George C Marshall High School - Columbian Yearbook (Falls Church, VA)

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Students take to home life Cooking, sewing, housekeeping — I can learn how to do those things anywhere. So why would want to take a home economics course? True, home ec. courses did cover the traditional topics of homemaking, but other topics were considered as well. Child care and development, family living, consumer choices, housing, interior decorating, care of the sick, and even money management were taught in the various home ec. courses offered at Marshall. In addition to three full-year basic homemaking classes, students had the option of choosing a semester course in Modern Foods, Advanced Foods, Sewing with Knits I and II, and Single Living. Fashion Design was offered as a full-year course for students interested in careers in the fashion world. Proper nutrition and buying, preparing, and serving food were taught in the two Foods courses. Sewing with Knits 1 and II dealt with contemporary tailoring, fitting, and working with all types of knits. Clothing design, dart placement, and pattern-making were covered in the Fashion Design course. The formerly all-male class known as Bachelor Living was retitled Single Living, in accordance with requirements to limit sex discrimination. All home ec. courses were offered to both sexes. The coed Single Living course prepared students for life on their own by teaching them cooking, mending, laundry, housing, money management, entertaining, and hospitality. An added attraction to homemaking students was the enjoyment of their productivity. Foods cooked in class were devoured by the students, and sewing students proudly announced that they had made their fashionable clothing. Some friends of home ec. students were fortunate enough to be invited to a meal made in class. Several projects were planned for home ec. students this year. A spring field trip to Oscar de la Renta's studio in New York City was a diversion for aspiring fashion designers. Home Ec. II and Single Living students combined to serve a Christmas dinner. Plans for increasing the department's usefulness by adding courses in vocational opportunities such as catering were also made. Basic sewing techniques, such as finishing blouse collars and setting in sleeves, arc practiced by Ann Przybylski in her Home Ec. 1 class. 58 Home Economics

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Alto clarinetist Sherryl Daugherty practices Incidental Suite for the Langley Wind Ensemble Festival. Soccer players arc the subject of Dccna Dunn's painting project. Christmas spirit motivates Ebenezer Scrooge to invite the Cratchctt family to his home for a celebration in A Christmas Carol. Minus choir uniforms. Girls' Ensemble members Lucy Gates, Laurie Jones, Katy Kittredge, Cindy Guyton, Lucy Crim, and Bobbi Kem perform at the winter concert. A J.V. game scheduled the same night necessitated the appearance of cheerleading uniforms. Art—Drama—Music 57

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Foods Lab activities include making French breads, yeast rolls and rye bread. Lee Comstock measures sugar in his Single Living class. Single Living teacher Mrs. Edith VanDeventer demonstrates the use of a dough hook while using a heavy mixer. Other topics covered in the full-year course are money management, laundry, housing, and hospitality. Home Economics 59