Key West High School - Conch Yearbook (Key West, FL)

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Kathryn Lowe Helen D. Pease Home Economics I and II Home Economics l ,..J L X Step one in sewing is correct cutting of the material, says Miss Lowe to Joyce Toonk and Annette Dion. 1, s...A 2 Getting in practice for the future are Dorothy Jacques and Bernice Celani. ' 28 Home Economics Since the building of the old high school on White Street, Home Economics has been offered. This course is given to prepare girls for home and family life. Every girl is required to study in this depart- ment for one year, the second year is optional. Food and nutrition are studied for one semester, clothing and textiles for the other. Attention is also given to child care and development. The sewing classes make the costumes for school performances. Every year they present a fashion show for the Parent-Teachers Association. The Woman's Club Homemaking Medal is given to a Senior girl who has done outstanding work in this course. Under the auspices of this department, the Betty Crocker Test on general homemaking is given to every girl in the school year. The winner of the Search for Future Home- makers of Tomorrow test was awarded a trafari pin. Physically, the department has been greatly enlarged and enhanced in the new building. Two completely equipped laboratories, foods and clothing, and one homemaking room simu- late the most modern and up-to-date working environment in which the girls could find them- selves in real life. The foods lab boasts of six unit kitchens, each containing a stove and a set of dishes, aluminum utensils, and a laundry unit with an automatic washer and drier. The clothing lab has five cutting tables, twelve varnished ma- chines, and abundant closet space. The horne- making room has a living room and dining room combination. 4.3 aSf 'lx iff. I tit Look, Mom! I told you I could do it, even if it is iust boiling water.

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Mr. Charles Clark Driver Training Two years and so many accidents later, Key West High is still striving to teach students how to drive. Seriously, Key West High is proud of its persevering driver trainees. Nine out of every ten students participating in the course pass their TGST. Monroe Motors has generously supplied the department with a 1957 Ford. In such a modern car, the students can keep up with the advance- ments of the automobile and its mechanisms as well as learn to drive. Laws of the state and re- specttor the pedestrian and other drivers is taught. The department strives not only to make known the serious need for sate and courteous drivers but takes important steps toward meeting it I :::: zz'-: ::':.: . :nu I - - '- I :::5 :555 55555 5555 NN.. 4, ' if I --v I g l Ni Esther yamau gives Parking direcnons 30 Reverdy Yarnall and John Hughes test their reactions. u- ,im U1 -,,, 1, OU if 41