Calmar High School - Cahawk Yearbook (Calmar, IA)

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5. Top Row: R. Novak, G. Blly, M. Fisher, G. Barr, C. Slmonson, R. Prana, E. H 2nd Row: M.K1pp, D.Rasmussen, R.Kuhn, M.Sh1ndelar,M.Broder1ck, G.Stenseth,C.H Seated 2 I.Dolan, M.Sager, H. Mikesh, I. Hauber, V. Doubek, M. Hostlngs, G.K Since the Vocational Homemaking Department is a new addition to the Calnar High School, the department has undergone many transformations. The one large room has been equipped to serve the purpose of a combination kitchen, a dining room, sewing room, and living room The addition of two new electric stoves, a refrigerator and a combination closet and bookcase has made our work much easier and our study more up to date. Recently we added a reading center composed of a magazine rack,made by the manual training class, a chair and a lamp given to us by a local business man, and a small table.W1th the refinishing and recovering of the pieces, we have had practical experience for our home furnishing unit. We try to make our study in Homemaking fit the present as well as the future needs of each girl. For the beginning class, we emphasize adjustment to social groups through a study of family and social relationships, personal health and care, care and selection of clothing, simple clothing construction, and foods and nutrition, which includes meal plan- ning, preparation and serving. The class for advanced students attempts to satisfy the needs of the girls who are mak- ing future plans either as homemakers or careers or for personal improvement. Units in ad- vanced foods and nutrition, meal planning, preparation, and serving, personal hygiene, art in relation to home furnishings and clothing, study in child care and training, home fur- nishings, family and social relationships are offered according to the needs of the girls in the group. Special emphasis is placed on independent work and management of problems. Vocational Homemaklng attempts to make the study as practical as possible by encourage- ment of home practice on problems of special interest to the girls. In these problems the girls may select any home or social problem ln which she feels she needs improvement. She may then work out the problem to her own satisfaction. At the close of the term the two girls who have evidenced the greatest improvement are selected to attend a state conference at Iowa State College, where representative girls from all Iowa meet to discuss girls' problems. Below you see pictured typical scenes from the Homemaking Department. Rl auber osper orbel

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lgl Pop Row: E. Herold, L. Janechek, V.Cekal,E.Humpal, K.Halverson, A.Hulnker, X X H. Frisbie End Row: N. Wagner, C.Luzum, G.Sch1ssel,G.H1llesland, R.Kub1sh,D.H1lles1and Y Seated! D.Flsskerud L.Luzum,R.Flaskerud,B.Wh1tmore,L.Flaskerud, N.Poshusta,L.Flaskerud The students in vocational agriculture are pleased to have had the opportunity to par- ticipate in the first year's course of study in Smith-Hughes Agriculture. With the addi- tion of vocational agriculture to the curriculum, Calmar High School became one of the 137 high schools in the state offering Smith-Hughes Agriculture during 1938-1959. Farm Crops and Soils was offered for freshmen and sophomore boys and Farm Management for the juniors and seniors. The following projects are being cared for by the students as part of the regular classwork: beef calf-53 dairy calf-2, corn plots-53 potato plots-55 oats-lg swine-6. Questions concerning the growth, care and management of these various projects as well as practical home farm projects form the basis for most of the class work. Vocational agriculture aims to interest the boys in a deeper understanding of farm life and its possibilities. One of the major objectives 1s to enable the student to es- tablish himself ln farming and then to analyze his enterprises so as to be more effi- cient. Farming today ls much different than that of fifty years ago, and farming methods in the future will probably be advanced over our present setup. For this reason , the farmer must be able to think clearly and adjust himself quickly to the changes. A second function of the vocational agriculture department this year was the holding of an even'ng school for the farmers of the community. Eleven meetings were held during the winter and various topics of interest to those attending were stud1ed.' A council of five men has been elected to help plan the series of meetings for next year. All the meet ings were conducted on a discussion basis, in which the men responded very well. A Father-Son banquet was held during the spring, at which nearly one hundred were in attendance. A short program was given by the boys and men, and an illustrated lecture on nConservat1on of Wild Life and Natural Resourcesn was given by Dr. Strunk of Luther Col- lege, Decorah, Iowa. Of particular interest this year was the presentation of a medal by the Ho1ste1n-Fr1e- sian Association of America to Robert Kubish for being the leading judge, in the high school division, of Holstein cattle at the Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress. The entire team received fifth place honors in competition with the 64 teams representing Iowa high schools. Below is pictured the team, Robert Kubish, Elmore Herold, Dalos Hillesland Laurence Flaskerud, and their coach, Mr. Hansen. 215- ' ' 4,

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