Cody High School - Comet Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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Regardless of her choice of a vocation, nearly every girl will end up with a career as a homemaker. To help pave the way, the home economics department offers several different courses. Students study the art of making a house a home, and find a common personal interest in their classes. Cody girls learned in their clothing classes that it was easy to stretch the budget and be well dressed if they made their own clothes. After mastering the mechanics of a sewing machine and the tricks of following a pattern accurately, the girls were ready to fashion their own garments. Cooking students found the choice and preparation of foods all-important in maintaining a happy and healthy home. Their menu for the course included learning how to follow a recipe, use kitchen equipment, and prepare basic meals. Classes in interior decoration taught students how to use their imaginations in furnishing a room or a complete home both attractively and economically. Then, in child care and family living classes, they learned how to make that house a home. Careers in family living attract feminine interest Home nursing students demon- strate the technique of making a bed with a patient in it. Budgets are fully disbussed in family living classes. Students work on individual projects which illustrate ways to economize family expenses. Fifty-nine

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Fifty-eight A paper cut-out of a skirt pattem is adjusted on a human mannequin for necessary alterations. Later this pattern will help to create a tailor-made article which is both economical and original. -A Learning how to set a table attractively and to prepare a meal tastily was an experimental assignment to guinea pig members of a foods class. A complete meal from soup to dessert was served and devoured. HOME ECONOMICS TEACHER . . . Top Row: E. Kopera, E. M4 Namara. Second Row: L. Sturgeol M.' Walls. Bottom Row: F. Whi marsh, D. Williams.

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,Q 1 Sixty Practicing the techniques of bandaging various types of wounds and fractures was an important part of a iirst-aid student's emergency medical training at Cody this year. Cody's track provides ample running room for boys BOYS' HEALTH EDUCATION TEACHERS . . . Top gym classes who use it to develop leg muscles and Row: C. Casucci, F. Cosgro, D. F1tch. Bottom Row: breathing and generally letting off steam. V. Florea, W. Laury, K. Matheson Cdepartment headl. Boys' gym classes were often put through a rough schedule of calisthenics to unlimber muscles and co-ordinate physical reilexes.