Central Washington University - Hyakem / Kooltuo Yearbook (Ellensburg, WA)

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Department of Home Economics Believing that Home Economic studies contribute di- rectely to the social and professional efficiency of every girl, the Home Economics Department lias been located In the dormitory where it is easily available, for all students, at any time. We are fortunate in having such a well- equipped department, and besides being of general service to the entire Hchool we are giving a three-year course for students who wish to major in Home Economics which we hope to make especially strong. Around the four-room apartment in the Training school we have built a course in home making for the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. The children planned the Interior decorating and re-flnlshed and repaired most of the furniture used in the apartment. When the apartment is completely furnished we will use it for teaching these children the activities carried on In the home, using it for most of our Home Economics classes in the grades. The school lunch room has also given us a splendid opportunity for a practice field. The hot lunches are planned, prepared and served by the students. The problem is presented In such a way thev will be able to solve the hot lunch problem of all children under different types of school systems. At the close of each quarter an exhibit of the work In clothing has proved most Interesting to the community as well as to the students. Dresses, hats, tlowers. and other accessories have been displayed. The cost of these garments and the comparison with the cost of ready-made garments have been a practical part of the study in clothing. These classes have proved particularly popular and we have enrolled a number of housewives In them, especially in the milinery class. Our cookery classes having been introduced to the fundamental principles of cookery applied these In a practical way in the preparation of meals, figuring the cost and its relation to the family income. In this field we were also able to be of service to the housewives of the community by offering a short course In meal planning and serving. Courses in Interior Decorating and Horae Accessories have also proved populur, with a very good field for practice and study in Kamola Hall—we have been able to make this course especially valuable. FRANCES B. SKINNER Page 15

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Department of Physical Sciences The Department of Chemistry and Physics is rapidly assuming a place of prime importance in the curriculum of this school. Three years ago there was no de¬ partment of Physical Sciences. Next year it is expected that it will widen its scope to include practically all the major branches. Laboratory courses will be of¬ fered in one year each of Klementeary Chemistry and Physics; Advanced Inor¬ ganic Chemistry; Qualitative Analysis; Organic Quantitative Anulysis; Household Chemistry; Advanced Physics and Electri¬ city. Lecture courses will be offered in History of Chemistry, Popular Physics and Industrial Chemistry. Another teacher will be added and more up-to-date laboratories and apparatus will be installed for both sciences. It is the aim to make this program extensive enough to provide working facilities for all students who want to major in these subjects with the aim of utilizing them as a teaching field. Students expecting to take degrees at universities may take some of their required scientific work here. T. W. BIBB. Page 14

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Department of Music NOTATION ONE. When years have passed Rtid you have gray hairs, You still will remember the countless stairs That led to the room where painfully You learned to sing the I o-Ke-Mi Majors anil minors and other scales. Were broadcasted through In endless wails. But you ' ll remember Notation One As lots of work and a bit of fun. PIANO CLASS. Few were the fortunate lads and lasses Who could enter the two piano classes. A musical case of corrective gym. If your hands played pieces or solemn hymns. Then when it came to recital day Your knees were weak in an awful way, Your hands forgot, the note turned round. Mere taking of breath, made an awful sound. The stage seemed set for a funeral there With the big green rug and the rows of cliuira. Oh well, lots worse things have come to pass Than your piece that day in the piano class. MUSIC SIX. .Music Six was a pleasure and Joy, For you always longed, whether girl or hoy. To follow the band at the circus parade What the instruments were and how pluyed. Here whs your chance to listen and know The way good music was made to grow. Symphony orchestra and good brass bands Played the music of foreign lands, Finest of soloists—further more Gave the gongs of your own ' folk lore. Then memory contests helped to show, How Music Six hail helped you grow. CHORUS. Chorus was work and bit of good play From its alto low F to its soprano high A. Its aim in the spring was tossing a gay song To the graduate seniors as they passed along On their way to be Pedagogs, IHereg to the day When they have their first checks and • ' an sing their own lay.) Hut then, ti’s a Joy to have a good friend Sing “Unfold the Portals,’• and World Without End. FLOY A. ROSSMAN. Page 16