Patrick Henry High School - Orator Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Clothing Learning that there arc more difference in the quality of fabric than those shown by the price tags, student of clothing learn how to appraise wearing qualities and to determine the stele in which a fabric can he smartly fashioned. A girl knows it's one thing t » exclaim: I just love that material!” Hut it's quite a tragedy when she has gone through the agonies of cutting, sewing, fitting, and finishing a dress, and is forced to sigh, What a bag! Henry students make field trips to fabric centers to extend their knowledge of warp and woof lieynnd the materials they choose for their own use. They learn how to select styles most suited to their faces and figures, and how to wear their clothes with dash and verve. These girls arc the ones whose future husbands will never hear them wail: I haven't a rag to wear! Above: Pat Pearson (at the machine) and Janice Larson ponder the fabric ami design of a dress. Below: Three smart girls model dresses of their choice: Donna Fleming, tweedy cape dress: Barbara Adams, apple-green formal: Joyce Nelson, gay plaid. Miss Estelle Clitty Mrs. Frances Soderquist Clothing and Foods Clothing and Foods

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Below: Bringing home the bacon” arc Mabeth Carbon and Barbara Pcrsall. Miu Deborah Roberts Mn. I.innca Slcttcn Food am! Clothing Food ami Clothing Family Circle: The pleasure of dining together is heightened by the sparkle of crystal and the gleam of silver on snowy white damask, the bright spot of color the centerpiece of asters. Seated left to right are Patricia Jones, Richard Ncslund, ami Shirley Peterson. The unseen guests are Dick Stacy and Dolores Hcdecn. Homo ami Family Living When Rente was at the height of its glory, good cooks were regarded as the royalty of the earth. To the cook who prepared his banquet in honor of Cleopatra. Antony made a present of a city. Though today’s cock w ns no such rewards, the girl who knows the business of home-making, who has learned the essentials of meal planning, food preparation, and home budgeting, who understands family anil social relationships—of such a homemaker it might be said in the words of King Solomon: “Her children arise up. and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. Henry girls who study home economics have an opportunity to hcccmc homemakers of distinction Below left: Delores Olson, Patricia Albers, ami Jean Warner engage in the preparation ot dinner. Below right: Joanne Mrlberg serve a buffet lunch to Beverly Hatkin and Shirley Sullivan.

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Itusimvss Skills WANTED: Patience and Fortitude REWARD: Speed and Accuracy Staccato report of typewriter keys struck by nimble fingers ... a race against the clock ... a prayer for perfection ... a mastery of (Jregg’s mystic symbols . . . trial balances that balance . . . checks . . . invoices . . . all the minutiae that turn the wheels of modern business. In a true business atmosphere, Henry’s commercial students are conditioned to the pace ol competitive effort. In order that student may obtain a working knowledge of the machines which speed up the mechanic of modern business, I lenry provides equipment for use by the class in office machine training. Pictured arc Jane Burge at the mimcoscope; Barbara Trosvik at the mimeograph: Diane Kolberg at the file ease: Jean McNral stamping incoming mail: Marilyn Maag transcribing her shorthand notes, ami Arietta Halverson operating the adding machine. A knowledge of bookkeeping is important to ever office worker, whether books are kept by hand or by machine. Henry’s bookkeeping students cover two sets of books in a one year course, the first set giving experience in keeping accounts for a one-owner business, ami the second set. the technique of keeping partnership accounts. Miss Olive Packer: Shorthand, typing, secretarial practice. Mr. Orville Moe: Shorthand, typing, office practice. Mr. Clarence Ohland: Bookkeeping. In charge of lockers Right: The class in secretarial training transcribes shorthand notes within a set period of time. Row I—Virginia Jackman, Jeanne Brennan. Willctta Ferguson. Row 2—Barbara Trotsik, Arietta Halverson. Nadine Anderson. Row i— Marilyn Maag, Margie Burnett, Ruth Holmhurg, Margaret McCormick. Row A—Rosanne Rickcrt, Mary I.ou Rickcrt.