Centralia High School - Skookum Wa Wa Yearbook (Centralia, WA)

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Home 1160110111105 Department Home Economlcs although unheard of a quarter of .1 century ago as a subject to be taught IH schools has now become an 1mpo1tant part of a g1rl s educat1on The object of teachmg Domest1c bclence and Do mest1c Art ln school IS to fit g1rls for efflcxent home makers Almost all our hlgh schools and colleges and many of our grammar schools have departments for teachmg cook1ng and sewmg The Centraha H1gh bchool 15 especxally well fitted for th1s Work The course as glven here requlres two years one of cookmg and one of sewmg The Domestlc bclence department conslsts of two large rooms kltchen and a d1n1ng room The kltchen IS fully equlpped for a class of twenty glrls The gurls vxork IH couples Each glfl has a small gas plate and oven and a cupboard contammg a complete l1ne of cookmg utenslls The glrls are taught to cook xegetables the dlflerent kmds of meat and to make bread salads soups cakes desserts etc They ale also taught to prepare a menu and selxe It couectlx The glrls rece1ve prac tlcal EXDQFISHCC 1n thls Each two gxrls are requlred to plan and serve a luncheon for ten persons In dClCl1t101l the glrls ale taught to 1udge the dlfferent cuts of meat and to purchase all foodstuffs 1ud1c1ously Domestlc Sclence Kltchen , w . '1 I U ' sn 4 ' . 1 1 'y I 1 1 D 1 3 . , .... , . I 1 Y . . . . . N .X Y . .u 1 . . . N v ' . 1 . . N . i .x ar . . Y . . ' Y . . 1 1 . . . . . . v , , . v 9 1 1 v N -.1 v . v v he -1 a ' Ky , - . v IV . 10 Y . . . . . . I 7 . ' 1 . . . I . . . ' C . . , l 1 1 1 . . A' K-1. 1 1 Q 4, ., -. - 5 I- ' uf.-J ,- 4-.A -Q -: iff- Q' ,K-., - -. o u o

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N 1 The Centralia High School building contains forty rooms not including the gymnasium auditorium and cor11do1s They are all fitted with electric clocks regulated by the master clock They are vsell lighted and Venti lated The Domestic Art and Science Departments are now fully equipped and a large supply of necessary apparatus has recently been added to the Science Department The Manual Training Department was moved fiom the high school building to the old Edison gymnasium betoxe the opening of last year s school term This room IS well wentilated and lighted An excellent new of the stage which 1S quite large is commanded from the eight hundred seats in the room two hundred and twenty five in the balcony and five hundred and seventy five on the lower floor Altogether we have iust cause to be proud of Centraha High School J R 7 Of all the features of the building the most striking is the auditorium. - . ., '1 .

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Sem lng Room The Domestlc Sc1enc glrls haxe done a great deal toward furnlshlng the dlnlng room They have glven candy sales at the local stores and at hlgh school entertamments and basketball games to procure funds The proceeds have been used to buy s1lver chlna table llnen etc The Domestlc Art depa1tment 1s complete 1n every deta1l It con S1StS of one large well llghted room and It also ls furnlshed for a class of twenty glrls The glrls learn to sew wlth all kmds of mater1al 'lhe first semester the essentlals of sewlng are taught such as the dlfferent stltches and sewlng machme and to use a pattern correctly Some slmple garments are also made generally wlth cotton materlals Durlng the second semes ter the glrls do more dlfflcult Work some even makmg coats for summer wear Several of the glrls haxe made thexr dresses for gladuatlon I addltxon the glrls are taught the average wldth prlce use and Wearlng quahty of dlfferent mjerxals The Centraha H1gh School 1S yustly proud of 1ts Domestlc SCIBHCG and Domestlc Art departments and appreclates the efflclent work of the teach ers of thls course D R 18 . . L 1 Y seamsg also darnmg, patchlng, button holes, proper use and care of the , . . . . , 1 1 . 1 - , 1 , s X Q ' . f . ' . n . , 1 1 v y , ' . . . , - n u T 1 ny a