Hughes High School - Hughes Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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i My it E ' at it 'ir SYN! was 5 ff 5 Z A as L' Zlll 5 at fa ' :msn . - 2 wt 4 t . 91 ,, 5, . - : , . il,- ' tt me f-:drags -PI Q 2 gf? , IL ,ini ,iff Candy for Christmas swells the Student Aid Fund before the sugar shortage becomes a P1OlJlLlll lol cook ing classes to Consider. Careful measuring and handling produce delicious Goodies iss Elizabeth Zorn, Mrs. Hazel XVyman, Miss Elizabeth Peo- ples and Miss Ruth Helman teach the home making arts at Hughes and head the Red Cross activities. Hundreds of bandages have been made, kits packed, garments knitted. Most of the girls that take home etiononiicts and homemaking are fairly accomplished knit- ters, seamstresses, and homemakers when they have finished their courses. Girls taking homemaking start out by learning to knit and tirochet. They knit sweaters, mittens, socks, bags, or hats. Each one ttrorhets a three-inch square to help make an afghan. .Xt first these Page 26

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EAT WELL -KEEP FIT teaming soups, meats, vege- tables, delicious green sal- ads, tempting desserts, cool and hot beverages! Is this a By- zantine feast or the menu of an exclusive restaurant? Neither. It is the daily offering of the Hughes lunchroom where tasty, nourishing food is appetizingly served. It may be a dish low in calories, high in nutrition value for a nymph who is trying to keep her slender figure, or a hearty meal for an athlete. The Camera Club has month- ly meetings under the direction of Mr. M. Doherty. At the beginning of the year a contest was held at each meeting. One of the activities of the club that is familiar to almost everybody in Hughes is the taking of home room pictures. This gives prac- tice to the members and adds money to the treasury. Moving pictures and slides taken by members borrowed from various companies are shown. Develop- ing, printing, and enlarging of black and white pictures is dis- cussed and demonstrated. Miss Portner and her efficient staff all the boys and gnls vvho help, are giving invaluable service to the student body They help main tain morale and physical fitness D Miss Flora lortner has learned hon to plan menus and piepaie meals lor the big Hughes family. Many dishes have then origin m het offict Page 25

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GIRLS WHO TRAIN IN HOME-MAKING TRAIN EGR DEFENSE afghans were used for Bundles for Britain: now tl1ey are used for our own soldiers. Next, they make a skirt or a jumper, and then a blouse, shirt, or jacket. Some of the girls have been heard wondering if they should risk making one of those new three-piece plaid suits, a date dress with a petticoat ruffle, or one of the ballet length formals. The second-half of the year the girls begin cooking. All joking aside, there are few cases of indigestion, as Mrs. Robinson can testify. The first thing the cooking classes prepare is biscuits, and cocoa. They learn that the film that forms on the top of cocoa can be pre- vented by putting a lid on the saucepan when the cocoa has been prepared. They also find that handling the dough makes the biscuits tough. Later, the girls make muffins and an omelet or griddle cakes, as they prefer. They soon realize that muffin batter should not be beaten-indeed, it should hardly be mixed. This is their recipe used for muffins: l cup milk, 2 cups flour, 2 tablespoons fat, l egg, 2 tablespoons sugar, M2 teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons baking powder. Sift the dry ingredients together. Beat egg. Add milk and melted and cooled fat to beat- en egg. Add the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients. Stir until the flour disappears, but not until the mixture is smooth. Bake in greased muffin pans of 4000 F. for 20,30 min- utes. This year the girls will learn to prepare more simple and more wholesome dishes than ever before, because of the war. The girls prepare cereals and rice dishes and also cream soups and different types of apple dishes. Many girls have given up some of their study halls to stay in Room 16 to teach girls and boys to knit, and help the more accomplished ones unravel their difficulties. There are 300 girls knitting for the Red Cross and 255 signed up to knit. These girls have made sweaters, mittens, scrafs, afghans, blankets, beanies, and helmets for needy children and for our soldiers. The girls are learning to become good homemakers and to help win the war. Page 27 The holiday spirit at Hughes always builds a sum which replenishes our Student Aid Fund, and sends Christmas donations to various helpful institutions in the city. The home economics girls take orders for cookies, they have baked hundreds of cookies.