Momence High School - Monesse Yearbook (Momence, IL)

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onLnomnonno: ' onnononnnEioo o □ □ □ P P P P P P P P P P P Here ' s to Our D. S. Lab! Here’s to our D. S. Lab! Down the stairs and thro’ the hall. And then a room we have. Now a buzz and hum will fall As the girls get busy in the Lab. Here’s to our D. S. Lab! And the girls who made it strong. Last year they met but twice a week. And now it’s all week long In the busy, buzzy Lab. Here’s to our D. S. Lab! With doors closed tight to everyone; Not open till the goodie’s done. Then up the stairs there goes a wiff, That makes “some” guess with every sniff The D. S. girls are in the Lab. Here’s (too) to our D. S. Lab! A hustling, bustling, D. S. Lab. A dinner at seven must be had At the club rooms in the town; But our girls are all true blue! They’ll all turn out—in the Lab. Here’s to our D. S. Lab! One of the best of all the Lab’s. Be it lesson, notes, or cook, Be it what we make or book, Here’s to my D. S. girls—in the Lab! —MYRTLE HJERTSTEDT. O 20

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n P n n □ zooonnonnnnno Home Economics By MYRTLE HJERTSTEDT Last year one of the new courses introduced into the Momence High School was the Home Economics course. We may say that it was then in its experimental stage. It has developed a little more fully this year, and we trust that it will develop to a greater extent as time goes on. This year the course was thrown open to a larger num¬ ber of girls. The Freshman and Sophomore girls have each met twice a week, and the girls who entered the course last year have continued work in the advanced class this year. The classes meeting but twice a week have been given chiefly the essential points relating to the preparation of each food class; the advanced class has had three cook¬ ing laboratory periods, one note-book day, and one recitation period a week, consequently in this class we have been able to spend more time upon each food—upon the theoretical side of things as well as the practical side. I feel, as I think the girls do, that they have received an unusual amount of practical experience in serving and working with large quantities. This has always appealed very strongly to me because of necessity we are compelled to work with smaller quantities in the lab¬ oratory than we would be doing in our own homes, and therein often lies the danger of the course being called impractical. I think when the girls show, as they have at the Masonic banquet, the Commercial . Club dinners, etc., that they are competent to care for large numbers, we may safely say that the work has been of real value to them. I am perfectly willing to admit that undoubtedly there are times when things may be improved upon—-but we mu it not forget that the girls are but amateurs—many of them having had little or no experience with things of this kind before entering the Home Economics course. The equipment of our Domestic Science department has been in¬ creased this year; we have added some necessary cooking utensils, and the Manual Training boys very kindly constructed a splendid cupboard for the set of dishes for which the girls have worked. These two years the girls have realized enough funds from “their dinners” to purchase a set of dishes, including four dozen of the necessary dishes for a department of this kind, and they will have a small sum left to invest in silver or table linen. The Department certainly appreciated the kindness of one of the women in this community which prompted her to present us with a refrigerator-—something which is vitally es¬ sential to any kitchen. I should like to add in closing that I hope all the girls who will be interested in the Home Economics course of this school in the future ; will be as conscientious and whole-hearted in their support and back¬ ing in all their work as the girls have been with whom I have worked for these two years. o r ?r 7r ?r tr rr n n o r o □ □ P P P P P P P P P n □ □ 30

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onnrnmnnxio: □ :or n rc n n li n rir ir ?o n Sophomore Essay □ o o n n □ OE “ABRAHAM LINCOLN”—By GERTRUDE PORTER Born in the most extreme poverty, accustomed to the crude life of the forests about him, with scarcely any knowledge of the broad world beyond, Abraham Lincoln arose to the highest office that can be be¬ stowed upon an American, that of President of the United States. Knowing the conditions of his home life one might ask how he did this. How did he? Certainly not by accepting his lot as it was and thinking it could not be bettered. No, on the contrary he was ener¬ getic, honest and ambitious, the traits most needed in his future life. Perhaps the one thing which helped him most was the honor and esteem in which he held the great Washington. He read of him many times and always tried to use him as an example in his own life. We all know the story of his life as a rail-splitter and a student, how he arose to the bar, became a legislator, a great scholar, and at last President of this vast country. But that is not all. Abraham Lincoln was an American, one whom all Americans love and honor today, and one whose life we should be proud to follow. He needed patience and fortitude in those dark days of the civil war, for it was no easy task to guide a nation smoothly and well when a civil war was raging among his countrymen. Nor was it easy to live with so many bitter enemies, a thing which Lincoln did better than most people might do. But perhaps he could not had he not looked to a Higher Power and Guiding Hand to assist him in his troubles. He lived a secluded life with his family, for this man could not be happy while others had troubles and cares. And then suddenly in the midst of it all came the messenger of death to free him from the cares and toils of this life. That is the life of an American citizen who arose from the lower ranks to the higher, with the help of the true characteristics given him by his Creator. It is or has been the general opinion throughout our land that unless one can trace his lineage to some war hero or king and possesses money he can be nothing else than a mere “plodder.” But this idea is fast leaving us and the poor man’s son stands as fine a chance for honor and power as does the man who possesses millions. And so a poor man’s son ruled wisely and well, and when the summons of death came he was beyond doubt ready and willing to go. The nation that he loved and served so faithfully was grief strick¬ en and sad, for although he possessed many enemies, this man of the people had won his way into the hearts of the majority. The words of William Cullen Bryant in his “In Memorium,” show the feelings of a nation at the death of their loved chief. Oh slow to smite and swift to spare, Gentle and merciful and just; Who in the fear of God didst bear The sword of power, a nation ' s trust. In sorrow by thy bier we stand, With the awe that hus hes all; And speak the anguish of a land That shook with horror at the fall. Thy task is done, the bond is free, We bear thee to an honored grave Whose proudest monument shall be The broken fetters of the slave. Pure was thy life; its boldly close Hath placed thee in the sons of light Among the noble host of those Who perished in the cause of right. C) ) iy—Q l) l) I T o □ □ □ a no