Frankfort Community High School - Red Bird Yearbook (West Frankfort, IL)

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During the year, the Home Economics department is supplied with practice teachers from SIU. Here one of the practice teachers is watching, with an eagle eye, as several students take an exam. The study of home economics is designed to help girls learn more about the selection and care of clothing, with special attention to economy as well as to fashion; the choosing and the preparation of foods, with attention to eye appeal as well as to adequate vitamin content and nutritional value; the planning and care of the home with beauty and utility in mind; and the care of children. The objective of all this is to help future homemakers become better ones. Home ecagriculture Sweets to the sweet! But these reaching hands seem to demonstrate that sweets will also go to some of those who are not so sweet! The idea seems to be that he who gets there fustest gets the mostest. Quality in a product is always to be desired, but at the moment, quantity seems uttermost in importance.

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“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by. And that has made all the difference.” The Road Not Taken By Robert Frost By permission of Henry Holt Co.

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The objective of agriculture in high school is to prepare bovs and girls for a useful and happy future. The study of agriculture is open to both boys and girls and is designed to develop an understanding of agriculture and how it affects the national welfare. All students are required to have a home project, which ranges in size from a garden to a complete farm. Agriculture II is made technical so that the preceding course becomes a stepping stone for the next. The topics include crop selection and rotation, fertilizers, animal and plant pests, and study of increasing farm earnings. Also included is farm mechanics, which includes carpentry and concrete work, with individual projects. Agriculture III provides advanced study in the breeding and improving of livestock, the use of fertilizers, the conservation of soil, and the practicing of skills. Student Body President Albert Kern is in o new role. He has won the District V Swine Production Award and is one of the top five winners in the State. On May 4, Albert will enter the State judging at Champaign where the State winners will be chosen. He is an efficient swine producer, having 178 registered Hampshire pigs. pave the road to a happy and prosperous home Supplementing their child care study. Home Economics II girls simulate a nursery school. Donna Moore and Joy Taylor entertain the children with “Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Apparently tired, the little boy prefers to sit on a stuffed dog. 5