Higginsville High School - Blue Bird Yearbook (Higginsville, MO)

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JC f i .... ...N .Ii Blur , iff me ,,1511:,D ,I 2535 W -,Wy Vocational Home Economics Fourth Row: Edna Held, Virginia Spears, Edith Mathews, Mildred Tatum, Myrtle E. Stillwell, Pearl Tindall, Audrey Lane. Third Row: Maude Kennedy, Ruby Mathews, Mildred Tempel, Helen Johnson, Instructor, Mildred Morris, Edna Reinwald, Virginia Collier. Second Row: Lorene Arensmeier, Elizabeth Griffith, Selma Starkebaum, Helen Vermillion, Beth Neale, Evelyn Burgan, Janice Brueniri, Marie Werning. First Row: Maurine Cole, Laura Wagner, Charlena Robbins, Ella T'empel, Gene- vieve Preuitt, Genevieve Owens, Marion Grogan, Edith Goring, Madeline Seddon. PAGE 76 If! - V-4 - , YY Y s7?a2 , V'

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BLUE C it D18-D. 5 C N , Triple R Club President ...... . . . Florence Sheets Vice-President ....... ..... I rene Schmidt Secretary-Treasurer .................................... Clyde Adams The Triple R Club, composed of members of the Teacher Training UIBSSGS, was organized in the fall of 1926. Aside from our regular class work which consists of co-urses in reviews of common school subjects, psychology, Sanitation and School Room Decor- ation, Rural School Management and Methods, we have carried out a num- ber of Worthwhile projects. Chief among these were a moving picture snow illustrating Ruskin's King of the Golden River , individual child study scrap books, and sand table projects. Committees were appointed to serve one Week to lead opening exer- cises each morning and, as nearly as possible, We have tried to conduct our activities in such a Way that they will best fit us for work in the rural schools in which we hope to teach. Each month we have pla.nned room decorations appropriate to the season and this year We have added a num- ber of large potted plants to help to enhance the beauty of our room. We have tried to keep in touch with former Teacher Training grad- uates by sending them copies of our monthly club paper, The Triple R Tatler and a number of suggestions for methods and patterns. We also nave assisted in conducting a rural milk survey and intelligence and achievement tests in several rural schools. Late in October the club gave a tea for the grade teachers, both of the Emerson and of the Irving Schools, in token of our appreciation of their cooperation each time that we have asked their aid. In December the Seniors entertained the individual children whom the-y studied, and also the mothers of these children at an afternoon party in the Teacher Training Room. We have had a number of other social times at the homes of the club members. We have tried to arrange our class room Work and outside activities so that we will receive a full, Well-rounded development for the profession which we hope to enter. FLORENCE SHEETS. -Area'-I

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. BLUE 3 . Q23 . .- Vocational Home Economics Every girl should take Vocational Home Economics, as it prepares her to be a real efficient home maker. This course includes, Clothing, Foods, Home Care of the Sick, Child Care, Home Management, Home Furnishing. Applied Art, and Related Science. In the clothing course, construction, appreciation for clothes, and the proper clothing in relation to health are studied. With foods, emphasis is placed on the wise selec- tion of food in relation to health. It includes the buying, preparing and serving of foods. Home management helps one to develop an understanding of the many problems in- volved in the house, and the spending of the family income. House planning and furnishing teaches the selection of furniture and equipment from the standpoint of service, economy, and beauty. Home care of the sick and child care prepares one to meet simple emergencies, and to appreciate children in the home and their training. Applied art and science deals with problems relating to the daily work. In 1927, four girls, two from the first year class, and two from the second, represented Higginsville High School at Columbia in the Contests. Although they did not return victorious, they obtained some very valuable information from the trip. MILDRED MORRIS. PAGE 77 Z .