Chelsea High School - Beacon Yearbook (Chelsea, MA)

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4 l A I v -. fb , 1 ,J 4 1 97 tial 'yd . Q N. Two of our most interesting departments at Chelsea Senior High School are those of cook- ing and sewing. Very often because of the training received in these classes, the young ladies will decide to become fashion designers or dieticians. Or what can be more important than learning to manage a home skillfully and fl, 5 sg-svmsiassiv , Miss Mariorie Chin is a fairly new addition to our faculty, a very agreeable one, and to anyone who buys hot lunches at the cafeteria, a very familiar one, Here we see 1 1' two at her classes attempting to , master the culinary arts. As we I walk along the third floor corridor N-, the luscious smells that come from the cooking room make us ready for breakfast at ten o'clock and for supper at one. intelligently? Many times in school, perhaps too much emphasis is placed upon academic studies, but this practical training is equally as im- portant as that of college preparatory and busi- ness, since it prepares girls not only for possible professions, but also for their most vital role, that of wife and mother. WE PH!-llITIlIE

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DUMESTIE IJ TIES Dressmaking is on especial art and one that is very important to all young ladies who wish to be homemakers, Miss Wright is showing this class of girls how to cut a pattern correctly. Here we see a ditierent sewing class making a hem, the scientific way. The girls measure their hems so thot they are the required thirteen inches from the Hoar. ln this way our students have that trim new lock. 'lf These are two scenes typical of Miss Carr's sewing class. The sewing room is well equipped with modern sewing machines, electric irons, and the latest patterns and models. The girls seem to enioy making use of our sewing implements.