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School Helpsj
Junior Todd Clark works on a milling machine during Department Head George Franke demonstrates the
second hour . Thanks to the new computer control. a proper way to use a table saw to Junior Tyson Gruhn.
student can program the miller to repeat the cuts as
many times as desired. (P. Mahoney)
Pay Tuition
The possibility of the wood " kicking-back" is one of
the many dangers of this power tool. (H . Fox)
0 ver the course of the year, seniors I
and juniors grew frantic at the thought of
paying for college. Although some got help
from scholarships and parents, most would
have considered it a dream come true if
the school had offered to pay for some of
their expenses.
That is just what was offered to some
industrial arts students who qualified. They
were given the opportunity to take college
classes at Metro Tech Community College
with all expenses paid by the school. Those I
classes were considered as college credits
which would carry over when the students
graduated.
The school worked in cooperation with
four other schools to pool the number of
kids that was necessary to make the pro-
gram worthwhile. The classes offered were
small engine repair, electronics, and wel-
ding.
It was an addition to the program that
had been in effect in previous years that let
students who had acquired the necessary
skills test out of basic courses required in
college.
Although the school paid for most ex-
penses, the students were required to pro-
vide transportation. They also needed to
be able to spare the two periods that were
required for the class, one for the class and
one for the drive.
Other changes in the Industrial arts de-
partment included an independent study
course designed for advanced students
who had exhausted all of the classes of-
fered in their area. Another new class of-
fered was Woods Ill.
These classes were combined with
new tools such as a computer controlled
miller that cuts out areas of metal, and an
Apple computer system that makes de-
signing a simpler task combined to create
a new batch of contest hopefuls.
" There isn't a school in the area that
has had our success," said Department
Head George Franke referring to recent
contest results . Some of those first place
wins were: five years at Peru, four years at
Kansas , three out of four years at the Met-
ropolitan Omaha Builder's Assosiation, and
two out of five years at Kearney. _/
-Biff Raleigh-
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