Commerce High School - Ledger Yearbook (Yonkers, NY)

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Sophomores

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Dress De igning This course is planned for girls in- ho terested in clothes and style and w desire to create and produce their own .n- garments. At the end of three years i tensive work, students are prepared and q . . . . k. establishments. Every step in production, every mani- pulative process, all the concrete details f th craft of dressmaking, backed up o e by a thorough theoretical and practical l d e of the technical problems in know e g designing, selection of fabrics and in the construction of clothes are parts of the ' ' l. training given in the schoo Students are taught to analyze and b ' to forecast the mode, to select fa rics, d to create original ones, ualified to fill positions in dressma ing copy models an and to fit various types of figures. Adapting and altering patterns, operat- s ecial equipment such as button ing p hole hemstitching and zig-Zag machines, d 'l ractice in cutting, draping, fitting 5' Y P and finishing is carried on in an atmos f5'W h t 's thoroughly practical and is phere t a r similar with those in any workroom of a dressmaking establishment. All of this ' ' 'th the is under the supervision and wi f t achers who are skilled assistance o e craftsmen equipped by years of intimate experience in this field. ' ' three Since this course is laid out for m the simple to years and is planned fro lex it should be entered at the the comp , beginning of the tenth year in order to get the full benefit of the offerings. ' e half In the second and third year, on of the school day is spent in the shop ' ' lated room, the balance of the time in re and academic subjects. A girl with natural talent for hand- work and a latent ability for creativeness ' f will be one who can derive much rom the technical train- this course by having ing as self. a foundation for expressing her

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.... Q, . my TREASURER SPONSOR- Emily Josselyn The Sophomore Council is composed of four officers elected by the Sophomore class, plus fourteen representatives elected from the Sophomore home rooms. Regular meetings are held in the Council Chambers during the 8th period, the second and fourth Thursdays, with special meetings called for the planning of maior activities. PRESIDENT . . Phyllis Grubiak VICE PRESIDENT Gloria Carrea SECRETARY , Marie Neville Nancy Palmer Following a precedent established by the class of 1955, this present council sponsored a Tag Day to raise money to buy a fifty dollar bond to present at graduation to a Senior, who by vote of his classmates gave service to his class and his school. Other activities included an Assembly Pro- gram, a Council Picnic, a Spring Dance for the whole school and three trips to Radio City Music Hall. Sophomore Council Left to right: Row l-N. Palmer, M. Neville, Blair, A. Pierro, Row lll-R. Welch, J. Amicola, P. Grubiak, G. Carrea, Row ll-A. D'ambrosio, E. Brown, M. Panagis, R. Pagonica, C. Smith, D. D'efemio, A. Vellucci, J. Giancaspro, R. C. Michalski.