Bryant Junior High School - Junior Life Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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30 JUNIOR LIFE The Girls' Latin Club Our Girls' Latin Club is an organization which meets regularly in room 308. Every girl who is a member must take Latin. Our motto is “Semper Fidelis. always faithful. I am sure that every member has done her part in living up to the standard we have set. The meetings are held weekly. We discuss different facts at our meetings, and we also have many gay times. Girls taking Latin are welcome to join our club. The Nome Economics Cottage

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JUNE. 192 5 29 Above is pictured one of the two sewing rooms at Bryant. Each is equipped with eight tables and seven sewing machines and a display case in which to hang the finished garments. Connecting the two rooms is a fitting and supply room. . There are about 325 girls in the classes each semester and each class has a period of sewing every day. The girls have their first instructions in sewing in 7B. The aims are: To develop skill in basic processes and stitches: to teach care and use of machine, and to teach use of a one-piece pattern. Each 7B girl must make a towel, holder, head-band, two aprons, a bag, and a nightgown. In 8B the aims are: To develop greater skill, accuracy, and speed in machine and hand work: to raise the standards of neatness in work and person: to give the pupil the beginning information as to materials suitable for problems selected; to create a desire to spend wisely, keeping account of one's own money, and to interest each pupil in the ways to care for and repair clothing. The girls make princess-slips dresses and bloomers. The girls arc much more interested when making their own garments but they are very generous in giving of their time in making clothing for the Junior Red Cross. In a report dated April 24, 1925. the Bryant Junior High School held the highest rank of any junior high in the city in that work, having made 147 garments, dresses, bloomers, and outing flannel nightgowns. Mrs. Richardson is the teacher in room 310 and Miss Henegren in room 309. On June fourth was held the annual stvle show. This is given to show the parents just what the girls can do in this line of work. In the 9th grade the girls add to their knowledge of simole sewing a further study of textiles, the making of finer lingerie, the use of commercial oat-terns. and twice each week a period is given to related art. decorative stitches harmony in colors, and initial lines in wearing apparel. All 8th and 9th grade girls keep daily expense accounts which are carefully balanced at the end of each month. The girls find it delightful to come to these beautiful airy rooms to work under the supervision of Miss Henegren and Mrs. Richardson. Evelyn Hartfr.

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JUNE. 1925 3! I he home economics cottage has in it a combined dining room and living room, bathroom, bedroom, and kitchen. It is under the supervision of the home economics teachers. Miss Knowles and Miss Hill. T he picture is of a group of 8A girls at a luncheon. Six girls go in for a period of two or three days, at a time, according to the number of classes and the size of them. The group is divided into two divisions consisting of three girls who are host, hostess, and waitress. They work in the kitchen the first day. while the other three clean the cottage. The next day they exchange work. The object of preparing these meals is to teach the girls the proper meal planning and serving. Below is a well balanced menu planned by one of the groups: Fruit Cocktail Baked Potato in the Half Shell Creamed Cheese on Toast Bread and Butter Prune Forte with Whipped Cream The cost is kept down to an average of fifteen cents per meal. The main course dish is served by the host and the beverages are served by the hostess. She also has the responsibility of carrying on a pleasing conversation. The subjects vary from table manners to the news of the day. This work makes the girls realize the responsibility mother has in caring for a home. It also places the girl in a position to be of much help to mother. Gwendolyn Hoel. Alice Ames. One of Our Cooking Rooms Who could wish for more interesting work than to be working in a nice, clean, cooking room, with every modern convenience? Well, this is our cooking room in Bryant Junior High. In the seventh grade, cooking is most interesting to the younger people. They prepare cereals, plan and serve luncheons. learn to make one kind of candy, a task which everybody likes, both large and small. Muffins, baking powder biscuits, simple cakes, and pop-overs are made. too. Later on. the work in the eighth grade is still more interesting, because one really learns to cook and make more grown up things as mother does. Our cakes are delicious, but the pies melt in your mouth. We bake various kinds of meats, potatoes, macaroni, and other good things. Best of all is the ice cream and sherbet that we make ourselves. We make many kinds of salads