Croswell Lexington High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Croswell, MI)

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CROSWELL HIGH SCHOOL NINETEEN TWENTY-FIVE Home Economics Department serve fruits and vegetables and the can- ning of jellies and jams. A breakfast for the adolescent is prepared, school lunches packed and the girl is taught how to care for her room. Clothing I is taught in the spring term to ninth and eleventh grade girls. Under- garments are made and simple seam con- struction is studied. We also examine the commercial pattern and sewing machine. The tenth grade classes are the reverse of the position in the ninth grade; the food work is placed in the spring where there is opportunity in meal planning as the season opens; the clothing includes work with a more difficult texture, wool, so this is appro- priately placed in the fall. Clothing II is studied by tenth and twelfth grade girls. Our woolen garment is a renovating and remodeling problem,' which may be for a young child, thus com- bining four important subjects. The ar- rangement of kitchen and bedroom furniture and of clothes closets is an important item. Floor plans are compared for convenient arrangement. The tenth and twelfth grade girls plan and serve three family meals, prepare diets for infants and pre-school children, and study dried fruits, legumes, bread, winter vegetables and “filling” deserts in our Food II. Many outside activities are taken care of by the girls. This winter they gave two interesting programs, one to the High School and the other at the P. T. A. In early June the food classes give a banquet to the faculty, members of the school board and their wives. During Commencement week they serve the Junior-Senior banquet and the money is used in purchasing din- ing room supplies. Come and visit us. Thank you. Commercial Department Croswell High School is fortunate in hav- ing a well organized Commercial Depart- ment. The subjects offered and required by those taking the Commercial Course are commercial arithmetic, penmanship, book- keeping, commercial geography, commercial law, typewriting and shorthand. Book- keeping, typewriting and shorthand are full year subjects, while the others cover one- half year each. One year of science, one of American history and four of English are also required. Thirty-three girls and seven- teen boys are enrolled in this department this year. For one of our assembly pro- grams the commercial classes presented a play showing the right and wrong kinds of clerical employees. The most important event in our lives as Commercial students is the Shorthand and Typewriting contests held annually. Last year our contestants in Typewriting were Mabel Kipp and Raymond Kellar; in Short- hand, Stella Smith and Raymond Kellar. Raymond won second place in Shorthand and entered the State contest at Kalamazoo. He reported a good time and much knowl- edge gained through his experience. In 1925 Elsie Cook and Helen Davis rep- resented us in Shorthand and Mildred Hawks and Francas Moore in Typewriting. The contest was held at Croswell and the Commercial Department in co-operation with Miss G lbert served a lunch to the visitors. Elsie Cook won first place in this district and entered the State contest. Home Economics was made an additional course in High School this year and organ- ized under the Smith-Hughes plan. Home Economics education in Junior and Senior High School gives us more than sim- pje preparation of foods and construction of clothing. We learn how to select foods, their nutritional value and how to serve them attractively. In clothing selection and buying of clothing, textiles, and appropriate dress receive attention along with clothing construction. There are also interesting discussions on house furnishing and decor- ation that help to make our homes more cosy and comforta ’e. In the seventh and eighth grades two sixty-minute periods a week are given to general practice with an additional thirty- minute period for study and discussion. The aim is to promote home helpfulness, form right health habits, awaken an interest in the problems of clothing and food, and train in the performance of certain house- hold operations. The seventh grade girls are taught simple garment construction, such as kimona night dress, apron, bloomers and slip. They also learn how to darn stockings, repair under- garments, and do simple cleaning. The eighth grade girls have the interest- ing study of breakfast preparation. Many tempting egg dishes, combined with fruits and cereals, make our breakfasts most ap- petizing. Dish washing and care of kitch- en are made attractive and we have two projects, a breakfast and a luncheon, which are worked out in our laboratory . In the ninth and tenth grades five eighty- minute periods are devoted to laboratory work and recitation. Ninth and eleventh grade girls study Food I in the fall. We learn how to pre- Putce Twonty-eiirht

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CROSWELL HIGH SCHOOL NINETEEN TWENTY-FIVE Social Science The social science course includes World History in the tenth grade, American His- tory in the eleventh and twelfth grades, and American Problems, twelfth. After this year American History will be taught in the eleventh grade, only. The course in World History, although es- sentially the same as that in European His- tory given last year, has undergone the change in name because of growing tenden- cy to associate the affairs of the whole world with those of the European nations which have in so many ways affected civil- ization and the colonization of territories now known as great and independent na- tions. A full year’s work is given to this subject, with connections established be- tween current and older history through the study of ah internationally-known and impartial weekly magazine. The year in American History includes a course in civics based on “The Constitution of our country” by Rexford and Carson. One day each week is devoted to the study of current topics from the Literary Digest. The history classes for one of our morn- ing programs staged the one-act play “How Maggie McTaggart gained her Citizenship.” American Problems was introduced this year and makes a fine social science course for the senior student. It is quite general in its scope. It opens with a history and development of the social institutions. This is followed by a study of economic laws and principles and social questions such as pov- erty, crime and citizenship. Supplemen- tary reading and reports on the different topics constitute a considerable part of the course. The American Problems class took charge of one of the assembly programs showing two films, “The Making of an American,” and “Our National Parks,” obtained through the courtesy of the U. S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines. Agriculture The school year just ended has been a busy one in this division of the institution. Approximately 125 names, with a few' dup- lications, being found on the class rolls of the instructor. Subjects taught are botany, zoology, farm crops, horticulture, farm shop, soils, farm management and world history. A definite part of the work carried on under the Smith-Hughes law, which provides Federal and State aid to High School Agri- culture, is the project system through which twenty-three boys and girls received credit last year for crops or other enterprises man- aged by them at home during the summer months. A like number is enrolled for this season. The Agricultural Association, discussed elsewhere in this book, is an important fea- ture of the department, and is considered an aid to the firmer establishment of the agr'cultural side of education. The course in shop work is of particular interest to the boys in this department. A large number of useful as well as many ornamental objects are made, following a period of training in the fundamentals of wood-working and drawing. A very fine showing of these articles w’ill no doubt be made at the local fair next summer. The course in farm management given to Junior and Senior classes in agricultural is in the nature of an application of the principles learned in the earlier courses. Extension work is carried on in the com- munity to such extent as the present length of class periods will allow'. A number of field trips are planned for each of the courses, with the exception of that in shop w’ork, which requires more or less concen- tration in the shop laboratory. The out- side work done is largely horticultural and consists of a program of trees and small fruit trimming, spraying, etc. Arbor Day planting of trees, as a part of the regular outline being followed in beautifying the school grounds, is under the supervision of this department. As its contribution to our assembly pro- grams a comprehensive group of slides showing the bird life of Michigan was shown. These were obtained through the Extension Department of the University of Michigan. Putr« Twonty 8«v8tt

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CROSWELL HIGH SCHOOL NINETEEN TWENTY-FIVE Music and Art Miss Gaut is the instructor in both Music and Art. This is the second year such courses have been offered and we feel that Miss Gaut has picked up the work with an eager hand and carried it far. The High School Art class is made up of eighteen girls. They began their work with a review of perspective. Original ideas have been expressed through the mediums of charcoal, wax and water colors. The aim of the class is to relate the beautiful and practical. They have made posters, place cards, Christmas gifts, and favors in the execution of their theory on beauty and practicability. A worthy project carried out by the class was the designing and making of the favors for the Father and Son ban- quet. At the close of the first semester an exhi- bit of the Art work of grades and High School was held, which we were proud to show to the parents and patrons. Special interest was shown in the toys and small ar- ticles of furniture made by the Junior High School manual arts class. This is the first year such a course has been offered and the boys have shown great interest and pro- gress. The Music courses offered are orchestra, chorus, girls’ glee club, and boys’ glee club. The orchestra suffered by the lack of mem- bers, but each individual of the class feels that he accomplished much. The glee clubs do advanced work and specialize in part singing. The girls’ glee club has made sev- eral successful appearances before the Tues- day Club. In the chorus considerable time was spent in the study of artists and composers and their works. A technical background was developed and the principles applied in uni- son and part singing. For the Christmas program the Music Department dramatized “Why the Chimes Rang.” It was the most beautiful and im- pressive program of the year. The accompanists are: Chorus, Grace Coon; boys’ glee club, Jerry Phillips; or- chestra and girls’ glee club, June Cease. The Junior High School This year the Junior High School was or- ganized as a separate unit. It is now at- tempting to work out its own problems through the Junior High School Congress which was formed in September. The mem- bership of the Congress consists of the presidents of the seventh and eighth grade classes, one boy and girl representative from each grade and the advisor of each class. The aim of the organization is to promote Junior High activities, social, acad- emic, and athletic. The first social event of the year was a Junior High party in the High School build- ing September 19th. For some reason none of the party-goers talk about this one. Ask them about it. Numerous “weenie” roasts, skating parties and sleigh rides helped to create merry times for Junior High School folks. However, they expect to crown the best of good times with a grand final picnic at the close of the school year. We have learned to look with pleasure to our half-hour assembly period which is arranged for by schedule once each week. Our programs are varied with the exception of one class meeting each month. Among the most interesting assemblies this year have been Mr. West’s talk on his trip to Florida, Mrs. Miner’s talk on “Stick-to-it- iveness,” and a group of readings given by Stanley Mills. Several programs of lan- tern slides with accompanying lectures were instructive as well as interesting. Seventy-five pupils were enrolled in the Junior High this year. The thirty-five who remain next year, with the help of the group who join them from the other build- ing, hope to make the Junior High an im- portant factor in High School life. Paue Twenty-nine