Scurry Rosser High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Scurry, TX)

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Mr Peirre Coston nods with approval as Wendell Cousins repairs a Feeder. Vocational Agriculture Added to Curriculum ltwas great news to the boys at Scurry-Rosser when they heard that the Vocational Agriculture Program had been reinstated. To give students better working facilities the agri- culture shop was made fifteen feet longer, and new tools were added. Thirty-four boys are enrolled in Agriculture l and Agriculture Ili In these courses they are taught to handle all Forms of livestock, as well as, to cultivate crops and rehabilitate pastures. Under the leadership ot L. P. Coston, theirteacher, these boys have carried out many projects useful to theirtarming program. They have built creep Feeders, hog feeders, etc. and have made small pieces of Furni- ture For the home such as corner tables, chairs, and boolcshelves. Agriculture l is still a mystery to these Freshman boys frighti as they begin their study of Farming. A These Agriculture ll students Donnie Hatcher, Stanley Upchurch, and Clyde Noble are busily engaged in learning howto use a saw- and other electrical equipment. 7 I S

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Theart of buildinga chair is one of the many varied Fields Juanita Vasquez and Mary Garza attend to the of learning explored by these Homemaking ll students, coffee wagon whichisserved to the school faculty Doris Shehee and Molly Taliaferro. every morning. Homemakers Acquire New Equipment Pink is in the news this yearl The homemaking department has added equipment which is decora- tive, as well as Functional. An assortment of dishes and cooking utensils in tones of pink brighten our kitchen. Larger items include soft pink drapes, a serving cart of the same color, and gleaming white enamel cabinets and sink. A variety of class activities make the three years of cooking and sewing more interesting. Preparingand serving dinner to the school board i s avaluable experience of the Homemaking lll foods class. Asa culminating activity of the semester which is devoted to sewing, all ofthe girls appear in the annual style show modeling garments made in class. However, the most highly anticipated activity of all is the shopping trip to Dallas. Each group has a day which includes visiting various department stores and a guided tour through the Statler-Hilton Hotel. Miss Betty Hellums, homemaking instructor, teaches each girl to live better today inorder that her lite and the life of her Family may be better tomorrow. Watering the flowers, a daily task in the homemaking Ann Jordan and Lynda Ford adds to the attractiveness of department, is attended by Jesse Robinson and Doris the homemaking department byvarnishingthe new lockers McGrew.

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