McKinney High School - Lion Yearbook (McKinney, TX)

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x 'X SQ Ehe 00400 Hoo? Bison lflfvlvexl 46+ P- Sclence Ihe stlente dep lrtment of Nlt Kll1I18V High St hool w ts nn augur ned 1 det xde or more ago Its beginning was humble but tts p ut ln the development of the school was it once I'8KOgl'1lZSl1 and lt has been the aim of the school from the first to ralse xt to that degree of perfectlon that lt now possesses XX hlle IH the old bulldlng the work was handicapped by lack of equlpment and room there bemg only two small rooms and the simplest equlpment at IIS dlsposal The present home ID the Boyd Hngh bchool has two large rooms for experlmental work well llghted and wlth ex cellent equlpment and a lecture room that IS adequate for the demands of the a thorough knowledge of hugh school sctence work and prepare them for the work nn hlgher lnstltutlons I'he present scope of work lIlLlUKlC's physxtal geography physlology blology Lhemlstry and physlcs Bxology was lntroduced durlng the present year 1916 17 and was passed upon favorablv bv the Umverslty of I'ex'1s thereby gtvmg the school four umts t f afhhatlon m science 'Ihxs branch ot work owes lts rapxd progress during the past two ye 1rs to the untlrlng efforts of Mr B P XX eaks hxcellent preparatlon on has plrt coupled with the splendld co operatlon of the students has made the two years under hls IH structxon show the greatest progress tn the hnstory of the department 'Vlr Weaks lb COHSLICDIIOUS and wxllmg to sacrlfite for the good of h1s work Wlth Mr XX eaks at nts head we see nothing hut success ahead for the st tence work of the Boyd I-hgh School . . 2, .2 ' ,. 'f Cv 2 'z z 1: , 1 l nw I ' ' 1 K- ' ' xi i 1 ' 1 4 , , - Q u 3 ' V 1 ' 1 1 ' L- x N1 , 'S . N L S . L V . . w work. It is the purpose of the science department in the school to give its students 1 ' v ' n , 1 . . . ' S 'I 7' , , ' 1 ' v ' 1 ' . , . 'I ' L '. . . I x . v i . A . Z - - ' - .V - , 1 ' ' - - , ' 1 l I Q A - . . I I i.

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GYX S 'fx lv CL e P 16 nn Iflfvexlxi' ll we 'Musa DOMESTIC ECONOMY The subjett of Domestlc Economy lb not only of great Interest to a glrl but of great lmportance ln encouraglng self rellante and lndependence thus makmg her '1 more useful factor of society The purpose of the Domestlc QLICDLC Lourse ns to gxve young students a prac tlcal knowledge of home l1fe Lessons ln cooklng and household econom cs are glv en throughout the school year I y means of let tures and practlcal demonstratlons Thus makes the work of the home lntelllgent and QIVSS the student adlstmct knowl edge of economy as t w tlme strength and expendxture Cooking lncludes work m plam cookmg advanced cooking lHVdlld cookmg and preservmg of fruxts Lectures are given on the chemxcal t omposmon of food food values selectlon and care of the food marketing household man xgement lncludxng accounts methods and payments and the planning and serving ol meals In the great desire to provlde every possxble means for traxnlng Ill the supreme art of home makmg the phase of l'ext1le and Domestlc Arts IS offered Thls de partment gives the student a knowledge of the useful frabrxcs of the world and shows the processes through whxch they pass from the raw maternal to the finished product Wool s1lk flax and Cotton the relfxtlve durablllty of fabrlcs and comparatlve cost are studled bewxnd mc ludes all the stxtches used ln ordumrv hand sewmg advanced machine work and the mlkmg of undergxrments The beautiful handwork dlsplayed thls ye 1r reflected much credlt on the teacher Miss Frazer It was the source of admlr xtnon md wonder that amateurs could provlde such artlstxc effects In placing the Domestlc Lconomy Department under the man agement of Mlss Frazer the school IS fortunate ln securmg a lady who lb not only an lnstructor ln thls subject but possesses literary attamments especlally adapting her to her t hosen hne of work ln 1 school of tn1s order X Q l h 6 4 is Afs 6' ,V Q, I ' ,P Q - 4 i , I V YV fu, H I ' T V V - .lgzmv Au 3 sf: W1 ,ff .Q ' ' H vm O ' ' f-.-- 1 0 f u. . 1. , ,. ' U - . .1 I . Y v . D .1 I . . , 1 . - . 1 . - .' t I , F 3 S , . A K V , n I v A 1 l K. Q ' I 1 I - , , v . 3 . 1 . iv V ' 'Q . 1. S' . . . . ' S' 1 i a I . V . l Z x . I I L 'c D , I . . . . . Y . A , . 5. j K, 2 W . x 1 S . . K W . ' , t ' ' 2 ' 2 . ' ' 1 'K Z , w E v b . u 1 ' 1 . ' i ' 2 t ' . . y . K . . I W I - 1 . . 5 1 ' 4 1 A I v-I - Q 2 . ' ' 2 ' , ' , .