Coquille High School - Laurel Yearbook (Coquille, OR)

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girls trained to take over Mrs. Lorraine Ferguson, new faculty member this year, has guided the home economic classes through a very successful year. She has brought many new, modern, and useful ideas to her classes. The home economic classes are divided into three groups; basic, intermediate, and advanced. In the basic home economic classes the girls have studied many things such as: fibers and fabrics, clothing selection, accessories, garment construction, food preservation, meal planning, and child development. The intermediate classes have been busy too. The students have studied such things as: foreign foods, special diets, food for entertaining, household equipment, consumer buying and information, fibers and fabrics, pattern alteration, construction of wool or synthetic garments, and a nursery school for child care. Flower arranging, child care, marriage and dating, home furnishings and planning, clothing for children, meals for two, using abundant foods, marketing, seasoning of foods, construction of wool or synthetic garments, and child development through a nursery school are some of the many things studied by the advanced home economic class. Home economic classes help prepare the girls for the future by showing them proper techniques and ideas in homemaking. Oh no! ” sighs Tammie Johnson. Patty Smith demonstrates the proper ironing technique as Janice Player looks on. 26

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tomorrow's executives are developed Typing I is for all students desiring to learn the basic principles of typing necessary to type school assignments and appropriate business letters for personal use. Our goal is to train students to type neatly and correctly papers and forms that will improve their effectiveness in school and outside school. Typing II is an advanced course in typing for those who desire to improve their typing skill and to prepare those interested in using typing for vocational purposes for a full-time position in the business world. It may also enable a student to obtain part-time employment to help finance a desired college education. The goal of secretarial practice is to help students develop desirable attitudes and ideals in everyday social and business relationships which are necessary for employment in the community. It also brings together their high school business training to better enable the students to get a complete picture of their studies and to help them achieve success in their chosen field of business. Patience and practice are learned by Jackie Neff, Shirley Swenson, and classmates in shorthand. Julie Stein, Carolyn Wood, and classmates show their typing skill. Danny Forges checks Susan Fox's book in general business and record peeping to see if he is on the right page. 25

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as future mrs. homemaker Linda Collins shows classmates, Almah Middle-ton and Melody Hurrell, the right method involved in cooking. Mrs. Ferguson and Candee Shilling discuss patterns for the sewing project in advanced home economic class. Vickey Walters and Linda Hurt are shown the correct sewing procedure by teacher, Mrs. Ferguson, in basic home economics. Susan Hughes, an intermediate home economic student, reads over a book about the future.