De Pere High School - Fox Yearbook (De Pere, WI)

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Are l-lome Ec-sperts, As You Know Girls, I've just discovered the grandest recipe for cherry cobblerl You must try it. It will simply melt in your mouth! So runs the conversation at one of the Home Economics Club meetings. As you can see, these future housewives take their interest in the culinary arts very seriously. All of which should prove that the modern girl is still just as interested in the womanly virtues as grandmother was in 1870. Meetings are held once every month, the program for each meeting being in charge of a previously appointed committee. The primary purpose of the club is to provide an opporrtunity for the girls to get together for social enjoyment, and through such gatherings to learn the niceties of entertain- ing. All girls who take home ec are automatic- ally entitled to belong to the club, if they so desire. Members bring their lunch and meet during the noon hour, thus enabling them to combine the more cultural practices of etiquette with the more practical necessities of food. At the March meeting the club officers were elected. As president, the girls elected Lucille Vande Walle, and as sec- retary and treasurer, Grace Reif and Mary Brennan, respectively. ' The pride and joy of the Home Econ- omics Club is it modern. completely equip- ped kitchen, just installed this year. It con- sists of four separate units, each furnished with a stove, sink, drawers and cupboards, with plenty of working space for ambitious cooks. But, of course, what is a kitchen without an icebox? And the home ec girls have a very large and very modern one, which serves for all four units. In fact, nothing has been overlooked which might add to the pleasure and increase the efficien- cy of the girls who are bent on becoming super-special cooks. The color scheme of this kitchen is some- thing to inspire even the most disdainful with ideas of putting on an apron and whipping up a pan of biscuits. The walls attractively painted an decorated with bowls of fruit, in pale green and Chinese red, the cupboards in black and white, the gay col- ored cannister sets, all provide an atmosphere that is a far cry from the drab, cheerless one of the old-fashioned kitchen. Activities of the club range from food and meal planning to etiquette and good grooming, and their ability was well demon- strated when they presented their own fash- ion show on April 25. A play entitled l'Pleasant Dreams was used as the back- ground for the showing of clothes made by members of the club. The play concerned a girl who did not dress correctly, but who learned the art of dressing suitably and at- tractively through a dream in which she saw what could be done with a little ingenuity and a knowledge of sewing. Thus, the presentation of the fashion show in such an original way made this very different from the ordinary program. Another interesting part was a demonstration of table setting. Ever so often these hopeful housekeep- ers have a little special entertainment at their monthly meeting, such as the Valen- tine tea given by the sophomores, on which occasion it was effectively shown to what good use they had put their knowledge of planning and serving refreshments. The Irish members of the club took March 15 as an occasion for some Irish shenanigans in celebration of St. Patrick's day, at which time the shamrock and the kelly green were well in evidence. Some of the more versa- tile membets demonstrated their talent by tap dancing and rendering solos on piano and accordian. CWhich may not be absolute- ly essential to becoming the perfect house- wife, but it might make housework more interesting to trip the light fantastic between dishes and dusting.J In their spare time the girls have even taken up handicraft and, working with cork, have made book ends, bracelets, and various other useful articles. The girls of the Home Economics Club deserve to be congratulated for the way in which they put to practical use the things they learn, and for their earnest endeavor in proving that Miss 1940 is as capable and efficient in the kitchen as she is on the dance floor. While it may not be true entirely that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, it certainly is one of the short- est ways, and the home economics members know it! Page Twenty one

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