Wilson High School - Wilsonian Yearbook (West Lawn, PA)

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Homekeepin Hearts Are Always Happiest Delicious! Mrs. E. Schenck and Miss A. Bast sample some cookies baked by their students, Gracious living, wise manage- ment, and relationships are the com- mon threads woven into home and family living taught by the home- making department. Home and fam- ily living is divided into six areas: Child Care and Guidance, Family Clothing, Family Health and Safe Living, Food for the Family, Housing for the Family, and Personal, Family and Community Relationships. Be- ginning with seventh grade these areas are developed throughout the junior high years and broadly elabor- ated upon by those who choose the vocational homemaking course. xi , 1 'issieaimw . .-619 Agnes Brightbill and Nancy Essig, recipients of the State Homemakers' Degree, deftly shape Christmas cookies for school board consumption. Mary Jane Pierce skillfully stitches on the 56 seam line. Will this garment become a bubble gown or a sheath dress for the Easter parade? There are several ways to wield a rolling pin! Barbara Strunk wields this one on dough as Vicki Lombardo and Patti Mattern offer advice. 20

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How do you like it? Mr. W, Brumboch asks Mr. AII shook up about the answers, Karen Koch and Norine W, Guistewite, Mr. D. Schwenk, and Mr. P. Amer. Weidman scan the questions asked at a driving examination. Driver Education Training Produces Skilled, Safe Drivers To produce skilled, safe, courte- ous drivers is the aim of Wilson's driver education department. Each student is required to take the driv- er education course in his junior year. In these classes, the pupils discuss good vehicular conduct, proper driving habits and proced- ures, and problems pertinent to modern transportation. In addition, they have the privi- lege of participating in the behind- the-wheel training program. When the student acquires enough skill, he is taken for his driver's test. 5 i Good Driving Habits lnculcated in Class and Auto This group of e-ieventh grade girls in driver education class listens to Mr. NNilliam Brumbach as he tells them about various parts ofthe automobile and their function. Now, please tell me what the signs at the bottom of the chart mean! the Corporal requests Karen, as he checks ta see whether her learner's permit is in proper order.

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Farmers Are the True Founders of Human Civilization To teach boys good agricultural procedures is the aim of the voca- tional agriculture Program. Here the boys are taught about animal husbandry, farm mechanics, and farm forestry in addition to the rudi- ments of agronomy. In addition to teaching, Mr. Horace Miller D. Miller, behind the wheel, shows D. Etchberger, W. Miller often repairs some of the farm equipment, R. Shurr, A. Beidler and K. Buchel haw the rotary mower operates n Snip it there, suggests D. Etchberger to l., Moyer, as L. Folk, L. Wanner, A. Beidler, and W. Miller inspect the they, l.. Warmer, and L. Folk work on a forestry project. hens being held by Mr. Miller, D, Miller, and R. Shurr,