Elders Ridge Vocational School - Elrivo Yearbook (Elders Ridge, PA)

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Ennis-fllllaking Bepartm ent ' Home-making is a comparatively new stride forward in our educational system. lts purpose is many fold. We can avoid a great many things in life and live quite com- pletely and satisfactorily but is it possible to live without some lcind of a home, or food, or clothing? Ah, no! They are the big essentials of our very life. Business of the home is as vital as business in the office or the factory but it has been the last to be developed on such a basis. The girls of today are the women of tomor- row, who will help to shape and mold the land. The home is the very backbone of the nation and women should be prepared to malce real homes. Home-making is one of the broadest phases of modem education and one ofthe most necessary and interesting. lt teaches not only the how but the why-the science of all home duties. To the Home-making student, cooking is not just a monotonous preparation of three meals a day, but an inte-H resting study of food products, Chemistry and attractive service. Sewing does not mean mearly the following of a pattern and running a sewing machine. lt gives a deep appreciation of clothing suitable to the age, style and per- sonality ol the individual. lt developes a keen desire to be well and properly dressed-a quality which every per- son should possess. This gives you only a bare idea of the Home-malring work., Let me enumerate other subjects-Chemistry of the Home, Care and Feeding of Children, Accounting, Design, House Decoration, Textiles, and on and on ad infinitum. We really can't tell you all we try to leam about that wonderful place, called home. Twenty v

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