Wood High School - Log Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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5 1 5 Classes offer skills for home' and job ' -'Mflm ,ax Q, 1 ' El :juni 1 at . we 5 WJ is Helen Doyle sews a seam as Donna Inskeep holds the material. Educating young men and women for futures as housewives and homeowners are the home economics and industrial arts departments. Home economics classes use the Cape Cod style cottage to put housekeeping techniques into actual practice. Classes in food preparation, clothing, family living and social practice also help pre- pare the future housewives. Skills to assist a boy in his job or do the necessary work around the home are taught in such classes as wood, metal, and electric shops, printing, and mechanical drawing. -f Z Esc, wA-s Advanced printing student Mike Crossley helps Mr. Van Lieu prepare the new offset press for a run. 24

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Robert Holman and Carolyn Anderson use a model to study digestion in their health class. An advanced girls' physical education group demonstrates their gymnastic ability. 424 id 2 Mr. Caporale uses a magnetic board to point out a driving problem to Kenny Minor and Dixie Bell. F ull pro gram of physical fitness followed Today's emphasis is not only on an alert mind, but a modern American is expected to be physically fit as Well. Under the supervision of the physical education faculty, students are not only taught the correct way to keep physically fit, but the related subjects of health and drivers' education. In the two semesters of required physical edu- cation, the student learns the basic skills of physi- cal fitness, and a fundamental knowledge of various games and sports. 23

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Pupils train for careers in grooming I--ul' jf , i . Patty Ogle combs and styles her customer's hair. Greg Northington checks his work as Mr. Davis watches. , A Q, nv., VV .,.. 0, ri 1.1, . f W, I 1 w ? sa ss Concentrating on shaping the neckline properly is Delores Brandlein. Beauty culture and barbering classes at Wood are unique because no other high school in America provides the full training required by the state licensing boards of barbers and beauty operators. Curriculum for both courses includes theory as well as practical work. Theory requires a knowl- edge of human anatomy, especially of the head and skin. Barbering students spend the first few weeks perfecting their cutting technique before they cut their first head of hair. Girls enrolled in beauty culture shampoo and set the human hair of mane- quins for practice. 25