San Bernardino High School - Tyro Yearbook (San Bernardino, CA)

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Succulent roasts, well-knit socks, clean If the way to a man's heart is really through his stomach, then no girl who has taken SBHS's Home- making course will ever have any male trouble. The art of fine cooking along with the responsibility of keeping a tidy kitchen is being practiced by Maria Aguilera, Florence Ousley, and Evelyn Littlefield.

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i prepare to conquer business wor d. To crank out hundreds of mimeographed forms one must learn to press the right button. Coy Ann Brown, Evelyn Howard, and Delores Rimmer are learning. ,fr Office practice class gives Nancy Mount practical experience in adding machine operation. Lynn Red and Olivia Land play clerk and customer games every day in the make- believe-store of retail selling class. i J

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clothes, pleasant homes aims of Home Ec. Some lucky boy is destined to wear a pair of female crafted argyle socks, Marian Johnson knits them for a project in Home Ec. rrf, . Techniques in laundering are Jeannie Guernsey shown as transfers a load of clothes to the dryer. . I n f ' 1 4 if I X f I' V 1 Dianne Verdone strikes a thoughtful pose as she re- laxes in the Capris and blouse which she made in Home Economics. Jeanette Reynolds and Pat Doyle learn how to cope with children as part of the Homemaking baby care program. The home is the center of the universe, within its portals man finds food, clothing, and rest for his weary bones. Though the purpose of the home remains the same throughout the ages, its appearance has changed somewhat radically since Forty- niners trod the earth. The advent of compulsory education took girls from the home and placed them in institu- tions of learning. The maching age compen- sated for their increasing absence from the home front with myriad time-and-labor-saving devices to make housekeeping easier. Now education faces a new challenge. Even as it prepares women for careers in busi- ness, it must not neglect preparing them for their fundamental careers as wives and mothers. At SBHS, instructors have seen in compulsory education an excellent opportunity to teach girls not only the basic steps in making a house a home that occupied so much of their ancestors' lives, but also the advantages of modern hygienic, dietetic, and mechanical discoveries for making cleaner, brighter, and happier world. r ' 7 l . . em, . I k 'A gs.. - Stoves, sinks, pots, pans, dishes, and silverware were provided in the classroom kitchen, available to any girls interested in cooking.