Riverside Brookfield High School - Rouser Yearbook (Riverside, IL)

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f-lorrie lzconornics Courses Give practical Training Mrs. Sadie Lussenhop, left inset, teaches Foods and has charge of the school cafeteria. Miss Ruth Daum, right inset, teaches both Clothing and Foods. The Foods classes have assisted in the preparation and serving of the Athletics banquet, a P.T.A. dinner, and Lyons and Kiwanis Clubs dinners. The girls in the freshman Foods classes have set the tables on these occasions and the Advanced Foods students have done the serving. This year an experiment has been con- ducted to determine whether or not a semes- ter course in Foods should be offered to boys next year. The boys in the Industrial Arts 9 course were given a six weeks' unit in cook- ing. They learned how to prepare meals and served a dinner to their mothers. The Clothing classes, under Miss Daum's direction, have made costumes for the music program, Melodic Moods, and the physical education demonstration. The attractive, col- orful costumes have contributed greatly to the success of these programs. After the cos- tumes have been used, they are turned over to Miss Daum, who is custodian of the school's rather extensive wardrobe of costumes that have been accumulated in the past seven years, The costumes are then ready for use when any future need arises. A semester course in Personal Regimen has also been offered by the Home Economics department. In this course business and family etiquette is studied, the budgeting of a salary is discussed, and attention is given to the development of one's own personality and to the improvement of one's personal appearance. A course in Home Management has been given to senior girls by Mrs. Lussenhop. ln this class the girls have had units on budget- ing, the elementary principles of interior decorating, first aid care of the invalid, infant hygiene, etc. ln connection with this course a pre-school has been established at R.B.l-l.S. this year as a W.P.A. project. The girls of the Home Management class are given the opportunity to observe the children of the school and take turns in assisting Miss Spertius, the director, with the children. A series of lectures on child care was given the girls by Miss Spertius.

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UPPER LEFT: The girls in the beginning Foods classes set the tobles for the High School Association dinner. LOWER LEFT: The girls ore in the midst of prepcircitions for o dinner for their mothers. CENTER: Sylvio Bursik ond Elizobeth Turner exploin to Eugene Doloskey just how it should be done. UPPER RIGHT: Emily Gorz, Roe King, ond Mobel Davey ore putting the finishing touches on the dresses worn in the Alice Blue Gown oct in Melodic Moods. LOWER RIGHT: Miss Spertius conducts throot inspection while the girls of the Home Monogernent course look on. V