East Aurora High School - Speculum Yearbook (Aurora, IL)

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IN DUSTB IAI. ARTS PRINTING Gutenberg, in fifteen forty-four, Made a contraption that the sages swore Would spread more harm than good. Improvements have been made since then And long past is the era when One gave one hundred dollars for a book. Our printers who are scholars here Print the Auroran through the year, And it rates with the best ones in the land. Though this unusual may seem It makes the ehief', with pleasure beam For every letter is set by hand. MECHANICAL DRAWING If a student draftmanship would learn, A number of eredits he must earn By use of pencil and of rule In the industrial department of the school. Lines, views, and circles and dimension Are added to his comprehension. Machinery then is drawn by hand, With intricate lines and signs is planned. At first they're drawn in black and white And changed to blue prints by the light Reaeting with the chemicals used Until they are together fused. MANUAL TRAINING In Manual Training in our school Boys learn to use 'most every tool That's used in handling and carving wood, And how to use them for greatest good. They make tables and chairs and racks., And work with hammers, nails, and tacks. With varnish, polish, plane and stapleg They study oak and pine and maple. This is a regular handymalfs trade Whose work will ever be an aid In the mending and repair Of things that make housewives despair. A. BLOODGOOD R. BURGETT C. CARLSON II. MATTHEWS D. REID 6

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L. LAMOREAUX .IS G J. sn1RLEY D. ALLEN C. WARNER M. WIEDMAN ABT In brilliant color the poster spells The virtues of the thing it sells - A bouquet of zinnias in a vase Stands in a sunlit window space. A portrait of a high school lad - A still-life bright, with color mad- Attracts the eyes of all who pass To the rampant art of the artists' class Cartoons, masks, and sets for stages Provide diversions for all ages. A picture hangs upon the wall In warm and vibrant colorg One can almost hear the call Of burning Indian summer. And there in yonder shadowed nook There stands a little statuette. Next to a shelf of heavy books A madonna whispers a prayerette. Ah! would I had the hand to bring Beauty from an inanimate thing. LIBRARY If I were just a book today I wonder what Iid be. A bit of art? An ancient myth? A span of history? Perhaps of science I would tell, Or travel in strange places, Perhaps I'd be a fashion sheet With satins and rich laces, Again my pages might be verse Or story's deep intrigues, I might be stuffed with polygons, Or recipes, or Whigs. I might be high adventure Thumb-marked by fingers' hold, I might be stiff and clean and white Because my heart was cold. I glance about our library, Its friendly shelves I see, If I were just a book today, I wonder what Iid be.

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G. NORMAN M. ROGERS G. SEIBERT L. STODDARD ll0ME ECONOMICS SEWING Sew a seam Stitch a seam Pin the hem high, Pick out a fabric that catches her eyeg Cut out the pieces f- cut them out right, Sew them together - trim it with bright Ribbon and laces - heat irons to press, For we have finished milady's dress. HOME COURSE Shake a bed Make a bed Make your home clean - Dust it and polish it with lovely sheen, Place a chair - a lamp there, Put up some drapes with a summery air, Practice makes perfect and a dutiful spouse ls never reproached on the looks of her house. 20 FOOD Make a pie Bake a pie D0 it up brown, Now go to market - go shopping down towng Buy some green cabbage, and vegetables royal, Clearli them and scrub them and put them to Ol , Salt them and pepper them - they'll be a winner - And with a roast they'll be a king's dinner. CAFETERIA MANAGEMENT Cook some food Bake some food Place it on sale, Garnish and flavor it -let it regale Hundreds of scholars - try pleasing their palate With meat and potatoes and cake and a salad. Fruit juice and cookies, and it won,t be long Till a short stubby line will be a great throng.