Columbus High School - Discoverer Yearbook (Columbus, NE)

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Home Economics Classes Added individual Capsules In aiding students to pursue their ambitions, the home economics department revised the curriculum to include individual student packets. Constituting the sophomore classes were courses in clothing, textiles and human development. Miss Sharon Summerer, a new addition to the home economics faculty, taught students the techniques in cooking and sewing. Junior home courses specialized in food and nutrition. Classes, also offered to boys, studied the fundamentals of food preservation, the importance of basic nutrition and how to plan a menu. During the second semester, ideas in interior decorating and home furnishing were developed. Preparation for adult living and clothing construction were courses offered to seniors. Home nursing and first aid were areas studied in prep-aration for adult living. Through clothing construction class, students developed sewing skills which would be useful in future wage-earning positions. 1 k —- ■ CLOCKWISE FROM UPPER LEFT: Miss Summerer explained the individual learning capsules to Desiree Pocwierz. Don Soulliere. Jim Price and Howard Krebs, who were the first boys to enroll in home ec at CHS. completed a capsule project in outdoor cooking. Jeanne Olson rolled out the dough for a batch of cookies. 28

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 CLOCKWISE FROM UPPER LEFT: Miss Ruth Schlobohm instructed her class on the fine art of making tissue collages. Pam Griffiths and Linda Duncan worked on their macrame projects in art class.

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 CLOCKWISE FROM UPPER LEFT: Before sewing on her project, Alice Gangel adjusted the tension on the thread. Cindy Palmblade and Cindy Curtis used a pressing ham in ironing a garment. Miss Elvira Benne aided Sherrie Hardy in pinning a pattern. Mary Guenther and Sandy Koch discovered cleaning up was part of being a good cook.