Worthington High School - Trojan Yearbook (Worthington, MN)

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Variety of Interest Required of All Agriculture Students Students learned not only in the classroom, but also through prac- tical experiences. This included Welding, Engine Overhaul, and Tune Up as taking the biggest part. Engine Overhaul and Tune Up were courses specifically on engines. The lab time involved the overhaul of one school-owned engine, and an engine brought by groups in the class. Also students studied the components, such as starters, gen- erators, carburition, and so on. In Welding, students worked with hot and cold metal work. They also had repairs brought in from the home to do as projects. Precision is a must. The slightest flaw in your measurements and it is ruined. Kurt Mulder adjusts his tool bit on the metal lathe. 16fAgriculture It is as bright as sun light behind these dark dents are permitted to work on their own glasses. Wally Hylarides carefully applies the projects brought from home during a portion techniques taught in his welding class. Stu- oftheir welding class. Agriculture students often become members Show are Kevin Adolph, Dennis Bryngelson, of the local FFA Chapter and enter various Dawn Brainard, Sheryl Getzel, Kevin Groene- Ag shows and contests. Winners of the Crop wold,1im1oens, and Duane Laffrenzen.

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A well tuned engine will give greater gas mileage. Larry Fuerstenberg carefully checks the timing on his car as part of his class project in Transportation by Land. With hard hats in place, hammers in hand Lynn Brunk and Greg Swenson work vigorously on the construction of the three-bedroom frame house that was built Debra Oberloh finds quiet concentration functions that must be carried out to com- a must in the model office class. The train- plete work in an actual office. The model ing station simulates as nearly as possible the office class is offered three times a day. in the Building Trades class. Upon com- pletion of the structure, the home was sold ata public auction. PLVC Gives New Dimension to the School Curriculum With the beginning of the 1974- 1975 school year came Prairie Lakes Vocational Center. The new facility gave juniors and seniors from the four member schools lFulda, Brewster, Round Lake, Worthing- toni an opportunity to explore var- ious vocational fields. Building trades, Child care and develop- ment, health services, model office, model store, transportation by air, and transportation by land were the seven cluster initiated this year. The two-hour classes each day also pro- vides the students with two credits towards graduation. Although the programs are not work-study they do give each student the insight into the work experiences of their selected vocation. Prairie Lakes Vocationalf15

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Attention to fine details will result in a product you are proud to own. Sue Moore carefully follows her pattern in constructing a jewlry box. What ever you can do, we can do better, chants the liberated woman. Shauna Ander- son handles the sophisticated equipment in the Industrial Arts Department as though 'C-ff, w,,,V J, ac., 24? ' .qw- are win QNX Chuck Bowyer, Blaine Goor, Tim Landis, artist's drawing and blue prints of the and Ed Hurley inspect the model home house and built it to scale. A mobile home built by their Model Construction class. wasalsoconstructed bytheclass. The members of the class prepared an We've Come a Long Ways and Still Going Farther The Industrial Arts Department emphasized areas in communica- tions, manufacturing, transporta- tion energy, and construction. Although the Electronic class involved basic concepts of elec- tricity, TVs, radios, and steros were wired and re-wired. Familiarization of various types of machine shop equipment was one aim of the Metal classes. The girls invaded the area through Woodworking classes Their knowledge of power tools resulted in jewlry boxes, shelves she were a master craftsman. The High and many Woodcraft items- School girls proved that they too are cap- able with power equipment. Industrial Arts!'I7