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m DIJ a lecture to one of hi s electricity
~ir Teacher George Franke often
II stre s the importance of sa fety within
tile lassroom . (5. Wandel)

Changes bring
sights of

Future

-Tammi Cisler-
the field of study in which they Teacher Bob Trauernicht necessary to express their cre-
had an interest. In this manner. found hi s role to offer support to ativity. Thi s helped them to gain
name alone was not it was possible to receive sc hool his drafting classes to be supri- the recognition for which many
nge which the stu- credits while earning wages for singly different from the past had been striving. In all. the con-
d in various indus- their work. years. Many of his students were test provided a cha llenge which
cla ss discovered this A change which affected the competing against other stu - many students felt was well
year. In accordance with state metal classes involved the oper- dents from across the city in the worth the effort.
guidelines . which provided rec- ation of a new computerized se lection of a design for the new For some. designing individual
ommendations for the courses. milling machine. The machine Children's Museum. Although a projects was a goal which
Industrial Arts became Industrial was operated by the Apple lie professional architectural firm seemed entirely possible. As Se-
Technology in the new edition of system and used the programs had already been appointed to ni or Jason Franzen said. "I got
the student curriculum hand- which had been written by the submit the final design. it had a great en joyment out of design-
book . students. Through the pro- been decided earlier that this de- ing and drafting. It has assured
The new name led to many grams. the machine could be in- sign would be ba sed on the con- me of my career choice." Partic-
opportunities for students. Sen- structed to repeat the exact pre- tributions of students through- ipation in the industrial arts clas-
iors who had been previously designed cut or shape as many out the city. In the hope of be- ses not only provided a sig ht of
enrolled in other industrial clas- times as was ne cessa ry . This coming part of this design. many what career choices might lie
ses could become part of the process led to efficiency in the students found a new determi- ahead. but it gave many the sight
work study program. This pro- students' work and a greater nation within themselves and of what the future cou ld be. ~
gram allowed the student to be recognition of computer pro- were eager to devote the long
employed by an area business in gramming. amounts of time which were