McKinley Junior High School - Purple and Gold Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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711 v1vvvv,1fx4?Qfvvv,1sv1 FW.3l her experience. Heretofore she has done very little of it, but we hope that she will keep up the good work and become famous at it. DAD AND MAMMY. lll.-REPORT OF HOME MEAL. Hilda served her dinner to eight a-nd each person signed her Home Meal Report. Here are some of their comments. Hilda is very quick and active in her cooking. Her Cooking is good and she is a splendid cake-maker. MRS. R. Since Service Sister joined the stall of cooks our household word is We want more. Your former pupil, B--. If mv daughter could spell. read and write a-nd excel in arithmetic as she does in Foods mv worries would he at an end. I am in hopes that Hilda will take cooking again in the ninth grade. HER MOTHER. Good Sewing is Important My friend took sewing at school. She also made many things at home. All her teachers remarked how well Emma did her sew- ing, All her clothes were very nice. A After she finished school she had to work, and couldn't pay much money for clothes. Having kept her sewing up, she could make her own dresses. Every time she wore a new dress, everyone thought she had bought it. Her friends were much surprised when they learned that she made them herself. They declared that she sewed wonderfully. She wouldn't he ahle to make her own dresses if she hadn't kept her sewing up. Some girls who take sewing in school neglect, when they leave, to pay attention to the sewing that has to be done. Unless you know how to sew, you will have to pay much money for nice clothes. So keep your sewing up, girls.-E. R., 139. Many Beautiful Pieces of Reed Made at McKinley For the past three years l have had the pleasure of working in the Reed Shop. As a B7 l remember my struggles with my first piece, a small basket. Little did l think then that l would become so fond of the work that in my A9 term l would be maki-ng a large table at school, and also would have a small work shop at home to make useful presents for friends and relatives. I would not he ahle to make these things if l had not worked 811114111-ALILLLLXLL Lf

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TTTTTYYY1rMTYJYf'TYfW'i hard at school. l found out that one can not go i-nto the reed shop and make anything he wishes, but has to begin on the small things and work up to the large ones. Perhaps it would be interesting to those who are not familiar with the reed shop to know just what it is we do there. First, we con- struct hardwood' dowels, the framework of the piece of furniture we are to weave. This is really the most difficult part of the process. Then the weaving with reed begins. The reed must be soaked in water to make it soft and pliahle. When it dries, it is hard and Hrm. Care must be taken to keep all weaving straight a-nd accurate. lf anyone should ask me if reed work is easy, l would say it is not easy in the sense of doing it off-hand. One has to be patient. lt certainly trains one to be exacting and careful-Roby Cooper, A9, H. R. 21. A Busy Day in Shop 54 Mr. McConnell's shop is a very interesting place to the boys who wish to learn trades or to help keep the home in order. ln one cor- ner of the room is the frame work of a two-story house, which is used in the project of house-wiring. A little farther over, the boys are working on repairing' shoes. At the benches are the boys who are making radios and motors, either for themselves or for the teachers. The house-wiring project is useful in many ways. Many different things often happen to the electric wiring at home, and perhaps there is no one to tix it except the boy. lf he has studied the house-wiring at school, it is little trouble tor him to take care of it. He thus saves trouble and perhaps much money. Other boys who have taken shoe repairing save much money and time by repairing their own shoes. The radios made in the shop by the boys are frequently tested and give much satisfaction and pleasure to the owner. Crescents, stars, diamonds, and heart cookie cutters are also made in shop by the boys. These are used by mother at home to make those delicious cookies to satisfy her young manufacturer's appetite. The motors are used to run windmills and other smaller things. When the first bell rings, the boys put their work in the lockers. When the second bell ings, some one is heard to say, 1 wish this period were an hour longer. --Sam Schwab, H. R. 48. 111111111-llllllllfl