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

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Home Economics The Home Economics Department under the direction of Miss Vera Gilbert, is a department of which we are proud. The foot! work for this year has placed much emphasis on selection of food and nutritional needs. Besides, all phases of home cooking were studied. Canning of fruits, vegetables and preserves was the major work of the autumn season. The arts of house-keeping and meal planning were also important studies throughout the year. The cooking classes excel in banquet planning as well as the simpler forms of meal serving. The banquet served to the teach- ers and members of the school board was highly commendable and cleverly handled. The Food Department planned it to the details, cooked the food, and prepared and arranged the tables. An excellent dinner party was also given to the Croswell debaters and vis- iting negative team of Marlette. Hot lunches prepared by the cooking classes, and served to the rural students during the winter months were well appreciated. The aim of the Home Economics course is competence, and the sewing department does much to promote the standards. The selection and buying of clothing and of textiles for household u-e and the principles of appropriate dress receive much attention, as well as garment construction. For several years the splendid exhibits at the Croswell Fair, of the work done by members of the Home Economics Department, have received first prize.

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Music Music is the latest elective offered in the curriculum of the Croswell High School. Since the course was introduced in 1023 it has gained in popularity both in school and out. Chorus and glee club and orchestra are the three divisions of the music branch and marked progress has been made in each under the able direction of Mr. C. G. Crosby, Miss Hughes, Miss Gaut and Mrs. A. Helm, the present instructor. Chorus, the novice class of song, has made extensive study of music technique and note reading and has prepared students for glee club in which part singing and music history are taken up. Several public appearances have been made by each class. The twelve-piece orchestra has done much to sponsor and advertise Croswell High School spirit. Operatic airs, folk songs and marches are some selections in which the orchestra majors. Their willingness to give their services at community affairs has been greatly appreciated. Among these appearances have been the following: Parent-Teacher Association meetings, the Lyceum num- bers, Father and Son banquet, Farmer's Club meetings, the May Festival at Lexington, the Charter Night of the Rotary, at Applegate, and many others. The following is the personnel of the orchestra: Audrey Harvey and Gerry Phillips, piano; Mildred Lewis, Christina Gray and Beryl Clement, violin; Vera Stecker, clarinet; Vernon Lawson and Wesley Hurley, cornet; John Aitken, saxophone; Wil- liam Howard, baritone; Carlyle Helm, drums and Mrs. Helm, violin ami instructor.

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Assembly Programs The assembly periods of Wednesday mornings were given over to programs, among which were vocational talks by people of tl.e community, school programs, and talks by the ministers. The vocational talks were as follows: Mr. R. A. West on banking, Mrs. Miner on teaching, Mr. Turrel on pharmacy, Mr. E. R. Pomeroy on undertaking and the furniture business, Mr. Tweedie on photography, and Miss Wilcox, the Port Huron librarian, on library wrork. These people brought to us out of their experience information that will be used in the choosing of our life vocations. We greatly enjoyed the inspirational messages of Rev. Jermin, Rev. Gaige, Rev. Miner, Fr. Roberge, Rev. L. Grice and Rev. Rounds. Besides these a delightful variety of entertainments were rendered by some of the classes: Mathematics program by the ad- vanced Algebra class, a pageant on the constitution by the American History class, a mock trial by the Commercial Law class, and a French play by the French 12 class. The Christmas program, of the miscellaneous type and very enjoyable, was sponsored by the Board of Control. “Surprises'’ and “Tommie's Callories were two comedies given by the seniors and the eighth graders. As a result of the baseball ticket selling contest the juniors and freshmen were required to give a program to the seniors and sophs. Many other speakers have been enjoyed during the year, namely, Mr. Rieman, Mayor Barlow, Dr. Sinai, Mr. Phillips, Mrs. McDou- gal, Dr. McColI, Mr. Musser, Dr. Westphal and Dr. Pittman.