Clarksburg High School - Chanticleer Yearbook (Clarksburg, OH)

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-39- SEVENTH GRADE HOME ECONCMICS The Seventh Grade Home Economics class, composed of twenty girls, recite daily the period just before noon. We also work most of the noon hour. Miss Peecher is our teacher. We are for the most part following the State Course of Study for Jun- ior High Schools. Our first unit was WThe Junior High School Girl and Her Problems.H 'It dealt largely with happiness in home, family relationships, and character development. We made books in which we included answers to questions, pictures, clippings, quotation: etc. 'Then we took a test on the entire 0 1 . Our second unit was WHelping Mother with the Care of the House.N In this unit we stressed harmony in home decorations, furniture, and the pictures. we also studied the care of the bed and the care of various rooms in the house. We were re- quired to clean our bedrooms and kitchens, and bring state- ments from our mothers that we had done so. For this unit we condensed our information on filing cards which we kept in manila envelopes. A true and false test completed this unit. The average grade for the class was 862. December 3, 1957 our class visited the West Fifth Street Junior High Home Economics Department in Chillicothe. Mrs. Parker, the teacher, showed us all the rooms and equipment, and had her Eighth Grade Home Economics class serve refresh- ments. We made dust cloths, pot holders, and handkerchiefs by hand. Then we learned the parts of the sewing machine, In December we made Christmas presents for our mothers, such as luncheon sets, tea towels, table runners, scarfs, aprons, shoe bags, and laundry bags. . After vacation we made something for our rooms. Most of us made pillow cases, cushion tops, dresser scarfs, or chair sets. Those who completed this unit early made clothes pin aprons, fancy handkerchrpfs, and luncheon sets. Then came the study of forty of the most common fabrics as print, pique, gingham, muslin, linen, rayon, silk, etc. We made fabric books containing about one hundred fifty samples. The covers were made of different colors of construction paper, and were decorated with flowers and designs cut from cretonnes. May 5, 1958 we had an exhibit of our home economics work. It was held in the sghoqp building in connection with the reg- ular P. T. A. meeting.

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..,'58.. EIGHTH GRADE HOME ECONOMICS This is the first year we have had cooking in school, so when we went the first day, our minds were whirling with thoughts of the things we would make, First of all, instead of cooking, we made a note book on health habits. It had ten chapters! food, sleep posture, exercise, cleanliness, warding off disease, mental habits, clothing, fresh air and sunshine. We found many pictures for our note books. Then we began studying fruits, cereals, milk, eggs and the foods which one has for breakfast. We prepared each of these foods, and then we divided into groups and prepared and served a breakfast to another group. The groups criticized each other about the things which we could do better, but we criticized ourselves first and could tell the bad things before the others had a chance. We then made different breads, principally muffins, biscuits and later on ginger bread. We all enjoyed making them. Before Christmas we divided into groups and made dif- ferent kinds of candy. We made two kinds of fondant which we colored and made into many shapes. We also made fudge. We had a little party before our Christmas vacation. We played games most of the time. For dessert the refreshment committee and our teacher, Miss Wissler, served fudge, cookies, and ice cream. On St. Valentine's Day we also had a party and invited the eighth grade Industrial Arts boys. Refreshments were sandwiche pop corn, and candy. We played games, and a few prizes were given. .Mr. Riegger won a prize. We then studied about soup, and made several different kinds. We had a salad lesson, and each one prepared a differen kind of salad. After preparing several luncheon dishes, we served a lunch to another group. Occasionally something would burn, but we were learning. 4 We have studied some foods for dinner, but we do not pre- pare a regular dinner this year. We divided into groups and made the kind of pie our group liked. They were all good. We also studied about meat and the pictures showing how it is cut. The last day of school we are going to give two short plays: UThe Modern Generation,N the main parts taken by Doro- thy Mossbarger, Edna Sommers and Barbara Rosenberry' and Wwhen Mother is Away,W in which the main characters are played by Freda Furniss and Effie Lee Prince. We all like Home Economics, and think it is interesting. We hope to take it in senior high school.

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-40- THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS DEPARTMENT The Industrial Arts Department has a very fine senior high class with a total enrollment of sixteen pupils. They are as follows: Robert Anderson, Eugene Frior, Donald Harmount, Grant McDonald, Bernard Ater, William Bochard, Warren Martin, Paul Willis, Paul McCormick, Robert Dawson, Eugene Whitten, Joe Ater Murrell Prince, Jack Minser, Ralph Anderson, and Morris Templin Mr. Howard Riegger, the teacher of this class, is also Industrial Arts teacher at Bourneville. This is Mr. Riegger's first year as teacher at Clarksburg. In this short time he has done much to boost Clarksburg Industrial Arts and to induce the boys to turn out bigger and better projectsa The projects are varied. Three boys are working on knee- hole desks, three others are working on modernistic end tables, one boy is working on a radio maple, two have caned chairs, ning and wood turning, one is other is making a night stand, and making an end table from curl one boy is working on metal spin- refinishing an old dresser, an- several others are refinishing antiques, four boys are working on a printing press, several boys made boys made They also Each he leaves. The class also has certai ent tools and other equipment. The class is organized on the basis of a foreman boy checks in when he comes to class, and checks a ping pong table for the boys' club, several of the a new giant stride and teeter totters for the school. repaired other playground and school equipment. system, out when n members who take care of differ One boy takes care of the tool chest, another oils the machinery, one takes care of the glue pot, another takes care of the the class are responsible for Every week some member of report on a particular subject ing, two reported on saws, one one on sharpening saws, one on history of aluminum, and still lumber, and the other members or keeping the shop in order. the class is required to make a One boy reported on solder- on caning, another on planes, wood turning, another on the another on metal spinning. This has been a very quiet, yet busy year for the Indus- trial Arts Department. The class has profited much by this year's work.