Indiana High School - L Indien Yearbook (Indiana, PA)

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Top: Scene from a class in child care and management. Middle: Dick Lukehart and Chuck Flana- gan admiring the sewing finesse of one of the girls. Bottom: Three girls working in the cafeteria management class. The Home Prepares fo The Home Economics Department is one which offers many excellent opportunities to the girls interested in such work. The depart- ment has been furnished with a great deal of new equipment and each student has had the opportunity to learn to use it. The girls learn and engage in various phases oi home making. They learn household skills which will make them happier and more successful as home Home Economics Department: Miss Laura Buterbaugh sewing and clothing teacher: Mrs. Helen Bonnett, cafeteria manager and cafeteria management teacher: Miss Alice Clements, foods and household management teacher. 22

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f' 7 X Aftf' l f. l, .' if ff i fll ff: Top: Miss Eaton, girls health direc- tor, puts her charges over the horse. Below: Mr. Lengel, boys health direc- tor, teaching the structure and care ot the teeth. s the Concern he Curriculum The Intramural sports are outgrowths of the departments Work. Girls and boys of all grades are given the opportunity to participate in the intramural games. Nurse Pauline Farmer and School Physician Charles E. Rink confer in the medical room. All pupils in the system are examined each two years and parents notified of the need for correction, 21

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Noontime practice dinner in the home ec. dining room. Dressing dolls for the Lion s Club Christmas toy distribution Economics Department Effective Family Living makers. ln sewing the girls acquire experience and knowledge in buying textiles which help them to spend more wisely, and acquire a knowledge of design and color schemes. They learn a general knowledge oi table service and meal work, and have the use of a deep freeze. One of the most important aims ot this course is to develop an attractive personality and a good character. ln the nursery school the girls learn better to understand younger children, and learn to care ior them. Their work is sum- med up in terms oi better living through an un- derstanding ot adequate nutrition, and the satis- fying human relationships Which make the home and community. lt gives the student a broad background to meet the problems which Will be faced in daily lite. Right panel: Two oi the girls in the child care group. Another scene showing the teaching of good eating habits in nursery school. 23