Marceline High School - Marcello Yearbook (Marceline, MO)

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The vocational agriculture department is still striving to serve the public in an efficient manner. The reason for installing vocational agriculture in the high school as set forth in the Smith Hughes Bill is to assist present and prospective farmers in becoming more efficient in farming. The meaning of present farmers. of course, is those now engaged in farming which are our adult farmers of which our veterans constitute a large part of that group. The prospective farmers are the high XB ' ' z if -' l f Agriculture school boys that are actually planning to farm for a lifetime occupation. To be able to enroll in the all day program of vo- cational agriculture, the boy must be able to carry on a supervised farming program. He must be able to show actual ownership of his projects which go to make up his supervised farming program. His in- struction on the farm is considered of as great if not greater importance than his instruction in school, The boys learn by doing in vocational agriculture. This year the boys have been able to show a total net profit of approximately Sl2,000.00. Their over all goal is to start as a freshman and continually build on to their supervised farming program. Within two ' years after graduation, they hope to have accumulat l ed enough stock to start farming on their own, O P instruction offered. We have an over all enrollment of about 180 in the agriculture department throughout the year. 31 of this number being the all day students, some prior graduates, others are veterans enrolled in the Institu tional-On-the-Farm Training Program, and of course the remainder of the adult farmers taking part in the

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Social Studies The courses of social studies deals primarily with the development of man through the ages-his cul- ture, his government, his accomplishments, and his failures. Today our civilization has developed into a very complex melting-pot. Therefore, a complete and accurate knowledge of the past history insures wiser decisions in our present age. Our present social studies courses consists of citizenship, world history, American history, and American problems. The latter, dealing with our own political economic and social and international rela- tions is intended, literally, to wake up our young America. Our generation will leave its imprint in history. and whether it be large or small, we hope it shall be worthy of proud acclaim. N1

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Home Economics Homemaking is one of the most important and outstanding careers for any girl. In home economics I and home economics II one can learn the most time- saving and economical ways of running a household. Through these courses the girls are taught person- al appearance, home management, care of the sick, child development, and sewing. With this knowledge, we have a vision of more successful homemakers of the future. The picture above shows textile painting which is one of the activities of the related art class. In this course girls are taught home decoration, the relations of art in everyday life, and art from the exterior as well as the interior of the home.