Elsinore Union High School - El Lago Yearbook (Wildomar, CA)

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Thr Eluinnrua DOMESTIC SCIENCE CLASS MANUAL TRAINING SHOP

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The Elzinnrun Enmwtir Svrivnrv COOKING Not least among the many deep sci- ences studied at E. U. H. S. is Domestic Science. It is studied by a group of girls who still believe in the old fash- ioned art of cooking, who may put it to actual use later. The teachers, Miss Herdman and later Mrs. Johnson, were very thorough, and a careful and systematic study was made of food values. A great deal of practical laboratory work was done by the girls. All the different branches of cooking were studied carefully in turn and a great many recipes were tried with good suc- cess. About the middle of the year a great idea was thought of. It was decided by the class to serve one hot dish a week to the students, during the winter months at cost. Later when it grew warmer, something cool was prepared. In this way a useful knowledge of the cost of various foods was gained by the girls. One day a luncheon was planned in honor of the school trustees. All the Work was to be done and everything prepared by the girls. The guests pres- ent were: Mr. and Mrs. Rush, Mr. and Mrs. Gyger, Mr. and Mrs. Shank. Mr. and Mrs. Merrifield, Mr. and Mrs. Sher- man, Professor Thompson and his wife. They were seated at two beautifully decorated tables in a pretty room up- stairs, overlooking the lake. The color scheme of the High School, gold and white, was carried out in the menu and decorations, California poppies being used in profusion. There they were served with a delicious meal by the girls of the class. The Domestic Science Class have en- joyed their work a great deal and have learned a great many things, thanks to the excellent teaching of those in charge of the department. FLORENCE TAYLOR-'22, SEWING Dear friend: I want to tell you about our sewing department this year. Be- fore the flu vacation we made a beau- tiful satin Service Flag for our school. Our teacher, Miss Margaret Herdman, assisted us in the work. There are twenty-nine blue stars and one of gold on the flag. The stars were all em- broidered on by hand. The flag mea- sures about three feet by four and one- half feet. We were sorry to lose Miss Herdman, who resigned during the vacation. Mrs. Frary M. Johnson took up the work in January and now we cannot think of sewing without Mrs. Johnson. We have done one hundred per cent of the work assigned to us by the Ju- nior Red Cross, each girl in the class having made a garment for the Belgian babies. The knitting was assigned to the other scholars. We feel that we have accomplished a large amount of work this year considering the time lost during our enforced vacation. We girls all enjoy our work and I, am -sure it has done us ever so much good. The number of garments completed by the girls has amounted to about twenty- five muslin garments, fifteen dresses and four shirt-waists, aside from the Red Cross work. Beatrice Clarke's work in darning is e-specially noteworthy. Those of us who expect to continue the work next year are hoping sincerely that Mrs. Johnson will be with us again, for she has made the work very interesting to us. There are not many of us, but we are important, for if it were not for the Sewing Department, who could mend the school flag when it is torn by its constant waving in the breeze? ESTHER KIEFER-'21,

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Thr iilninnrun FORENSIC REPRESENTATIVES Martha McSwain Hilda Armour Josephine Knotts Senior Sophomore Freshman THE FORENSIC CONTEST For the first time the Elsinore Union High School sent three representatives to take part in the Forensic Literary Contest held at Banning, Friday, May 2. These representatives were Josephine Knotts, Hilda Armour and Martha Mc- Swain. The story and declamation con- tests Were very close indeed, and the MANUAL TRAINING DEPARTMENT The manual training work this year has been done under the direction of Mr. G. C. Livingston. Twelve students, eight boys and four girls, have had the advantage of this work, from among the high school students. In addition to this, fourteen boys have spent an aft- task of naming the winners was a nard one. Martha McSwain tied with the Banning contestant for second place in the oration contest. Corona carried off the honors of the day and is in posses- sion of the cup. We consider that our representatives did wonderfully well for the first effort of this sort and that they deserve a great deal of credit. At least We have succeeded again in putting Elsinore on the map. ernoon each week receiving instruction in the shop. With seven Weeks taken from the regular time, 'on account of influenza, a great deal of the work that would have been done, could not be accomplished. The department, in ad- dition to its regular work, has made for the Red Cross three bed-side tables and three hospital canes.