Argentine High School - Mustang Yearbook (Kansas City, KS)

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 ftArg enfiaTv Home Maying DOMESTIC SCIENCE In the days of our grandmothers, only such subjects as history, Latin, and mathe- matics were studied in school. Now we believe that in addition to these subjects, every girl should learn to do better the worth while things she is doing or is going to do. The course in foods and home making includes units of work which teach the girl the proper selection, preparation and serving of food; the care and training of children; the wise spending of the family income; and the selection, planning and care of the home. The above picture is of the cafeteria. The f xxJ is prepared by Mrs. C. M. Davis, Mrs. M. L. Morse and Mrs. Katherine Gates. Six girls help serve the food at lunch time. CLOTHING The general objectives of the courses in clothing are: First, to develop in the girl ideals as a basis for home membership; second, to cultivate good standards of judg- ment and taste in dress; third, to create a greater interest in her home and develop an ability to apply the principle of good taste and judgment in its furnishings; fourth, to teach the girl to spend wisely not only her own, but also the family income. In the courses this year we have studied the following: First, a historic review of period fashions, in order to better understand those of today; second, the selection of lines and colors best suited to each individual type of girl; third, the selection and wise buying of textiles; and, fourth, the selection and good arrangement of house'fur- nishings. Since every girl will become a home-maker we feel that the home-making phase of the course is one of the most important units. More attractive homes and an appreciation of the better things in life are the purpose of this unit in the course. Each girl in the high school clothing classes constructed a school dress, an after- noon or party frock, and a spring street costume. Emphasis has been laid upon suit- ability, appreciation of beauty of line and color, and modesty in dress. Twenty-six

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Science CHEMISTRY By means of newspaper and magazine articles we avail ourselves of the opportunity to show how research in modern science is helping the professional and industrial world. Sue’ discoveries as rustless and stainless steel; the nickel alloy making possible the trans Atlantic telephone cable; some of the synthetic drugs and harmoncs as well as vitamines used in com bating disease; radio waves to treat brain tumors, as well as to locate deposits of petroleum and aid lost airplanes in finding their bearings; neon tubes used in display-lighting and tele- vision and photo electric cells have been discussed in class. Motion pictures and film slides of many industrial operations, as the manufacture of (1) liquid air, (2) glass. (3) steel. (4) rubber. (5) X-ray and radio tubes arc used '.o supplement textbook work. Despite this stress of the industrial side of the science, vocational training is not considered an objective. Considerable stress is placed on laboratory work. We do not necessarily think this the most economical method of imparting knowledge, but we wish to accustom the pupils to submit their information to a test and to form opinions on the basis of facts. BIOLOGY Biology is the only science course in this high school that makes a study of the structure of living things: plants and animals and their reactions to the environment. The course centers around four general objectives: How things live and maintain them- selves; the relation of living things to the environment; the relation of living things to each other: man’s power to control living things. It is organized into seven units with definite specific objectives as requirements for credit in each one. These units arc designed to acquaint the student with the functions necessary to life, the structure and composition of organisms, and the adaptations of representative forms for successfully carrying on the necessary functions under changing conditions, with the result that he may better understand his own body and be able to give it more intelligent care. The project work consists of an insect survey collection and identification, field work, flower collections, bird migration observation, original essay work, plant and animal culture, and original diagrams representing the student’s own conception of various subjects. Twenty-five

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Industrial Arts MANUAL ARTS The industrial arts field is not a separate form of education, but is one part of the general scheme of education. This view has many advocates, chief of whom is Dr. Prosser, one of the Deans of the industrial art field. He says all education consists of giving the child training in desirable and efficient habits of thinking and doing which have been found desirable for him to have in later life. The thinking and doing are not and cannot be separated, and the thinking and doing still be efficient and full. Thus our industrial arts courses should involve not only the muscular activi' ties but also the thought processes necessary for the complete performance. The industrial arts program for the junior high school plans to give the boys of the seventh and eighth grades a wider range of exploration than the program for the ninth grade and the three years of senior high school. A new class using production was started this year. Students having had one year or more of wood working arc eligible. This class gives the' boys an in- sight into factory methods and acquaints them with furniture manufacture on a large scale. The cooperative spirit of large industries is shown by the fact that both the Kansas City Structural Steel Company and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, allow hour-forhour credit to their apprentices who are former students of the indus' trial arts department. The beginning class in w x d working has made tie racks, bread boards, foot stools, attention being centered on squaring up. In the advanced classes the choice was much greater. In these, solid walnut cedar-lined chests, chifforobes, tables, writing desks, medicine cab’nets and other attractive useful pieces of furniture have been made. The production class made nineteen sets of lawn furniture of modernistic design. The sets consist of chair, settee and table. This class made all necessary properties for class plays and operettas. MECHANICAL DRAWING Present courses in mechanical drawing are given to only three grades: seventh, ninth and tenth, with hopes that the eleventh and twelfth may be included in the near future. The course given in the seventh grade is never longer than eighteen weeks. The work done is very elementary and has for its purpose acquainting the pupil, as early as possible, with the language of drawing. . i :s nEaa Twenty-seven