Creston High School - Crest Yearbook (Creston, IA), Class of 1915, Page 52 of 100

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The Normal Department llse Normal Training Course rn the Hrgh School r for the purpose of training tudents to tc rch rn the rural schools rn the state of Iowa Am student haxrng sixteen credits of Hrgh School work mrv ent r thr department lhe cour e requires two vears work lhe first year consrsts of work rn Lnrted btates Hrstorx Algebra Crxrcs Geography Reading and Domestic Science lhe second wear Phwsrcs Agriculture Political Economy Pedagogy brammrr ind Arithmetic ln February and Max students are required by the btate Board of fgducatron to piss examrnrtrons rn each subject After these are successfullx passed certrhcates to teach rn the chools of the state are granted Thirty four pupils are enrolled rn the Normal Department fourteen of whom are memb rs of the Senior Class The 'Normal Course rs popular and attracts some of the bright t grrl rn school Lp to the present time no young man his joined tl'e cla although many flattering inducements hare be n offered The Red Letter dav rn the Senior Normal w as the day of the debate w ith the boy of the C ommercral Course lVlavm Pence w as The members of the Senror Normal Class are also allowed to wrsrt the crty schools for the purpose of obtaining practical suggestions ln school management Home Economlcs Miss Ramona Norton instructor rn Home Economics has chos n the followrng well known quotation as one particularly interesting to students rn her department We may lrve without poetry music and art We mav lrwe without conscience and we may lrxe without heart We mav lrve without friends we may lrve without books But crxrlrzed man cannot lrve without cooks There are four classes rn Home Economics-one unror and three Fres man Three lessons a week are desoted to sew rng and two to cooking The work rn sew ing includes practice rn hand sew mg the use of plain and fancv stitches practice rn cuttrnv from paper patterns the draft rm' of patterns the making of mrddre blouses skirts and summer dresses ln cooking all the work IS clone rn a w ll equipped kitchen w here the puplls are taught the newest and best methods rn cooking and serung The most popular work of the vear rs bread making and bread judging contests The work rn the unror Class rs more adxanced and includes besrde the sew mg and cooking a course rn sanitation and hous d coratron The pcprls are p rmrtted to vrsrt stores and factories rn order to obtain so'n practical knowledge A xrsrt to the butter department of Swift and Company and to the rug department of the MCC-regor Furniture Company were the pleasant events of the year At the close of each semester the patrons of the school are rmrted to inspect the work of the department Th girl who possesses a good knowledge of any of the Domestc Arts has a most xalurble means of malcmv herself us ful to others of economllrnv her own or anothers income or of defend ng herself against adversity lhrs justrfres giving Home Fconomrcs a place in the Hrgh School . A ' ' 'x I 's '. Q' s 3 re 4 " l . h. K A .A s', . 'N' 'L S. . . 2- 9. 'S , l 'A s '-' ' p :' ' '. N : U' ' ' ft I 4: ', . C . ig r , " ' " , 1' ' , A 4 .4 , z.: 1' .' ' . . f c , -' , i ' s r . ' j- ' A , , ' 1 ' e r ' . . 1 . . 1 . es s .. . ' . . 1 1- . ss, -' A V ' e . " " ' ' , .' .Q A . ' V n v - the leader, Vivienne Anstey and Ruth Smith, assistants. ln spite of the careful preparations and excellent delivery, the debate was lost. I Q at A - - ' y I 1 V I 1 v- I : v D 1 v' v v ' ' ' " ' i A . " 3 .f H . ' 9 ' ' ' C, 3 , - 4. .: ' , . ' . - ' I ' E . . 3 1 f a ' e ' ' . ' ' e ' ' .. ' ' f . H..' Ve fo . re 1 T, ' . . 1 , . . r . . , x

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