Evening High School - Owl Yearbook (Reading, PA)

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CLASS OF mas O O -v 1 SEWING CLASS I Since the art of sewing requires the knowledge of many intricate stitches there are two classes. Sewing I is for the beginner who has never learned the fundamentals. ' It is in this class the student learns the proper way to make a simple stitch, and by sewing she learns to baste, to hem articles of different kinds, and the proper use of these several stitches. Miss Alice Maurer, the instructress, expertly prepares each student for the advanced class. As a great deal of time is consumed in the study of fundamentals and in the explanation and exposition of every stitch learned, there is time only for small articles to be made. These include the hemming of table covers, table doiles, and other simple articles. iii-5M.4 +iW M A i 'i M Q1

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' CLASS OF l935 o o O .. CARPENTERIN G The Woodshop is the shop which the beginner in Wood-craft should at tend. Here he is taught the rudiments of carpentering. Simple articles of- all sizes and description are constructed. Members of both sexes are found here for the class can be found use- ful to women as Well as men. Two women, a mother and daughter, are reg- ular attendants to the class and are studying so that some day they may fulfill their fondest hope, that of building their own bedroom suite. Mr. Kenneth Conley, the instructor, renders assistance and advice to both amateur and professional. ' There is no longer any excuse for the handy man or even the unhandy man with an evening or two a week to spare, not to have those odds and ends of furniture which make a house a home. 76 THE OWL

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CLASS OF 1935 O 0 as I SEWING CLASS II Sewing II is the class to which all students who have had previous training in sewing should go. The students in this class are able to use a machine and the separate attachments which can be used on it. Miss Mary E. Krick and Miss Kathryn E. Plotts are the two instructors of this class. The quality of the work done is of the highest type and attests to the capabilities of the teachers. Some of the finished articles include party and house dresses, suits, pillow bolsters, bed covers, and ladies' underwear. This class is so popular and the registration so large that the class is divided. While' one group is sewing on the machines the other group is stitching at the tables and Vice versa. 78 THE OWL