Pembroke High School - Mattakeesett Yearbook (Pembroke, MA)

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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. '

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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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Gmclueztion 1950 AWARDS GIVEN GRADUATION NIGHT, JUNE 8, 1950 P.T. A. Sflaoln1'5l9ip Mary Stroud Shirley Holt Tenclnerx' Club Selyolnrfbip Marylyn Brennan Alumni Svlyolnriliip Diane Davis Home mul Comznnnity Aufnrel -e Penfbro ke Grunge joan Clarke james Migre Renzlerx' Digest One- Year Sulzfvriptiofz Mary Stroud Soni ofthe Ainerifezn Revolution, U. S. Hixtory Awnrfl Vernon Eldridge, '51 Gurney Goocl Sportmzmzrbip Award Barbara Erikson E. Y. Perry Funzl Aware! Anne Merrigold Marylyn Brennan Barbara Erikson National Honor Soriety Pins Mary Stroud Diane Davis Mildred Pierce Shirley Holt joan Clarke Barbara Erikson Rboelei' Lninoer Company Awnrfl Clayton Merrick, '52 Richard Griffiths Raymond Travers, '53 - Dnnfortly Foundation Awnrel - I Dare Yon Stanley Winchester Emily Poft Aware! Mary Arushan Poetry Aunrzl Book of Complete Poeznf' W Robert Froit Paul Brennan With The Spirit That Is New England as the theme of graduation, we, the Class of impressive graduation exercise lastjune. From the moment Mix conducted us into the auditorium to the moment we , an innumerable mixture of thoughts were in the minds of finished our high school years there were twinges of sadness in our hearts at leaving Pembroke, but the future, with all the promises that it holds beckoned us on for Our Aim, Success, Our Hope, to Win. 1950, received our diplomas in an Marshals Sally Reed and Charles marched out to the Recessional all of us. Now that we had finally JOAN CLARKE, '50