Hamilton High School - Portrait Yearbook (Hamilton, MI)

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Making tomorrow ' s homemakers May I use that sewing machine, now? Today, we will bake a chocolate layer cake. Home Economics. Mrs. Bouma ' sjob is to teach future homemakers how to sew, cook, bake, and how to be the perfect hostess. Crooked seams and hems, burnt meat and half- cooked potatoes, and a tray that slipped, fell, and ruined a full course meal. All this is part of home economics. But when, at the end of a hard year, the girls look back and think of the new outfit they made themselves, the dinner they served the teachers and all the compliments they received on it, and just the plain old girl talk they shared made it all worthwhile and a lot of fun. Mrs. Bouma explains a new recipe to a student in home economics. Learning to sew is one of the many useful things girls are taught in home ec. fe mi ■ ir fir- ■ - — ,, . h Mlfes - -EL B h .» PPP!»« ' »» ' J i wam 1 r Si- M . Wm 1 f- ? 1

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Future Farmers parlicipate in many farm activities all over the area. Raising the farmers of the future I ' ll go get the tractor a minute. Is that the prize-win- ning bull? The Future Farmers of America. Young men learning the best means of farming, whether it be raising crops or livestock. The boys travel all over the area to participate in different activities. A few boys went to Louisville. Kentucky, to see a tractor pull. Ham- ilton ' s young farmers are known statewide for their fine work. Mr. Hesche gives the boys a little help in agriculture.

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Industrial Arts give practical experience A world without technology and the many changes it has brought to our lives is hard to imagine. The Industrial Arts Department builds its foundation on the basic principles of woodworking, draftin, and pictorial drawings. On this foundation is built the framework of our modern world. We, the students of Hamilton High are proud of the fine job that Mr. Groenheids and Mr. Van Lente are doing.