Hugh John Macdonald School - Searchlight Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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12 HOME ECONOMICS The Hugh John Macdonald School is very fortunate in having such a nice Home Economics Department. Room 16 is our Cookery Room and is very nice. It has twenty-four stoves in it, and that makes a stove for each girl when we are cooking. In Grade 7 the elements of cooking are learned. In Grade 8 we are taught how to prepare certain meals such as dinner and supper, and it has been rumoured that the Grade Eights can also make very good tempting pastryl The Grade 9 students learn how to prepare and can vegetables and fruits, and study the details of cooking. Room 21 is our Sewing Room. In it we have long tables on which we can cut out our material. We also have six sewing machines so that we don’t have to sew by hand. In Grade 7 the girls are taught the fundamentals of hand machine sewing. They make aprons and caps. In Grade 8 the students are taught how to make good tailored blouses. The Grade Nines learn to make skirts in various styles and colours. After taking a Home Economics course like this for three 37-ears, the girls should be able to take over the duties of a house. Wilma Wilson 8-23 SHOPS I like Shops because you work bjr ' ourself and prove that 3mm can do things a man can do. You have one morning or one afternoon a week for Shops and our period is Tuesday afternoon. I like Woodworking better than Metalworking because 3 -ou can make more projects. You have a choice of whether or not ynu want a big project or a little project. Here in Shops 3mm have separate benches so that 3 our friend may sit right aeros3 from you. In Shops there are tools that 3mm might not have at home. Finally you have the satisfaction of finishing 3rour project and painting it. Dennis Ruthig 8-23 SHOPS I like Shops because you can make some useful projects to use at home. You can work by yourself and do what you want. When 370U enter the Shop your sleeves must be rolled up. You must sit quietly on your bench until the teacher has checked the roll. Then 30U take 3 ' our notebook and copy the notes which are dictated. After you have finished, you can take sour project out and work on it. You must do proper work and follow the instructions given in 30 ur book. If 37-ou cannot follow the instructions, you can ask the teacher and he will do what he can for you. You must not talk while you are working. When clean-up time comes, everybody must put his work under the benoh, put the proper tools in their proper positions, and sweep off the top bench. Then you sweep the waste material off the floor. Two boys take the waste material can out and empty it. When you leave the class, you put your benoh number on the board and turn the number to out . The bell rings and Shops is over for another week. Aitorfr Schmidt 8-25