Wichita Falls High School - Coyote Yearbook (Wichita Falls, TX)

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ITWHVIUHL TRHIHIHG Others may do their worlz well, we do ours better. This is the standard of the manual training classes of lllichita Falls Senior High School. Under the capable guidance of mr. Fl. UJ. Hornung, over gh LU' Homung m S 250 boys each year are taught to labor with their minds and hands to maize better homes, be more worthwhile citizens, and a credit to their country in the future. The technical part ofthe course is not the only training received in this worlrz. Fit the end of the year each boy can see the worlz that he himself has done with his own hands and is capable of doing again. There are some- thing lilze 130 students taught each term, and about 300 projects are completed. The manual training department consists of the main worlaing room, the glue and lumber room, and the Finishing room. There are seven woodworizing machines that are available to the more advanced students, and every sort of necessary tools and instrument is found. This subjectldeals with drawing, benchworlz, upholstering, and finishing. Some of the finished products are what-not shelves, cabinets, bool: cases, shelves, and all sorts of occasional tables.

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YTWECHHIWICHL DRHLUIUC3 The mechanical drawing classes of LUFSH are made up largely of those students preparing for mechanical or engineering vocations. Ht the present there are over 200 students enrolled in this course. The room is equipped with Fine drawing boards and deslzs and all instruments necessary for the fine, detailed drawings turned out by the students. The First semester begins with the most simple drawings and worlzs through pictorial, perspective, and Freehand drawing. Robert LU. mcClesbey B.S. UJ. UJ. Gibson B.S.

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344 l DEBHTE Six of the twenty-eight members of the UJFSHS debate class hold the highest honor, the Degree of Distinction, in the national Forensic League. This group in- cludes Betty Jane Timblin, Hittie Ruth Jaclz- son, Hiel Boone, H. P. Hodge, Jr., Ben Britain, and norman Bagwell. These de- baters have entered a number of the largest tournaments in the state, including meets in Dallas, UJaco, Lubboclvz, Corsicana, and Hbilene, of these they have won a large number and have added several cups to the trophy case. Under the direction of mr. C. H. Tennyson, debate coach, the 3 class hopes to complete the most out- standing season in the history ofthe school. Other members of the class include mary Frances Harris, Betty Jo Jones, Patricia Carson, margaret Hall, Helen Seplzowitz, Jean woods, Jane Hnn Hamilton, Frances Griggs, Hlma Jean Heith, Dorothy van Emden, Bob Pace, max OFferle, J. UJ. woods, Flllen Holt, Larry moore, Harold Thompson, Ted Harris, Betty mcspad- den, Lelia Bullaely, Jess Otis Paclz, and Edith Chapmond. During the summer of 1938 several members of the debate class attended an instruction school in Denton, Texas. They found the lznowledge gained there most helpful in the study of their questions during the school year. Charles H. Tennyson .-K F' Y