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A x... T' A ELIZABETH ALEXANDER has taught Home Economics for eleven years at Strafford, Her B, S, was obtained at South- west Missouri State College: she has done additional work at Missouri University, Mrs. Alexander is an able sponsor Strafford High School is proud of her home economics department, The classes have available a large modern kitchen and dining room and a sewing room, This year a washer-dryer combination unit was added, which enabled students to study a unit on the proper methods of washing and drying all types of fabrics, Four units of home economics are offered to the girls. Home eco- nomics students learn the fundamentals of grooming and personality de- velopment, Simple money management and budget making are studied, In sewing the students experience the satisfaction of completing garments for themselves and other members of their families. The foods depart- ment stresses nutritiong family and guest meals are prepared with empha- sis on etiquette and table setting, The boys' class studies family finances, nutrition, food preparation, table setting, etiquette, and textiles as they are related to men's wear, The latter unit was completed with a trip to a men's clothing store, where a professional clothier discussed the qualities to look for in buy- ing clothing, Culminating the year's work was the annual style show in which the students modeled costumes made by themselves, The girls gain poise and self-confidence from the experience of modeling for the pub- lic, Good homemoking studied of the Sophomore class. Keep stirring, says Mrs, Alexander to Jerry Bishop as he makes pie filling, -nu-2 ,,,m- ':,:: 'J:+:'34 fl X Z-2,3 if K, Jo Donna Rowden stitches the band on the skirt she is making in Home Economics I.
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For the second successive year the TORCH earned a Rank l--Excellent rating, The in- dustrious TORCH staff had many duties--drawing layouts, working on write-ups, headlines, cap- tions, typing, checking names, and taking pic- tures. More pages were devoted to departments this year, and more action shots were taken, While Miss Nannie Ross edited all write-ups, Mrs. Stombaugh, advisor, worked closely with the staff, giving them suggestions, as well as making the final check on each page submitted to the publisher, for business world ,gig 't ' xr Q' 1 f I NCMNMWI Patsy Bumgarner, TORCH Editor, is now ready to make assignments for each page Meeting that deadline means many late hours and much cooperation from all the staff, Editors Shirley Chalupnik, Joyce Rogers, Charlotte Duncan, and Orville Lile check their pages while Assistant Ed- itor Carol Davolt fstanding, centerj ex- plains some of the details. HELEN STOMBAUGH, Commerce instructor, attained her B, Ed. at Illinois State Normal University. She is a Junior class sponsor and the willing advisor of the school paper and annual staffs, This completes Mrs. Stom- baugh's second year at Strafford, 'ist Broadcast Editor Shirley Chalupnik spends many periods preparing the paper layout before each issue,
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'WU' IVlN MCGIEIE, Industrial Arts instructor, has attended Southwest Baptist and Mis- souri Universityg he received his 13. 5. at Southwest Missouri State College. This is Mr. McGee's thirteenth year at Strafford. Mr. McGee acts as a Sopho- more sponsor. The industrial arts program plays an important role in a push-button prefabricated society by giving young people op- portunities to experience the joy of planning, of building, and in the true sense of the word - of creating with their hands. A practical program as well as a useful one is offered, in that it provides an opportunity for students to develop a hobby which can be put to immediate use in the home or in a successful vocation, Safety, proper handling of tools, machines, and mater- ials, co-operation, and better work habits are stressed. The goal is to develop each individual student to the best of his ability, Five courses are offered: general shop, open to fresh- men or students with no previous shop experienceg general woodworking, offered as the second year course with more emphasis on woodwork projectsg advanced woodworking course, offered only to juniors and seniors who have com- pleted two previous years in shop, mechanical drawing, of- fered to seniorsg and arts and crafts, offered to juniors and seniors. So that the patrons in the community may become ac- quainted with shop activities, an annual exhibit is held in the spring, Many of the boys also enter their projects in the Industrial Arts Fair at Southwest Missouri State College. First-hand experience is gained in shop Robert Taylor and Bill Phipps observe as Mr. McGee explains how to make a letter open- er out of plastic. . . ts- , an f John Switzer gets help from Marvin Wells on his industrial arts project, a cedar chest. . 17 .
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