Erasmus Hall High School - Arch Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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HEALTH EDUCATION 555012,- 'NN .,,. ., Mr. John Caldwell shows how to make push-ups a push-over, but his students are too weary to listen. -4 .4 .ai , . ff5f'F f 'lj 'f y llc 'T T . 1 .f ' , 3 Q , '..- Q1 f f ' Miss Adele Towbin George Eiss Chairman Chairman We would scarcely have been in condition to face the rigors of our other classes had it not been for the health education program at Erasmus Hall. Those all too short peri- ods of frolicking in our stylish uniforms were welcome breaks - sprains, and dislocations in the day's routine. The Boys Department program was comprehensive almost to the point of exhaustion. We learned the intricacies of vari- ous sports and also had the opportunity to participate in such masculine activities as basketball, volleyball, and swimming. The Girls Department concentrated on such feminine activities as basketball, volleyball, and swimming. Sports gym consisted of special classes for the boys athletic teams. Emphasis was on perfecting the skills neces- sary for individual sports. Other special classes included dancing gym, where girls learned to move gracefully, and posture gym, where they learned to stand still gracefully. Health education was not confined to the gymnasiums. Two terms of hygiene were required. There we learned the essentials of healthy living. We were also taught how to cope with poisoning, drowning, automobiles, and other threats which strike suddenly. The entire program led us one step further on the road to becoming healthy and educated citizens.

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HOME ECONOMICS VVhile the odor of burning biscuits pervading the school might have perplexed an outsider, we at Erasmus could easily trace it to the bustling rooms of the Home Economics Department. It was here that the culinary talents and other homemaking skills of prospective housewives were developed. Home Economics courses covered topics ranging from per- sonality development and etiquette to child care and dollar budgeting. To help the girls practice the performance of household duties, the department set up a Family Living Apartment. In this model home the girls cleaned, laundered, and did other tasks necessary to maintain neatness and clean- liness. Sweeping dirt under the rug was, of course, forbidden. Violators were forced to eat their own cooking for not less than one and not more than two weeks - a just punishment for a dirty crime. Actually, the girls proved to be quite efli- cient housekeepers. Another feature of the Home Economics Department was its well-equipped kitchen. Here students learned to prepare foods for every occasion. As the girls gained in experience, more and more exotic dishes were concocted. Beginners worked on the soft-boiled egg, while the more advanced students tried their hand at the medium and, occasionally, the hard-boiled ones. Seriously, the dishes that were cooked up were both differently delicious and deliciously different. The girls who enrolled in the Home Economics program beneited greatly and were helped on the road to successful lives as wives and mothers. Mrs Marion Alexander cusp' ix hazrman vf' - Hoc U' 6' K Arlene Skupinsky glances from the frying pan to the fire. Susan Dranoif, Susan Cohen, and Dilma Evans prepare a star concoction.

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