Whitmer High School - Oracle Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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RALPH PRITTS — Drawing, Ambition — to be a coach or a teacher, Appreciates — hunting and sports in general, Peeve — tardiness. Jerry Nemire carefully shades his drawing of a model home. Specialized courses demand accuracy. Prospective engineers, designers, architects, and drafts- men find mechanical drawing a necessary course. Each of these professions calls for the ability to visualize objects in three-dimension and to draw them accurate- ly. These men must take material, stress, use, tempera- ture, and tolerance into consideration when making the drawings from which blue-prints are made. The students in our program are taught the rudiments of drawing. They then utilize these principles when making their own drawings. Introductory assignments call for the exact reproduction of another draftsman’s work. As students’ techniques improve, however, more difficult and practical problems are presented to prepare them for situations that they will meet on the job. The mechanical skill of driving a car can be mastered in a relatively short time. Safe driving, however, re- quires both manual skill and special knowledge. Before a driver can sit behind the wheel of our training car, he must be familiar with Ohio’s driving laws. The Ohio State Driver’s Manual is used as a regular textbook. Students are trained to think ahead, and to anticipate situations in traffic. This attitude of “defensive” driving keeps them alert to any emergency that might occur. A trip to the Traffic Court and pictures of real acci- dents illustrate to the class what happens when traffic laws are broken or the defensive is let down. Classmates watch as Mike McHaffie tests Gene Nadolny’s reactions to prove that drivers can‘t “stop on a dime.” JOHN HERSLAND — Driver Education, Ath- letic Director, Ambition — to be a major league baseball player, Appreciates — good music, Peeve — gum cracking.

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Roger Weber — Art Metals, Shop Math, Golf, Ambition — to be an architect, Ap- preciates — his family and current events, Students in the art metals class practice gas welding in the shop welding booths. Peeve — “tired feet.” A creative industrial arts course taught at Whitmer is the art metals course. Here students learn the characteristics of different metals and the problems involved in working with them. Students learn the correct and most effective use of hand tools and also the proper procedures used in working metals on machines. Both electric and gas welding are included Del Johnson — Woodworking, Ambition — “to in this program. grow up,” Appreciates — good health, Peeve — Our woodworking course is useful not only for those students who want eo to earn their living by working with wood, but also for those students who realize the convenience of knowing how to make simple household repairs. Students are introduced to the principles of good craftmanship and design, and are better able to choose and execute a project for class. Boys learn skills used at work, home. Kenny Horn sands a project that he has made in class, a gun rack. Several sophomore woodshop students learn the fundamentals of spindle turning on the wood . lathes in the shop.

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south ee Ce ewe POG 6 tay yet . , i i ae Sa y Pas bal As ROW 1: G. McCandless, E. Temple, M. Gause, M. Rapp. ROW 2: L. Apling, K. Clausing, R. Alspaugh, N. Nicely. School crews give Whitmer its sparkle. Every school, no matter what its size, needs a special staff to keep the school running smoothly. Although Whitmer’s staff of 26 is large, it works together effi- ciently and well. The little tasks that most students take for granted are performed by this corps of school per- sonnel. The first students to arrive at school are likely to meet members of the kitchen staff. These women re- ROW 1: L. Keeler, L. French, E. Kreps, J. Dubendorfer, W. Weaver, M. Selter, J. LeFeaver. ROW 2: P. Henry, J. Dickinson, G. Conrad, port for work at an early hour to prepare lunch for hundreds of Whitmer students every day. Long after most students have gone home, custodians walk from room to room, cleaning the classrooms. They provide us with a neat and orderly atmosphere in which we can do our best work. M. Holub, B. Davis, B. Baum, R. Gill, M. Blessing, A. Morrett, E. Nicely, L. Starkey.