High School of Commerce - Caduceus Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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Girls Learn the Way to a Man’s Heart Is Good Food The girls at the left are preparing to eat what they have made. They are, left to right: Marcia Keane, Pat Donovan, Victoria Gie- ger, and Janet Coughlin. At the right, the girls are doing the dishes, which is a chore that must be done after each meal. They are Carol Brunelle, Pauline Thiebe, and Judith Vickery. In the background are Irene Cranson, and Jean Serafino. Alberta Churchill, below, is putting the food away after the meal. Foods classes are taught by two teachers. They are Miss Hughes and Miss Hyde. The Freshman who takes a half year of Foods I learns the proper technique of table setting, well balanced diets and their importance, the correct way of serving food and the preparation of meats. Foods II and III classes are taught further studies of these courses. The foods classes also contribute much of their cooking to the Red Cross and other organizations by making cookies.

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Home Economics Department Turns Out Future Homemakers WHR i: Left: Looking over pattern E an 4 é ae books are the members of peo» a Vea a ey the faculty who teach Home . Economics. They are, lefe jo i . e ? - c ez eo ¢ i to right: Miss Eleanor a Se ; Hyde, Miss F. Shirley 4 . , Hughes, Mrs. Mildred Shute, and Miss Helene Carroll. Shown below are four members of the sewing classes modeling that cloth- ing that they have made. They are, left to right: Sal- ly Nixon, Cryssula Pappas, Marie Mazzeo, and Patricia Francazio. The Home Economics Department consists of Dressmaking I, II; Sewing classes; Etiquette Classes; and Foods I, II, II. The Dressmaking and Sewing classes have two teachers: Mrs. Shute and Miss Car- roll. The sewing classes learn good grooming and also make a few skirts. These classes usually consist of Freshmen who take a half year of sewing and a half of foods I. The Dressmaking I, II classes are taught advanced courses of sewing. The Etiquette class, or the subject better known as Personality and Etiquette, may consist either of boys or girls and is taught by Miss Hyde. The stu- dents taking this course are especially trained for proper dress and manners. The 1957 Betty Crocker Homemaker Each year, in high schools throughout the nation, the senior girls take an examination called the test of “Homemaking Knowledge and Attitudes.” This program is sponsored by General Mills and is a part of the Betty Crocker Search for the American Homemaker of ‘Tomor- row. The winning girl receives the distinctive Homemaker of Tomorrow pin, which symbolizes the fact that “Home Is Where the Heart Is.” This year, the Homemaker of Tomorrow pin here at Commerce was awarded to Bar- bara Sharby (left). The examination papers of each school Homemaker of Tomorrow are compared and a State Homemaker of Tomorrow is picked. All of the State Homemakers are guests of Betty Crocker at a banquet at which time the name of the All-American Homemaker of Tomorrow is announced.

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Sports Lend to Fun While Developing Athletic Skill The basic objectives of the physical education program here at Commerce are to promote physical fitness, develop habits and attitudes of healthful living, and also develop fast as well as correct thinking. This program gives to the boys ex- perience in three areas of physical ed- ucation: team sports, individual sports and combative sports. The physical education program for the girls does more than simply stress the importance of physical fitness; it also teaches co-operation and tries to include activities which will lend them- selves to the students after graduation. Some of these activities are badminton and ping pong. In addition to regular classes the girls are fortunate to have several after-school activities such as golf, tennis, bowling, skating, fencing, swimming and cheerleading. In this physical education program the student has fun while acquiring experience in different areas, but as is true in everything, there must be Pictured above are the members of our Physical Education Department. Left to right: Miss Marilyn Owens, Mrs. Barbara Richardson, Miss Flo- work first. rence Greenleaf, and Mr. Thomas Collins. Shown above are members of Mrs. Richardson’s gym class. Front row, left to right: Madeline Marcil, Ron- na Lockwood, Lorraine Marcil. Row 2: Betty Cianchini, Ann Pilon, Gail Gendron, Carole Perrault. Row 3: Pamela Packard, Gayle Rutherford, Jean Laurino.