Denfield High School - Oracle Yearbook (Duluth, MN)

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HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT The work of the home economics department above, is pictured in the food laboratory. The aim of the course is to given students training in different tasks about which girls and sometimes boys need to know about in the home. It also trains students in health habits and helps them to choose proper meals. The subjects offered according to year are: food and cookery, meal planning and preparation when a sophomoreg elementary dressmaking, advanced dress- making, home planning and furnishing in the junior and senior classes. A special class in cooking is given to the senior girls, aiming to help them choose wholesome foods and to prepare simple family meals. The department is provided with the very best equipment. The spacious sewing rooms are well lighted and supplied with adjustable tables, closets, and smaller room in which to fit their dresses. The cooking rooms are bright and large with drawers, utensils, and cupboards. They also have a well-furnished dining room. A survey of c1'edits earned by the girls during their senior high school course shows that over sixty per cent have one or more semesters work in our home eco- nomics department. -I 25 I-

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SCIENCE DEPARTMENT 'l'ake interest, I implore you, in those sacred dwellings, which one designates, by the expressive term: laboratories, demand that they be multiplied, that they be adorned, these are the temples of the future, temples of well-being and of happi- ness. There it is that humanity grows greater, stronger, better. -Louis Pasteur. In our science department, wc attempt to develop a wholesome attitude towards the community. Lasting interests and adjustments to life are our aims. Although courses in science are not necessarily required for graduation, we have a total enrollment of four hundred and twenty-six, one hundred and ninety-eight boys and two hundred and twenty-eight girls. Courses my be elected in physiography, the study of planets and rock forms, the study and functions of the organs of the human body, in biology, the study of plant and annimal life, as is shown above, in physics, the science of mechanics, light, and sound, in chemistry the study of the composition of substances and of the transporation which they undergo. -l 94 l-

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ART DEPARTMENT One of the most attractive departments in this building is the art department. The classes are growing immensely. It is always an interesting place to visit. With the exception of the art craft class, classes continue for two periods. We now have around a hundred enthusiastic students taking art. The rooms are large and the students are provided with adjustable tables, drawers, and bins in which to keep their work. There is cork-board on the walls and cupboards afford a place in which their work can be displayed. The art department participates in many contests. They work for the Proctor Sz Gamble soap contest in May, and the Scholastic Awards in March. The sophomore classes are working on color and sesign, lettering, perspective, and will do, perhaps, some beginning problems in metal. The senior groups are doing drawing and commercial design work. They have completed their work on masks and soap models. The art craft class has one period a day. They have made wall hangings, leatherwork, wood carvings, metal work, and wall plaques. The work in this department not only receives the admiration of its students, but of many visitors. -I 26 I..