McCook College - Chieftain Yearbook (McCook, NE)

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Management Home The Home Economics Department gives Western Nebraska gir s a new incentive to attend college. lt helps prepare them for either a homemaking profession or a wage-earning career but in either case it helps them to live better lives. The Foods and Nutrition Classes include a study of good food habits and the principles of cooking as well as actual preparation of food. The Home Management Classes deal with management which is the basis of all living and is included in all phases of homemaking. vi R z. Y if I 45 , I , . M 4 I I The Clothing Selection and Construction Classes, developing personal taste and style, are favorites of the girls. Mrs. Mary E. Elliott is the Home Economics instructor.

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Classes ln Animal Husbandru General Agriculture is a new addition to the curriculum of McCook College. Students who want technical and general knowl- edge of actual farm operation are enrolled in this department. ln- struction is based on the need of the farmer in Southwest Nebraska, Northwest Kansas, and Eastern Colorado. Mr. A. W. Kuper is the in- structor. General Agriculture Ex 1 ln the classes of farm accounting and marketing, students study the values of a farm account book. lt is found that a beginning in- ventory, a closing inventory, farm labor, and labor income have a definite place in farm business and the farm account book. The classes in animal husbandry deal with livestock and their feeding and management programs. The agriculture classes also attend the North Platte Livestock Show, the 4-H Show, and Thompson's Annual Sale.

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SEATED: Gale Randel, Joan De- H a r t , Lee-Ellen Creasman, Norma Steele, Betty Kiel. STANDING: Don Witt, Garold Orman, Carolyn Corey, Jack Ballard. Stage Arts Md- McCook SEATED: Glenadine Bell, Beverly Bush, Peggy Kelly, Virginia e Trail. FIRST ROW: Mass Doll, Delores Hedke, Joan DeHart, Marilyn Crowell, Norma Steele, Lee Ellen Creasman, Dora Mathews, Erna Jean Buzzell, Marjorie Foley, Marilyn Johnson. Geraldine Penner, Bettye Frenzen. BACK ROW: Gene Russell, Kaye Wilson, Robert Brown, Gale Randel, Bill Murphy, Litt Ballou, Dale Walters, Jack Ballard, Garold Orman, Wayne Pen- nell, Don Witt, Tom Cook, Alvin Lambert, The dramatics department of McCook College gives ambitious and talented students the opportunity to help produce plays. Hours are devoted to rehearsals, makeup, and presentation of one three-act play and several one-act plays. Some students give readings for the various social functions about the campus.