. Taylor, learn the skills of Typing through diligent practice. Making final corrections before preparing to run off a report on one of the mimeograph ma- chines found .in The Business Department are Penny Peacock, Cheryl Poehlman, and Judy LeFrancois.

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Mastering Practical Skills lndustrial arts play an important role in the education of today's young men. ln our modern facili- ties, boys may master skills by which they can later earn a liv- ing. Courses are offered in print- ing, drafting, woodworking-, auto- mobile mechanics, metalworking and other vocational areas. As a background for these courses, stu- dents study local industries, iob classifications, working qualifica- tions, pay rates, and opportunities for advancement. As a part of the course in me- chanical drawing, Mr. Richard Aseltine H2 and Mr. Earl Chapman ffl show John Kokoszka and Fred LeDoux a model blueprint from which they are to produce a fin- ished copy. Mr Hollis Etchells demonstrates the new offset press to David Brusoi. From a single master copy, the press runs off thousands of co-pies per minute. The general printing course trains students In the art of typesetting used in producing a printed page. ln Mr. Richard Eagan's woodworking classes, boys learn to build objects from plans and to sand and refinish wood. Mr. Eagan shows how to cut a piece of wood to the desired width and length. Students in Mir. Robert Tharaldson's auto mechanics class learn by experience how to repair automobile engines. Here David Matchett prepares to overhaul a Briggs 8. Stratton Motor.