Pembroke High School - Mattakeesett Yearbook (Pembroke, MA)

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H ousebolcl Ns We like to think that our household arts room is really a home making room, and that each one who makes use of its services feels at home, It may be a fifth grade boy who has torn his trousers, or it may be a third grade girl embarrassed by the need ofa little mending or a zipper that will not work who may come downstairs knowing that we will try to help him or her and then send each one off happy again. The facilities of our room are also available to the high school students for mending and pressing as the need arises. Of course there is the serious business of learning to perform household duties, to sew and to prepare nourishing, well-balanced meals. The girls are made responsible for the care of the room and its equipment. They have an opportunity to learn much about budgeting, whether it is making a family budget on a dehnite income, or learning the value of money in relation to what it will buy in home furnishings. The study of children's growth and development is a most interesting subject, and the project of child care is always fascinating to the girls. They repare a baby book and each one makes some garment or a layette. Some techniques of child care, such as bathing the baby, are learned. Last, but not least, in our home making room is the opportuniy to discuss teen-age problems, the forms of etiquette, timely and appropriate decorations, and tanta- lizing refreshments for social events. Many ideas become realities with the aid of suggestive materials found in our home economics room. Yes, we think our household arts room gives us a chance to understand ourselves and each other, to learn to do things, to have fun, to work together, and to serve others. Surely all these are attributes of a good home and these are the attributes of our home making room.

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HUNGER Save us all from hunger! Hungry are the poor war orphans, Children are running around the streets i hunger, Everyone around is hungry: birds, and beast and sometimes, people! LET' Let's dance at thej He said in a soft, l Let's dance all nigh Shall we dance? Let's dance like th glowing. Seczsick an While visiting in Italy on the Isla 1946, I had a thrilling experience which I cal We had planned for weeks a trip awoke on the day set it was cloudy and you c My father told us it would be better if we stay pointed and talked him into going. When w to the main land we were told that the boat mi They said it might leave though and to wait, were staying, we waited. Soon we heard the joyed, and climbed aboard. The minute we vs side to side and when we were a little further on both sides and everyone was scared. My seat holding my mother and I on so we woul gave a pitch to one side and my father fell o of the people on that side. Finally we mana to ourselves, although the other people did told it was one of the worst storms they had and have laughed about it ever since. I gue comes in. Well, I was seasick and I sacrific fl 5, S DANCE nior Prom! oklv voice, ','Let's dance, t . , we have plenty of time, lit might be fun to try. e fire, smooth, sturdy, and TERRIFIC ROAR A terrific roar pierced the silence! The high waterfall from its great source flows far and fast Banging, crashing like thunder - The locomotives crashed with a sound like the end of the world - Crash! Bang! What a noise! cl Sacri ce nd of Elba, a small island off the coast of Italy, in l Seasick and Sacrifice. no the main land to do some shopping. When we ould hear the sea, which was not far away, roaring. d home that day but my mother and I were disap- reached the place where we were to take the boat ht not leave on account of the storm in the channel. and since we couldn't get a bus back to where we boat was leaving, and my mother and I were over- 'ere out of the harbor the boat began to rock from put it was worse. The boat would touch the water ather who does not get seasick was sitting on the n't fall off we were so seasick. Suddenly the ship in the floor. My mother and I followed and most ed to get back to our seats and we were laughing ot seem to think it was so funny. We were later ver had around there, but I still think it was funny s you are wondering where the name of my story ed my dinner! JOYCE I-IAYNES, '55 fl53l

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Industrial Arts During the past year our school shop has been in the process of reorganization. The ultimate aimlis to establish three programs complete in themselves yet interlocked so the student can take advantage of all. First on the list comes the woodworking course. The purpose of this is to develop through the use olj hand tools and simple machinery the necessary co-ordination of eye and hand and the ability to visionize a project in com- pletion and carry the work through to the desired iesult. The proper use and care of our tools has received considerable attention and we hope that pro ress is being made to the point where this becomes a ha it andlnot a chore to be avoided. ' The question of material in the present high price era is a very serious one and results in the vetoing of some projects. Necessity limits us to fairly small articles re- quiring a minimum of stock and a maximum of labor. We have tried to avoid assigned work as much as pcssible on the theory that the job selected by the student himself will be more interesting than one he is given without any choice. 1 The second phase of our shop is machine work, This year it has been limited mostly to repairing ahd re- conditioning our machinery and tools. Considerable has been done. New machinery has been set up and r adied for use. Our two engine lathes and Shaper hav been overhauled and are now in use. There should be ehough repair work in the school and in the building of jigs, fixtures, parts, etc. in connection with the shop to keep this department running indefinitely. This course relquires much more accuracy and involves the use of precision measuring instruments and lay-out processes. The object is to give the student ordinary machine shop methods and processes that will prove of value ifhe follows any m chan- ical line of either trade or study after his graduatio from Pembroke High. j The third program is an automotive coursie and we are sorry to say that up to the present very litt e pro- ress has been made along these lines. This course hould e of practical value and tie in with the previous m chine work course very well. The establishment of t e two previous programs has consumed about all of our school year, but it is to be hoped that with the foundaton of those laid that another year will see more time for th third and last step in the completed layout. '