Wilkes Central High School - Green and Gold Yearbook (North Wilkesboro, NC)

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Tools become precise instruments in the hands of these boys at work on their gun racks. Sue Sebastian illustrates a basic in home nursing—a well-prepared bed insures a fast recovery. Practical arts courses Ag. boys participate in many projects and experi- ments; they even have a chance to draw landscapes. 26

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are achieved in P. E. “One, two, three, left,” chants a class of freshmen girls or boys during warm up exercises in the gym. Girls in white jump suits dart across the court as a group of freshman play a fastpaced game of bas- ketball or speed ball. Boys in blue shorts and grey shirts make several laps around the track field in early spring or test their skills in a game of base- ball. Advanced physical education students pursue knowledge beyond the fundamentals of games and aid in freshman P.E. classes. On alternate days the emphasis switches from physical activity to instruction in the basic struc- tures and functions of the human body. This, com- bined with the program of physical activity, ac- complishes the goal of the health and physical education department—the development of each student’s physical and mental fitness potential. Through co-operation with colleges, a health class gains additional infor- mation from a student teacher. Basketball develops dexterity that is necessary for today’s youth.

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Burned hamburger buns and arrangements of spring daffodils or fall chrysanthemums are present in these rooms. Young children laughing and munching crackers for a student audience are also there. The pride and thrill of accomplishment are felt as the boy sands off a gun stock that he has made himself, or plots a drawing with delicate instruments. Another a student finds even deeper satisfaction in surveying ae a crop planned and grown by himself using modern methods and modern tools. The thrill of accomplishment is the same whether the student is a girl in home economics, or a boy in a industrial arts, mechanical drawing, or agriculture. Skills that provide satisfaction and serve to prepare an indi- vidual for maturity are the primary objective of the de- partment of practical arts of Wilkes Central. offer career training David Sprinkle has become adept in using a straight edge, compass, protractor, and other more sensitive instruments in mechanical draw- ing. Betty Caudill finds in Home Ec. that knowledge of a sewing machine is both practical and rewarding. Tommy Shew discovers the pride of accomplish- ment as he sands a gun stock he has made.