Rushford High School - Valley Legend Yearbook (Rushford, MN)

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HOME ECONOMICS The Home Economics department offers vocational courses beginning in the fifth grade and continuing through the junior and senior years of high school. All home economics work is under the supervision of Miss Twi3t. Home Economics III is a required subject for freshmen girls. There are 23 pupils enrolled this year. In the fall they are taught the preservation of foods which includes canning projects. Meal preparation with emphasis on preparing and serving dinners is studied and practiced. Serving to outside guests creates more interest in the work. They spend some time on ideal kitchen arrangement. Child care is also studied with the making of a child's garment. Clothing construction is then taken up and the first dross for the girl herself is nadc, which is a silk dress. Adolescence psychology is taurht to the girl and her friends. Home Economics IV is a sophomore elective. There arc 10 girls in this year's class. As the years advance, material becomes advanced and the general knowledge and information needed to run a home is studied. The selection and purchase of clothing are taught to show the girls ways and means of being well dressed. One wool and a more difficult silk dress are made, as construction problems. Next the care and furnishing of a home are taker, up with each girl planning a home and furniture arrangement. Food management is studied some. The study of the relationship of the girl to her family and her friends creates interest to tho part of the unit which deals with the girls' appreciation of personality. Health care, hone nursing, and first aid are the last things taught in the. sophomore year. Eleven junior and senior girls elected the most advanced course, Home Economics V. It is carried on under the Smith Hughes plan. Finer and more advanced projects with principles of clothing, food and consumer problems arc studied. The units include sewing projects in relation to the malting of tailored garments, afternoon

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INDUSTRIAL ARTS Industrial Arts although not a new subject has been developed a great deal this year. There arc ninety-nine students enrolled in the shop courses including students from the fifth grade through the twelfth grades. The Juniors are the only ones not having an opportunity to take industrial arts. Making a project includes not only the construction of it, but also the knowledge of the use of tools, equipment, andmaterial8, and the industry that is necessary to a genoral education. The entire program is divided into six units; electricity, metals, mechanical and machine drawing, wood and furniture design. Each class takes up various phases of these six units. Projects made are numerous and include bookcases, console tables, cedar chests, writing tables, and breakfast tables. All the projects arc to be shown at the school exhibit in May. In November the department received a combination rip and band saw which has made the work easier and more interesting. In February another machine was addod to the power equipment. This machine is called a shaper and is used for molding and shaping the edges of tops of writing desks, end tables, magazine racks, etc. It is used in connection with the drill press by inverting the head stock and motor of the drill press and placing a table and guide over the rotating shaft. Interest in the department has been built up a great deal in the past few years under the leadership of Lloyd Krogh. Industrial Arts teacher.

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drosses, formal and sports wear. Study of problems of consumer education and ponsuncr buying is one of the larger projects in this class. Handi-crafts and nerdlc work was a short time project before Christmas. A study of more elaborate foods is yet to be completed before the end of the school year. Hone project work is carried on by all of the girls in this class. It is designed to have girls apply without instruction the principles they have learned. The teacher is there to advise and suggest. Evening classes of Hone Economics arc made up of girls outside of high school. The sane principals are followed as in the school classes. During the past four years new equipment has been added—table tops, new chairs, one sewing machine, two new iron3, new uriams in both rooms, silver ware, linen, dishes ai d tnc dressing room has been fixed up with a dressing table. The four departments for vocational training are well established with necessary equipment and large class enrollments. We are proud that for a small school Rushford can offer such a well-rounded vocational program. to supplement the regular academic curriculum.