West High School - Hesperian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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DOROTHY STYF.R . . . Chxhing; MRS. MARY POTTER . . . Food Preparing for Homos Cooking, sewing, and the economics of a home— these are the heritage of womankind. They arc not menial, dull, or burdensome tasks; for these arc the small duties that help to form and build the most important part of American life—the family. Marriage will always remain the most worthy career of the majority of women. The preparation for this great institution must be thorough. During this preparation everything was not as simple for students as it was for Mother. The food was not always edible; the clothes we made, not perfectly styled. What girls have gained from the courses is a familiarity with their future duties and the beginnings of that certain knack around the kitchen and the sewing room—that knack which men wonder at and admire. Now they may look forward, satisfied that they arc capable of becoming the home founders of their generation. Every Woman’s Duty... These Girls Arc Learning the Arts of Home Life

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Office Workers of the Future Will Recall This Scene... Hesitant Fingers Tripping Over the Keys AI.BKRT B. OPFF.R . . . Shorthand . . . Chess Club . . . Bird and Conservation Club: ANNE M. JOHNSON . . . Typing; CIIARI.OTTF. M. Mi Fat lane . . . Shorthand . . . Typing: MRS. ARI.ENE WINSLOW . . . Bookkeeping Wheels of llusiness The C nimercial Wheels of the most business-minded nation in the world depend upon the figuring and correspondence of bookkeepers and stenographers. To many, the positions in the clerical office arc merely the stepping stones to higher appointments, just as the high school jobs in office practice were only the beginning of bigger jobs to come. Happy memories of improvement mark our high school commercial studies: the increased number of words we could typewrite or take in shorthand every minute, the growing ease and familiarity which we experienced around cn office, the final balancing of a difficult budget. All these remembrances point the way to future improvements. We may happily look forward to such improvements. Despite changes in what is being produced, despite alterations in the manner of their production. the office force is always a necessity.

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This Machine Age The fellows who work wilh skilled hands arc the men of the moment today. As never before, we recognize how dependent we arc upon the men who keep our cars running smoothly, the fellow who shapes the tools to make that car. the man who rolls out the steel and plans the construction of our modern living devices. High school shop education must stimulate not only the desire for this type of work, hut must also lay the foundation and develop the knowledge and skills necessary. We well remember our first frantic endeavors to produce from machines and tools reproductions of expert articles. We need only re-examine the results of those efforts to note improvements—improvements which will mean perfection in our particular line of work in future days. Machines of this Machine Age depend upon skilled hands for manipulation. Training in the schools produces that skill. Standing: RAY SOUTHWORTH . . . Mechanical Drawing . . . Drafting . . . Architecture; JESSE E. MOORE . . . Machine Shop; Seated: WII.I. B. TITS WORTH . . . Woodtuming . . . Cabinet Work Production Depends Upon Them . . . Skilled Workers Trained for Efficiency