Rawlins High School - Roundup Yearbook (Rawlins, WY)

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Home Economics “Domestic Science,” “Domestic Art,” “Household Arts,” “Home Economics” and “Domestic Economy” are the terms generally applied to school departments where all the activities of the home are carried on. The two latter terms are widely used at present and really seem to be more inclusive than others. Home economics stands for the ideal home life of today, unhampered by traditions of the past, the utilization of all the resources of modern science to improve home life, and for a simplicity in material surroundings which will free the spirit for the more important and permanent interests of the home and the society. This is the first year of such a department in the Rawlins High School. The students, faculty and community may well be proud of the splendid equipment found in this department. Modern, convenient and well arranged in every possible way it has proved a great incentive in the work of both students and teacher. Th courses offers in plain sewing, dressmaking and cooking aim to be practical as well as theoretical—teaching both the “how” and “why” of our household activities. In addition to the laboratory work, courses tend to impress the value of systematic management of the home and income, making the woman a more intelligent spender and consumer.

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GROVER C. BALDWIN Ferris Institute, Big Rapids, Mich. Commercial Department The course offered by the Commercial Department of the Rawlins High School represents the most practical business practice of the day. The course in bookkeeping has been prepared by teachers and accountants, and they have successfully introduced business work into the school room. The student makes out invoices, receives money, makes out bank deposits, discounts, commercial paper and records all forms of transactions in firms, which are used in all up-to-date commercial establishments. Business correspondence and spelling are part of the bookkeeping course. The first few months of the shorthand class, are spent in mastering the principals of Gregg Shorthand. After the first few lessons, practical dictation is started, and the rate gradually increased until the student is able to write at the highest speed necessary for business positions. Penmanship is a required subject for all the commercial students, and the system used combines speed, legibility and ease. Commercial arithmetic and rapid calculation occupy a prominent place in the course.

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C. B. PERRY, B. P. E. Marysville State Normal, Missouri Manual Training The aims of Manual Training are to assist the boy to become a “thinking doer.” Incorrect and slovenly habits of thinking and doing have no more place in Manual Training than in other subjects. We should keep in mind that the American public school system is maintained mainly to prepare boys and girls for good and useful citizenship. In order to develop in the highest degree independence of thought and power initiative, the pupil must be given opportunities for determining ends and working out means. There’s a fine spirit of free activity, eager interest, and industry permeating most of the class-rooms. Even the inferior work is done with a happy glow of achievement that half excuses it. While originality is to be encouraged in every way, it should never be forced at the expense of appreciation. Appreciation must be developed first. Pupils possessed of originality and ability will find ample opportunity for expression in Manual Training. Some boys have so much enthusiasm, strange as it may seem, who have had to be held back lest they destroy all the lumber in the the shop. The interest should be created for the boy who really wishes to do things by putting him to thinking in the right direction, then the battle is half won.