East Hampton High School - Oracle Yearbook (East Hampton, CT)

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A COURSE IN LIVING . . . and a preparation for later life-these terms could well be applied to Home Economics. a class which teaches one the fundamentals of making a good home and securing a satisfactory domestic life. In Miss Bell's Home Economics class these girls learn to sew. cook, take on the responsibility of running a home. The class discusses various domestic problems. and tries to determine the essential qualities of a balanced happy home life. NIISS FW FLX N BELI Learning to sew is not always easy. The group learns to organize its work and to budget expenses. In addition to this, the students obtain poise, they learn to handle any situation. The occupation of a housewife, they soon discover. is not an easy one. nor is it dull. by any means, and to be a successful one. it is essential to have a comb- ination of these qualities-a willing- ness to work and sacrifice. a talent for planning and looking ahead. and a natural poise acquired only by experience. A course that tries to T7 instill these principles into the stu- dent is a safe guarantee of success in later life.

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-Q., A PENCIL. RULER. AND DRAWING BOARD . . . plus patience and skill-these are the necessary materials of a good draftsman. But just what does he do? Cra hic Arts is more than just drawing and putting P down on paper an assorted jumble of lines and circles. Our ideas are I expressed in terms of blueprints. graphs. and floorplans!this could easily serve as a standard definition of Graphic Arts. MR. NICHOLAS BATTIT Walking into Mr. Battit's room on a normal. busy day one can see the group engaged in a variety of activities-working at the silkscreen, setting up type, drawing blueprints. de- signing posters for some local affair. printing tickets for the Junior Prom-and this is only a sample of their many projects and assignments. This knowledge of designing and planning will enable one to follow the trade of drafts- man-or even architect-there are great possibilities in either of these fields. But as well as this. the individual gains a sense of balance and perspective, painstaking accuracy in his work. and infinite patience-valuable assets in any field. One learns patience and accuracy . . . Q.