Springfield Trade High School - Beaver Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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VOCATIONAL HOMEMAKING One of the most important careers today, for any girl, is that of making a home. Here, in a model three-room apartment, girls are learning this all-important art. All aspects of the actual care of a home are learned by these students. This includes planning and furnishing a house, food preparation, clothing and laundry. Attitudes, habits and personality development are also stressed. Christmas finds the holiday spirit at large in this department; rows and rows of gay cookies in the form of stars, bells, angels, santas and all the other traditional Christmas shapes are to be found awaiting their decorative icing. Each Tuesday finds these young homemakers busily hurrying with their preparations for a luncheon served in the apartment dining room. The guests are selected by the girls and may be their mothers, faculty members or visitors to the school. Under the leadership of Miss Elisabeth Harvey, the girls learn not only to keep house, but to find enjoyment in living and making a home. These cookies look pretty and taste better.

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Miss Elisabeth Harvey Learning to sew seems much easier when one can be part of a congenial group in this pleasant, home-like room. Ann Gaudette Nancy Harris Lillie Stovall Audrey Yefko Miss Harvey explains how to package food correctly.

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Modern equipment found in any up-to-date laundry is maintained for this department. Correct marking of clothing is of great importance to the customer. Miss Margaret Carew