Mabel Dean Bacon Vocational High School - Torch Yearbook (New York, NY)

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eruice ju ed THE BEAUTY CULTURE DEPARTMENT The Beauty Culture Department trains about 250 girls. It is a three year course, starting in third term. First of all a girl has to get the necessary tools and get accustomed to our school. ln third term you are taught the fundamentals of the trade such as manicures, shampoos, and scalp treatments. ln fourth and fifth terms you review the previous term's work with, of course, additional training. If in your previous terms your work has been exceptionally good, in sixth term you are sent down to the school beauty shop. ln seventh term all girls are expert workers and are assigned customers in the school shop. While in the shop the girl attains the assurance needed to work on customers in her chosen profes- sion and becomes familiar with the routine of a shop in the business world. Every girl gets the opportunity of being manager and clerk. Since they must know the science of the trade, they are taught cosmetology. In eighth term the girls take courses in hair dyeing and tinting. They also attend the beauty culture convention which is held semi-annually. One hundred per cent of our girls taking the state board examination for their licenses have successfully passed. The placement office has placed a number of the girls in some of the best salons in the city, and many of the girls become teachers in their turn. CAFETERIA TRAINING Mabel Dean Bacon Vocational High School gives girls experience for the future. One of the most practical courses is cafeteria training which gives students practice in the preparation, cooking and serving of meals and enables girls to continue their studies as dietitians in college. Cafeteria training begins in the students' cafeteria where all the girls of the school have lunch. There the girls learn the fundamentals. They do not actually cook, but they prepare the recipes. These are in family size for six servings. For larger quantities they learn to multiply the recipes. After this training comes the advanced course in the first floor Tea Room where the girls do the actual cooking and managing of the entire kitchen. They learn to run a kitchen as in the finer New York restaurants. The Tea Room is open to the public and caters to at least a hundred people daily. This gives experience in serving at the counter. Some of the girls are placed in the best restaurants in New York as salad makers, pastry bakers, cooks, and other kitchen workers. Some girls work in hospital tray rooms in responsible positions. Still others marry soon after school. Their husbands are sure of excellent meals because of this fine training. Girls that have taken this course have never regretted their choice. They have found it valuable training and a practical vocational COUl'Se. I4

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mfafecl .gyudfecb meparfmenf Although it may be a common idea that vocational high schools teach nothing but trade, the girls at Mabel Dean Bacon Vocational High School know that they receive academic and commercial training as well. The related subiects department is one ot the departments that take care of these needs which include textiles, biology, cosme- tology, mathematics, typing and art. They aim at understanding the trade and the world. A girl whose trade is dressmaking gains through the study of textiles and art. The textiles class offers information on yarn manufacture, structure of materials, different types of cloth, the purpose of each, and the use and nature of fabrics. The art department helps the girls with designs and flat pattern and draping, blending colors and fabrics, and developing a sense of beauty. The beauty culture girls gain from Cosmetology in which they learn about bone struc- ture, faces, skin, finger nails, and other parts of the body. They learn the principles of massage, make-up, and other aspects of their trade. ln art, they create hair styles, learn the rules of color and design in make-up, and develop other skills to help them when they graduate. Subiects which teach material valuable in business are typing, mathematics, and business practice which give the fundamentals of good commercial management. The science classes are important not only for their trade information but for their information about foods, health and other things in daily life. They make us both better technicians and better citizens. lb