Gordon Bell High School - Purple and Gold Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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56 GORDON BELL HIGH SCHOOL DOMESTIC SCIENCE Home Economics yES, everyone would understand us if we used the terms “cooking and sewing” but the High School program in Home Economics today is more comprehensive in its training and is planned to give the girls a well-rounded idea of the many factors contributing not only to good homemaking but to worthy home membership. The modern home is complicated, and definite skills are needed and definite knowledge is necessary. It is just as important as ever to know the technique of preparing a luscious beefsteak or putting a bias fold on one’s dress, but it is also important to know how to select that beefsteak and what fabric to choose for the dress. With intelligent marketing must go a knowledge of food values and of fabric values, so we have our food studies and our textile course. With the food study must go hand in hand our food combination, and so we have meal planning and nutrition. With nutrition is linked not only personal hygiene but sanitary surroundings and so our lessons in cleaning have a new significance and interest. The Child Care Study and Home Care of the Sick are important units in the course. Planning how to spend money is a fascinating subject and the budgeting unit is only second in interest to the Family Relationship unit. But perhaps best of all in this course are the individual contacts and co-operation and responsibility that develop day by day in the working out together of the theories planned and discussed. Courtesy, orderliness, and initiative are developed—qualities that are necessary for good citizen¬ ship. When a student has graduated in the course of Home Economics she should fit herself for one of the many openings available in this work. But no matter what line of business a girl intends to take up, she should have the knowledge and ability of Home Economics to be able to manage her own personal and household affairs. ROOM 15 (Continued from page 36) senior basketball captain. Don Lingwood—Rugby, basketball. Reg Frank- ling—Senior basketball. Bill Guest—Junior basketball. Frank Brown— Junior basketball. D’arcy Bruce—Junior basketball. Don Colquhoun— Hockey. Alfred Crooks—Skating. Ivan Philips—“Twelfth Night,” soccer. Lilian Kay—Milestones. We might name many more who were in the choruses or orchestra but feel that you should be convinced that Room 15 has something to boast about.

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GORDON “ sSsSS ' S- k«u»js s« ass A rl « samng me seven seas oi scnoiarsmp ior me pat Number Ten is coming in at last. TbfcTraysrjssa J flsflfisK neer (Secretary); Katherine Ferguson, Sports C i we held a party which was Musical ability is abundant in Room 10. Many of our class-mates are in the Girls’ Chorus while Rene Walters, Jean Crerar, and Katherine Fergu- ■j»xtsnaa! As we reach the climax, two scenes dominate all the rest: Jack Ashton E“333SS5rHss “extras,” makes all three school teams. Then with the curtain slowly falling, you realize here is a show that

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GORDON BELL HIGH SCHOOL 57 G | THE GRADUATES B | What About The Graduates ? TTELLO, Gordon Bell! Here we are again! The same old enthusiastic gang. And if you think we’re less enthusiastic about Gordon Bell affairs than we were last year, you’re badly mistaken. This year, old students have shown a remarkable interest in the proceedings of their old Alma Mater. Our main line of endeavor has taken the course of dramatic activities, and so this page will be devoted mainly to the progress of the Gordon Bell Dramatic Society. The idea of forming a club for dramatics was conceived by Mr. G. E. Snider. Accordingly, organization was brought about and the club held its first meeting in the fall. At this meeting officers were elected and plans for the further functioning of the club were discussed. The officers elected were: President, Edgar Markwart, one of the hardest and most diligent workers I have ever had the pleasure of meeting; Treasurer, Charlie Veysey, who can sell anything to anybody; Secretary, “Minnow” Green, who was forced to re¬ sign because of business worries—his place was taken by David Goldstein; finally, our indispensable assistants were Georgene Findlay and Sybil Zeal. No doubt you have guessed by this time who our Honorary President is—Mr. Snider; and take a tip from me, elect him to the same position next year. His aid is invaluable. Having dispensed with the preliminaries, both of this article and of our club activities, I shall tell you something of the actual productions of our aspiring members. Two plays, produced and directed entirely by Gordon Bell Grads, were presented at each meeting. There was a noticeable improvement from one meeting to another in the high standard of presentation. Just to give an idea of the type of work the club is doing, these were some of the plays—“Ghost Story,” “Florist Shop,” “Grand Cam’s Diamond,” “Trifles,” “Blue Pitcher,” the variety of which efforts speaks well for the versatility of our members. At one of the later meetings, “Valiant,” a drama, was produced. Professor Jones, in his criticism, praised the remarkable work of director and actors. All agreed with him that this was the outstanding effort of the year. As a fitting climax to an enjoyable and successful season we presented a dramatic evening at which our guest cast of Little Theatre Players, under the direction of Mrs. A. O. Smith, presented the “Blue Pitcher,” which had been entered in the drama festival. The Grads also presented two plays, and the school or chestra entertained a large audience of students, grads and visitors. Of course, you all know that “Milestones” was jointly produced by the school and the graduates—naturally our main undertaking for the year. It was indeed gratifying to see how the graduates enthusiastically co-operated in making this venture the success it was. It is the sincere wish of the graduates that this worthy work will be carried on with even greater enthusiasm by the Grads of Class ’34. Congratu¬ lations, Grads, and best of luck for next year!