Ionia High School - Ionian Yearbook (Ionia, MI)

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Caterers and Designers Umm! Smells good. After long hours of studying kitchen arrange- ments, care of kitchen equipment, proper nutri- tion, buying and preparing foods, and the impor- tance of breakfasts, luncheons and dinners, the families of four donned aprons and invaded the kitchen. They also put up ' some delicious- looking cans of fruit under the supervision of Miss Margaret Snow. After a brush-up on manners and going into personal grooming, color and lines, cutting and sewing began in earnest. Many lovely creations of cotton and wool soon made the fashion parade lively. With throbbing feet, the adventuresome home ec-ers returned from a tour of Ionia in which they observed different types of houses for a study of architecture. Another field day found these energetic girls visiting the furniture mu- seum in Grand Rapids. To show their skill, they refinished a table and a set of drawers. These girls now possess the invaluable knowledge of managing and creating attractive homes. A vocational study required a lot of lookin ' up, and reports listed the girls from hairdressers to aviatrixes. At special holidays such as Christmas, the spirit of the season brought artistic abilities off the shelves and put them into practice on clever cards and wrapping papers. The results of the girls ' handiwork were shown off in the display case during the Christmas week. In time of need, the versatile girls will be pres- ent to apply their first aid skill, or to help the neighbors out after a study of child care. Toward the end of the year these tomorrow ' s homemakers gave up their cherished sewing room to the mechanical drawing classes and moved into the bake shop to carry on.

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Pastoral Setting In Ionia high there were 45 students en- rolled in agriculture who carried seven hours of agriculture. Field trips were taken to such places as Murray ' s swine farm, Michigan farmers ' week at Lansing, and the state hospital and reformatory for the test- ing of milk. Some of the students enrolled did not live on farms but took agriculture and accepted work on farms during the summer. rhose Red, Red Points Biological Research I Farm Science In the study of plants and animals, the biology students learned the different kinds of plants and simplest animals. As warm weather came they learned about the respiratory, circulatory and excretory sys- tems of man and the simplest organisms. The biology students also mastered setting up the microscope, and studied bacteria, mold and yeasts.

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