Botetourt High School - Post Yearbook (Gloucester, VA)

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The DUAL HOME ECONOMICS OR HOME MAKING Iva M. Harrison Home-making is the oldest, best known and most inclusive pro¬ fession the world has ever known. Because it is largely a labor of love, beyond the province of commercialized calculation, it has not received the recognition awarded other skilled professions from State and national bodies. The home should be the centralizing power of all that love and hope and joy are capable of bringing together. To teach how a home may best be conducted is the purpose of home economics in the schools. It means the application of science to the preparation of food, the cleaning of the home and the clothing of the family. It means that the nation recognizes the importance of good homes and has directed its schools to provide more skilled workers and more efficient managers for them. It means that the housewife is to be trained for her work as a doctor or lawyer is trained for his profession. The home maker, more than any other individual, is governed by circumstances, conditions and environment. One of the greatest re¬ sources of the home-maker is the ability to meet all of the foregoing conditions and emergencies graciously and efficiently. Upon woman, the chief spender, depends the wise or unwise apportionment of the income to the vario us needs of the family— shelter, food, clothing, etc. The girl of today, whether or not her future sphere of activity shall be in the field of business, teaching or home-making, must assume her share of responsibility in the business of spending either her own income, or that of others. It is the custom of the home economics class to make a budget or plan for spending the income so that the income may be expended intelligently and judiciously. Briefly, the aims of Home Economics are: 1. To develop technical skill, managerial ability. 2. To develop a desire for beauty in physical surroundings. 3. To develop a desire for doing every task well. 4. To train in wise expenditure of time, strength, energy and money. 5. To teach a girl to accept responsibility. 6. Make health a matter of course and not of accident. 7. To teach a girl to utilize every particle of energy, ability and brains to aid her community. 8. Happiness is a duty. 9. Service to others brings satisfaction. 10. To teach the girl to be efficient and to be able to secure the maximum results with minimum waste. 19

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The DUAL HOME ECONOMICS CLUB, ACHILLES HIGH SCHOOL Motto: “Home is what we make it.” Flower: Spanish Needles. Faculty Advisor: Miss Iva M. Harrison. OFFICERS OF THE CLUB President Vice-President Secretary T reasurer Reporter Olis Williams Margaret Corbell — Elizabeth Ward Katie Hogge -Sadie Rowe MEMBERS OF CLUB Louise Ambrose Isabelle Bonniville Margaret Corbell Laura Fones Katy Hogge Elizabeth Ward Mary Hogge Alice Rowe Ruth Rowe Sadie Rowe Stella Rowe Margaret Shackleford Sallie Smith Josephine Thomas Lady Thornton Robbie Tillage Olis Williams 18

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The DUAL THRIFT CLUB OFFICERS OF THRIFT CLUB President-Tom Harris Vice-President-Robert Fary Cashiers-Nathan Belvin, Frances Hogge 20