North High School - Polaris Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Many a girl has wished she could make her own clothes and thus save herself some money. Here in North's two sewing rooms, attractively painted peach and white and green and white, students are taught the fundamental processes in the making of garments. At the end of one and a half years, the girls arc successfully making smart and well-tailored clothes. In order to do a good fitting, they must have a knowledge of line, design, and color, which, when combined, go toward the making of neat, attractive wearing apparel. In addition to that, they are taught consumer education, for they know the Importance of getting the most and the best for their money. Materials and patterns must be carefully selected to assure good results. Such qualities that go towards the making of good citizens, housekeepers, homemakers. anil managers arc encouraged. Faculty for the clothing department arc Fmma Sichl and Mr . Svea Candcaden. CLOTHING FOODS Faculty for the food department arc Helen Fayn and Mr . M. Phoebe Janie . More and more is the importance of good nutrition and the scientific planning of nourishing meals being stressed upon the modern homemaker. In the foods classes here at North, girls arc taught the basic essentials of good food planning and how to serve an appetizing meal in an attractive manner. Students give luncheons in the model dining room to help them gain confidence. Whipping up a tempting salad, a fluffy omelet, or a batch of biscuits is no challenge for these experts. In addition to meal planning the students arc taught economics, consumer research, and the place of vitamins and calorics in connection with good health. Students find working in the newly painted rooms, done in cream and green, a refreshing experience.

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ART AND CRAFTS All students who possess a special talent and arc interested in art arc urged to take a course in art, taught by Mildred Head. This year special interest has been given to art appreciation with great interest centered on the Fieri in Masterpieces. Work is done in textile design, still life, portrait painting, and posters on community problems such as cancer, tuberculosis and Red Cross, and school affairs such as tag day and the band concert. Exploring the arts is a new course which teaches basic structure of art, color. painting, advertising, costume, homemaking, architecture, sculpture, crafts, and community planning. Courses in crafts, under the direction of Mrs. Estelle Knudsen, arc open to all students who arc interested in designing and making practical articles. These articles arc made by using wood, clay, metal, fabric and discarded materials of all kinds. Completed projects include such items as make-up kits, stenciled towels, table decorations, etched glass, and clay figurines.

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INDUSTRIAL ARTS Faculty: Walter klaudcr, auto shop; Homer 1-Ctzer, mechanical drawing; Theodore Rrcck-heimer, wood shop; Howard Nenow, metal chop; and Stanley Hagen, machine chop. Under the direction of Stanley Hagen the boys in machine shop learn to use the machines to good and practical advantage. Architectural drawing under the direction of John Jacobi and Homer Fetzer, enables a student to have a better knowledge of the planning and the work in welding. Metal shop under the direction of Howard Nenow provides good background for later work in welding. Wood shop under the direction of Theodore Brcck-heimer provides an excellent opportunity for boys to master all the intricacies of special wood craft. In Mr. Fetzer’s mechanical drawing class boys arc taught to draw motors and simple machinery properly. Auto shop gives boys the opportunity to get some actual experience in repairing automobiles under the supervision of Walter Klauslcr.