Greeley Central High School - Spud Yearbook (Greeley, CO)

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,, - . . , - -e - 17N N 'bij l F 6 V 5 :ff HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT Our flrst need IS food The tralnlng to meet thls need IS given m the Home Economxcs department In the fall the art of canning foods IS taught Then many dellclous dlshes are prepared New methods of preparxng com monplace foods so that they wxll taste lrke somethlng erctraordmary are taught ln the cookmg department of Greeley Hngh As we pass from class to class many dellclous odors tempt us Even though we cant eat lf IS comfortmg to know there IS somethmg not far away whlch IS so dependable Another great need of our llfe IS clothes They are almost as necessary as food Not only do they erve the purpose of warmth but a great addltron to the personal appearance IS made The sewmg department teaches every phase of domestlc art One learns to have the most becommg clothes and only those whxch emphasize the attractlve qualmes No busmess man can do h1s best lf hls home IS not well managed The meals must be nour1shmg and attractxve The house must be attractlve when Home Management class 'I he way to plan a house with emphasls especxally lard on the plann1ng of rooms so tlme and labor wnll be saved IS taught The kmd of furnlture whlch would be the most attractlve and harmonxze w1th the room IS also studled Speclal emphasls IS placed on the plannmg of the kltchen where the meals are to be prepared Thus handncraft IS not purely a woman s 1s has been shown m the establlshment of the Boy s Cookmg class Page tu cnty four . S v . , he returns from his work. The way to manage a home is taught in the

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,Q i Q . ' ,J '- - -.fm e. HIST ORY DEPARTMENT The I-llstory department of Greeley Hrgh School ns offerlng Umted States Hlstory to both sen1ors and jumors in order that history hereafter may be requlred 1n the Junlor year As a result there IS an enrollment of three hun dred and flfty ln the Unlted States h1story classes The plan of the department beglnmng ln the fall of 26 IS to offer a course in European hlstory to the sophomores Unlted States hlstory to the junlors and courses 1n soclal sclence to the senxors These courses are to be electlve and w1ll be offered on the basls of a semester course The hope of the department IS to gradually increase the soclal sclence courses and offer courses rn busmess geography elementary economxcs soclology psychology and ln gov ernmental development Offermg as many choxces as these to the semors we One defmlte type of work done ln the hlstory classes has been the projects on colonlal history vxhlch are lllustrated above One day a Week IS taken up m the study of current hlstory The paper used thls year IS the weekly News Rev 1ew a paper that more than 20 000 hxgh school students study Monthly tests are sent out by the company and the senxor class of Greeley Hugh School has the dlstmctron of ranklng flrst ln the natlonal contest of classes wlth more than 100 enrollment The chlef purpose of the current hxstorx study IS to au aken an mterest on the part of the student nn the affalrs of today vxhxch wall prepare hlm to read the daily newspaper and the monthly maga7me wnth a better understandmg than he would other wlse have Page tuenty three r l l ll feel it will give a wide range of selection to fit all needs. . . V . , . . , . V V 1 V- , e .S S S Q1 e ' f:...-...a-.-,.--- F-. X

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.Si l I INDUSTRIAL AR'l S DEPART MENTS The Commerclal Art class IS one of general utxllty The students are requested to desxgn posters and show cards advertnslng actxvltles of other de partments Members of the class entered the clty poster ontest tor Better Homes Week Ralph Meyer won frrst pr17e and Robert Spears yn on second pr11e The department has developed bv leaps and bounds due to the nevy cqunp ment mstalled last fall The Manual Trammg department of the hugh school has been progressmg raptdly In former years only a few people vsere able to take thts elass because of the lack of space A new shop has been provlded vuth more and better equtpment thls enables the students to turn out a better qualtty of work floor lamps and cedar chests head the 11st There are about seventy flve takmg the eourse th1s year yy hen here to fore only about thtrty could be accommodated ln thus class The fxrst glrls Manual Tramlng class was started thls year wxth a enrollment of fourteen The flrst slx weeks was spent tn planlng sawmg and malemg Jomts Then the glrls started on mdnldual projeets meludmg bread boards taborets book ends and foot stools After these smaller artlcles were ftnnshed the grrls made desles lxbrary tables cedar chests and tea wagons Toward the end of the year l1the work hand carvmg and Inlay formed a large part of the work Iugr Mernty fue I I . D I -I l 1- ' v s I: 1 A 3 m s o A I 4 ' V - .,' 3 4 3 3 I Y I , ' ' ' Y I Y 1 1 1 ' A H L 5 I Y. 'I 1 1 5 I 3 I 1 ' Y I In the shop every thing in the line of furniture is built: library tables, , ' ' x - m ' vm v x s 1, , u Y 1 I - AL ' . P I I I L 1 5 ' I 7 ' o , , ,, . 1 . . - ' .w