Wichita County Community High School - Warrior Yearbook (Leoti, KS)

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1' Y' Are these boys building their dream house? :win MANUAL ARTS Students See Signs In Manual Arts For Careers In Life Manual arts is a part of the gen eral education which is offered at Wichita County High School. This department realizes that not only the challenge must be offered, but teaching conditions, including the classroom and shop atmosphere, must be congenial so the student can accept the responsibility. Woodworking is intended to reflect the growing, expanding in- terest in wood and woodworking skills. Mechanical drawing teaches a universal language by means of which the form, size, and finish of an object can be described. Woodworking and mechanical draw- ing are both under the direction of Mr. Leuszler. Vocational agricul- ture, under the direction of Mr. Hamilton, gives the boys an opportunity, after appropriate advanced education, to return back to the farm. Mr. Hamilton is helping a moubled student. I do not think you are measuring that right, 17 Dallas?

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HGME ECCNOMICS Prepared Homemakers Reflect Signs Of Successful Wives And Mothers I just broke a needle may be heard in the Home economics de- partment as a girl is finishing her dress or coat. In home economics, a girl can learn how to follow a recipe by for- getting to put in a cup of flour When it is two cups. Home economics teaches a girl the art of dressmaking, cookery, homemaking, and care of the family The Annual Spring Tea, spon- sored by the Mother's Lunch Com- mittee, is held every year. At this time the home economics girls model the clothes they have made in the school year. Over 150 dif- ferent projects Were modeled this year. i I did not think I had any talent! I am ready to go. Will these girls ever get their dresses done on time 7

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MATHEMATICS Mathematics Opens The Way To Gther Fields Today, in the complex World of business and industry, employers demand Workers versed in the skills and technical know-how that are so important to continued progress. Mathematics is a learned skill essential to a knowledge of mea- surement and relationships, and to the development of the reasoning process. A staff of skilled instructors-- Mr. Dutton, Mr. Holmes, and Mr. Townsend--help students to probe the vast World of mathematics in preparation for other subject fields. The varied courses offered--gen- eral math, algebra, geometry, and senior math--are programmed to aid all levels of mental aptitudes. The prospective housewife might seek only general math. The en- gineering student Would include all of the higher math. Math, thus becomes the key to the student's future role in society. I CANNOT understand that problem! NoW to explain it in an easier way! These freshmen cannot figure out who discovered algebra. 18