Yazoo City High School - Mingo Chito Yearbook (Yazoo City, MS)

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Vocational Training for Future Endeavors MR. A. L. BOND. Diversified Occupations, Distributive Education; M.Ed., Miss. State. MR. JAMES H. BURCHFIELD, Industrial Arts and Mechanical Drawing; B.S., Miss. State. To develop future leaders for marketing and dis- tribution in the community, YHS offers to juniors and seniors the enrollment in Distributive Education. There are two types of programs offered in D.E.: cooperative and preparatory. In the cooperative pro- gram, students in the morning take the academic subjects required for graduation and at least one period in Distributive Education; and in the after- noon they experience on-the-job training. The pre- paratory training consists of marketing and related subjects which permit the student to remain in school all day and continue with academic subjects. The student receives work experience on weekends and holidays. Mechanical arts, the language of industry, is a rewarding course to all students, but especially those interested in engineering. With such precision in- struments as the triangle and T-square, the students draw their ideas to scale. Ronnie Allen is one of the many YHS students who benefit from the Diversified Occupations course. While participating in the D.E. program, Jenell Be careful, Ted, this machine can easily chop off those little fingers, Kight works diligently as she keeps books for warns Mr. Burchfield. The woodworking students turn out top grade Hillary White's Builders Supply. finished products with skill and ease. 25

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Training for Safe Driving and Physical Fitness MR. JOHN E. EDMONDS. Physical Education and Coach; B.S., Masters, Univ. of Miss. MR. E. S. JENKINS. Athletic Director, Coach, and Driver Training; M.A. in Phy. Ed., Univ. of Miss. Under the supervision of Coach El Edmonds, the stu- dents of YHS improved in body and mind as they were paced through vigorous calisthenics and sessions on the fundamentals of various sports. The goal of the physical education course is to teach the way of a good sportsman as well as to furnish students with a healthful and in- formative activity. Students eagerly participated in sports such as dodge-ball, basketball, and football. Students at YHS take great interest in the Driver's Education Program which is under the direction of Coach Red” Jenkins. During the first months of the course the students study the basic mechanics of a car and numerous safety precautions. To complete his training, each driver demonstrated his skill in the specially equipped drivers' education car. There goes Norma Gill, she is such a conscientious driver! After a few of the gruesome films showing color scenes of fatal accidents on the highway, all YHS students began to drive more carefully. Wow, yells Weezie Phillips, if I were as good in Algebra as I am playing basketball, I'd be a genius. During the year students learn such valuable things as how to play baseball, basketball, and volleyball. No P.E. session goes by without an exhilarating drill in exercise. Students also spend one term on a first aid course. 24

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Library, Center of Cultural Activities MRS. MARY EMMA SMITH, Librarian; B.A., MSCW, M S. La. State Univ. Li’I Abner gets himself into the biggest messes, grins Tommy Phillips, who is involved daily in the comic strip. In ad- dition to the daily newspapers from Jackson and Memphis, the library pro- vides the reader with the Yazoo City Herald, and the school paper. Copies of popular and informing magazines are also offered for the interested student. Hum, such a quiet, studious atmosphere, so conducive to study. Something must be up though. Do I detect a slight ex- pression of mischief on Charles' face?” Equipped with the best reference books, card catalogue, and reading materials, the library' at YHS offered an atmosphere conducive to study. Student librarians were busy helping other students find a reference book or novel, when Mrs. Smith wasn’t available. They also helped by checking out and putting up books. Sometimes the library was the place for a social gather- ing rather than a quiet meditative place of study and learning. Seniors were the first to claim the conference rooms and the last to leave it. Dearest memories of YHS will be those of the library. Let's get this one,” yells Fran Cooper as she models one of the many robes which Seniors may choose for gradua- tion. The library is one of the large rooms which Seniors use for their class meetings. 26