Easthampton High School - Echo Yearbook (Easthampton, MA)

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HOUSEHOLD ART Girls who take this course meet in the Household Arts Building several days each week. Under the leadership of Miss Hazel Eames, the instructor, they learn the fundamentals of such valuable domestic skills as sewing and cooking. Most of the students begin sewing by learning to make a skirt, gradually they advance to more diflicult objects of clothing, such as street dresses and suits. Much care is given to details and proper finishing touches so that a neat, well-fitted garment results. The following girls are enrolled in the Household Arts Course: Theresa Baldyga, Lois Cullen, Olga Dailyde, Judy Fisher, Jacqueline Girouard, Gladys Graham, Cynthia Kennedy, Carol Kinlock, Florence Krawczyk, Alice Lafontaine, Dorothy Lagowski, Barbara LaMere, Diana Martin, Joyce McCarthy, Beverly Mercer, Marjorie Morrison, Patricia Olkow- ski, Holly Osborn, Barbara Richardson, Dolores Ro- zanski, Lillian Rusin. When the girls are learning to cook, they begin by making muffins, preparing breakfast foods, and cooking simple dishes. Later they are taught to plan and cook an entire meal for family-size groups, as well as the correct form of table settings and dining courtesies. Occasionally the girls in this department prepare and serve a full-course luncheon to the prin- cipals of the Valley Wheel Schools when the meeting is held in Easthampton. Miss Hazel Eames

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Easthampton Orchestra The High On Wednesday mornings during Activity Period the sound of blended musical instruments issued from the auditorium, for the orchestra was rehearsing un- der the direction of Mr. Barre. In recent years a new addition to the instrumentation was an almost complete percussion section and a brass bass section, which give depth to the orchestra's music. The orchestra distinguished itself in the Spring Concert, in which it participated in conjunction with the High School Band and Clee Club and the Junior Band and Glee Club. The proceeds of this concert were used to repair the instruments of the music department. MEMBERS OF THE ORCHESTRA Violin Rosalie Parsons Edith Sheehan Patricia Sniado Lois Cullen Holly Osborn Clarinet Gayle Sheldon Gayle Green Flute Roland LaFrance 66 T T T rumpet Earl Lizotte Shirley Lehr Mary Weidhaas Deann I.eBeau jill Iles rom bone Nancy Howland Robert Craig u ba Richard Beebe Horns Beverly Graham Emily Roscoe Percussion Alfred Girard Howard Lussier Piano Joan Granger

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I DUSTRIAL ARTS - Hands and Tools Standing: Mr. Manning, Charles Patterson, Charles Balch, Richard Erush, Thomas LaCroix, Frank Skrzyniarz, James LaCroix, Richard Beebe, Alfred Girard, Earl Lizotte, Stanley Zawacki, Donald McCarthy, Norman Coopee, john Burgielewicz. Mechanical drawing forms an important part of all industrial work. If a person were to describe the details of a building or bridge in words, it would be not only difficult, but, in most cases, impossible. That is why this language of drawing is so important. The exact shape of every detail of any structure can be defined accurately and quickly. This method consists The first few weeks of the course in Manual Train- ing are devoted to instruction in the use of various tools and in the application of shellac and varnish. Each boy learns how to handle planes, hand drills, the various types of saws, and Hnally the power tools: the lathe, drillpress, table and hand saws, sanding machine, surface planes, and jointers. After master- ing these tools, he then selects a project. There is a large variety of articles he may choose to make, ranging from a simple lamp to a bed, and there are many types of wood for his selection. The plans for this object may be already drawn up, or the student may construct his own. At the end of the season each boy has both a finished product and the satisfac- tion of knowing he has learned to work well with his hands. Seated: Donald Amlaw, Ralph Benham, James Newton, Richard Weibel, Ernest Martin, Chester Kania. Not Pictured: Thomas Erush, Donald Johnston and Gerald Hill. of the making of a series of views arranged according to a definite system. The tools used in this descrip- tive language are widely varied for different types of drawings. Among the instruments are compasses, dividers, T-squares, triangles, and a mechanical en- gineer's scale. Mr. Joseph Manning