Greater Latrobe High School - Latrobean Yearbook (Latrobe, PA)

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1 to wear them, and how to take care of them, along witlf fTl2tllX' other helpful bits of advice towards deieloping a pleasing personality. A particularly useful study-' is that of household accounting, for it is desirable that everyone. including huuse- keepers. should have some knowledge of liookkecping. Popular with the girls is the course in home furnishing. What type of furni- ture should go in a small living room 'Z- What kind of wallpaper should be used with Oriental rugs ?-How can you make a kitchen look larger?-Where shoulfl lights be placed in the living room, in the bedroom. in the bathroom?-Just how should you arrange your furniture for the best effect? These and many other questions are satisfactorily answered in this course. Girls learn how to buy good furniture with the least expenditure and to greatly improve the appearance of their homes by doing their own paper- ing, painting, and sewing. thus reduc- ing the cost of redecoration to the min- irnum. A new and enlightening class is that of child development-in fact, it could almost be called an elementary course in child psychology. Care of the child while still an infant is discussed and the more complex situations arising as he grows older are settled. The girls are taught the proper way to break the child's un- desirable habits, to form new, helpful ones, and to help cure inferiority com- plexes. Inclu ted in this course is a class in vocations for girls, where pupils plan- ning to find work elsewhere than in the home for themselves learn their aptitudes for different fields. The important work done by the home economics course cannot be measured, for the job of making a happy home is one of the most difhcult but most satisfy- ing of careers open to a girl. ET, ' ' 'Y N 1 44 ,fi Q-1 f Girls studying related arts under Miss Gregory make useful articles from discard- ed cardboard. The constant whirr of sewing machines characterizes the class where Miss Vosberg instructs future home makers. Lois Syster and Margwret Jackson mark the hem on Leona Graham's dress. Helen Robbins and Robert Potter, behind the counter of the model store, wait on cus- tomers. Miss Gregory and Marie Del Sardo serve tempting dishes in the cafeteria. Helen Rusnak practices band- aging Betty Jane MilIer's arm. while the other girls learn how to take a temperature. Girls take a lesson in child care as Roselia Di Orlo dresses a doll under Miss Vosburg's direction. Twenty-one

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l When the class bell rings girls come and go from the Walker house the Home Economic Department's exclu- A piece of cloth drops to the floor, but the young seamstress goes on fitting a dress-two heads bend interestedly over new color schemes for living room decorations-swiftly moving arms beat up a frothy white meringue to top off a cream pie-a household accountant puzzles over her books--these girls, busy with their tasks, are typical of the students taking the home economics course. The fundamentals of the home economics course are taught by Miss Marcella Gregory and Miss Emily Vosburgh. Eighth graders and freshmen learn the simple rudiments of food preparation from Miss Gregory. While they do not learn to make the more complicated dishes, they do cook the simple and inexpensive foods exceedingly well. They are also taught to buy foods, to care for them, and to keep their kitchen utensils clean and in proper condition. Miss Vosburgh starts her eighth grade and freshmen sewing classes on elementary articles such as pillow slips and aprons, leading them into more diiiicult work as the year progresses so that by the end of the school term they are well equipped to start the advanced work of the next. year. In addition to her elementary classes, Miss Gregory teaches senior girls related arts and has charge of the cafeteria. The related arts class is a particularly interesting one. Book ends from scraps of wood-blouses from odd bits of cloth and dyed sugar sacks-gay candy bowls from colored cords-dainty pictures of silhouettes from old pieces of glass and some paint-these are Page Twenty GIRLS PREPARE FOR A CAREER IN THE HOME ,ff A young seamstress follows the straight line made by the needle cf her machine. some of the many things made from materials which would otherwise be thrown away. Thus girls are taught t.o be practical as well as artistic. The cafeteria, supervised by Miss Gregory, per- forms a distinct service. lt serves a double pur- pose, that of training the individual student in the fields of meal-planning, budgeting, and din- ing room etiquette, and of providing teachers and pupils with well-balanced lunches under enjoy- able conditions. The careful arrangement of the details, from the steam table to the green cur- tains, combines with the delicious food to make eating at the cafeteria a distinct pleasure. To Miss Anna M. Gibson goes the task of train- ing the older girls in more difficult work and teaching them to be etlicient homemakers. Ad- vanced cooking, personal living, household ac- counting, house furnishing, child care, and voca- tions for girls are among the subjects studied. ln the advanced cooking class, the girls learn to prepare properly those tempting dishes which, easy to look at and easier to eat, are really quite diffcult to make. Not among the least of their accomplishments is the making of bread, an art almost forgotten in this age. Personal living is a general course where the girls acquire all-round knowledge concerning well-balanced meals, how to care for minor ill- nesses and how to prevent sickness. Correct habits are studied and note books made to sup- plement this work. An important feature of this class is the correct dress program. Here the students learn how to wear their clothes, where

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A MODERN BUILDING Otters Advantages and Opportunities In Every Phase Of The School's Daily Program . . 'stiff -nn The utility room provides a central location for the smaller mechanical units , . . Both natural and artificial light banishes eye strain in the draft- ing room . . . Stream-lined furniture Offers an added inducement to study. Jostling is a lost art with the ad- dition of the new stairways . . . A cheerful, comfortable room attracts Students to the library . . . Dressing room lockers accomodate both g m and street clothing. Two gigantic boilers keep the build- ing warm on the coldest days . , . The wood shop provides ample space for jobs of every size . . . Announce- ments reach the entire school immedi- ately by way of the radio. Large booths in the electrical shop offer adequate room for wiring prac- tice . . . The chemistry lab invites research and experimentation . . . BOO!-is and clothes are safely stored in the individual hall lockers.