Kemper County Agricultural High School - Yearbook (Scooba, MS)

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Pk -- - . TA-v I'Jn 16 KEMPER CoUN'rY AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENTS OF WORK ' Literary While the school as organized is intended and required to put special stress on the industrial branches, students will not be deprived of anything that has been found essential in literary work. Our work is planned and arranged for a well-balanced course of study. Both literary and industrial work are re- quired. We must be true to the mission of the school along industrial lines, but we will not deprive students of those cultural subjects which broaden their outlook and enable them to take their places in any position in life to which they may aspire. The power to spend profitably the leisure hours must be developed if education is to make the full man. Domestic Science The purpose of this department has already been men- tioned-to train our girls for that work which practically all will follow. Our aim is to give them such training as will prepare them for housekeeping and homemaking. The main courses will be in sewing and cooking, and home art. All of these will be taught with a special aim of developing a taste for neat and well-kept homes, and giving such instruc- tion and practical work as will lay a foundation for good housekeeping and homemaking. The aim of this work is to put housework on a scientific basis, to make it attractive and to show its possibilities. Not only are meals to be cooked and garments to be made: but, if life is to be worth living, homes must be places of beauty and comfort. To accomplish this there must be an intelligent interest in the work on the part of the house- keeper. p Our girls should be made to feel that ability to prepare

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1 1 D T HIGH SCHOOL, SCOOBA, MISS. 15 teacher that will meet emergencies as they arise and impart to our Domestic Science Department an impetus and an in- terest that will be felt for good in the homes of Kemper County. Mrs. Gewin is a lady of strong personality, tactful meth- ods, and our boys and girls could not come in contact with a character more beautiful in precept and example. Her pro- motion to the High School Department by the Board of Trus- tees, indicates her efliciency and worth. Mrs. S. W. Whitmire, our History and Expression teacher, comes from an institution that not only stands for scholarship but skill. The improvement of the pupils under her the past session goes to prove that she is a master in her art and a teacher of marked ability. Mrs. Overstreet, our Music teacher, is a lady of rare ability. Her success the past session, the skill with which she handled her class, the enthusiasm which she injects into her pupils, show that she is indeed a teacher of her art. Her quiet, modest demeanor makes her an example and exerts an influence for good among the student body that can scarcely be estimated. Miss Morgan comes to us highly recolmnended. She brings to our school a rich experience, a winning person- ality, and a culture and refinement which will be an influence for good. We thank the Board for Miss Morgan. Miss Dubard has made child study her specialty. We hear nothing but good of Miss Dubard and feel like we can say to children and parents that we are fortunate in secur- ing her services. Mrs. Stuart, matron of the girls' dormitory, is a lady of rare personality. Her recall as matron, indicates our appre- ciation of her. Thoughtful for the welfare of others, tactful in management, economical in habits, possessing all the attributes of a pure Christian womanhood, we feel that We are indeed fortunate in securing her services. You may trust the comfort and motherly care of your girls to Mrs. Stuart. She will be loyal to the trust.

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547' ' HIGH SCHOOL, SCOOBA, MISS. 17 a balanced, nutritious meal, has as much cultural, value as to be able to understand music or paintingg and that girl who understands the relative value of foods, who is interest- ed in her household duties, and who is technically prepared for the work of housekeeping, stands a better chance of hav- ing a happy home than the girl who has mastered music, drawing or French to the exclusion of these household economics. Remember, that we do not discount the value of culture, but insist on the average woman being prepared for her true sphere in life. The Cooking Department has already been equipped with desks and tables, stoves, cooking utensils and dishes. The classes last year served meals to the faculty and trustees, and conducted public demonstrations during commencement. The sewing class has now three machines, and exhibited at the close of last session specimens of hand and machine work, each girl having been required to make a complete set of clothing, including a dress costing less than one dol- lar. Many of the dresses worn at the close of school were made under this requirement. In Domestic Art consider- able design work was done from original drawings, with special attention to stenciling. These classes will do more advanced work next session. Agriculture The purpose of this department is to train the boys in the art and practice of farming. We might express its aim as threefold: first, to teach the boys how to make the best pos- sible living on the farm: second, to teach the many and use- ful secrets of plants, giving thereby an intelligent interest and love for the workg third, to teach the dignity of labor, -to make the overalls as respectable as the dresscoatf' There will be a four-year course in Agriculture and allied branches, such as stock-raising and veterinary work, study of soils, plantstudy, shop work and all things needful and practical for up-to-date and progressive farming. Even for