Stratford High School - Mnemosyne Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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i 1 vi QW X A 'WI' 5 i 5. y y..y . When I went to the nursery school, we taught the kids something and they showed their teachers what they learned from us, commented Junior Karrie Lindsay. Sophomore Nancy Wardlaw curls her hair during a lull in home econom- We went to Kindergrove about eight times. Each time we got a different age group of kids. l played football with the boys most ot the time, remembers Senior Sandy Joseph. ics class. W ,.., ,, home economics 87

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oon man's responsibilities grew, not only did he have to care for himself, but he wagted tortake care of his f1amiljgI D U m B an givet em a more com orta e ' home. I-ledeveloped... If you had S800 to redecorate your room, how would you go about it? What would you buy? How would you decide what you really needed? In order to learn room decorations and floor plans, students were confronted with this situation in Home Furnishings, one of many courses offered by the home economics department. Home economics is the one course that everybody's going to use for the future, said Mrs. Reba Irwin, home economics teacher. ln addition to Home Furnishings, juniors and seniors were also offered single quarter courses of Consumer Education, Home and Family Living, and Home Management. Students of all grade levels could take Homemakingl and Il, for either one quarter or for a full year. Home Management covered more of the business side of the home -leases and stuff like that, said Junior Zingara Harrison, who took the course. It also had cooking in it and general functions of the home -like how to buy and rent a house, she 86 home economics added, Another course offered to the juniors and seniors was Child Development. This course, according to Junior Gigi Underhill, included watching a lot of films and going to the nursery once a week and working with kids of different ages. My favorite part, commented Gigi, was going to the nursery. lt was different from babysitting, you were really working with the kids and teaching them something. Students taking Child Development were required to complete a project. We had to do something for a child, explained Gigi, like make them a toy or teach them to read. Mrs. Irwin added, Every quarter each student fin any home economics classy had to do a home experience project. This project was required by the state because home economics was funded by the government. There was very little homework, said Mrs. Irwin, but the students had to do something at home that applied to what they learned. Sophomores, LeeAnn Sweet and Michelle Mangogna listen and learn about child care www---.5 Junior Ken Lucas kids around with school visited by the child one of the children at the nursery menlclass. Uiwfff 'M , 5

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efore man could hunt for food, he had to have tools. He made simple tools, and with these simple tools he made more complicated ones. Thus, by working with these tools he created ......... 88 shop Making sure that the belt-sander is working properly, Senior Bruce Jones tries out the machine on a woodshop table, avoiding the risk of marring his project. 1 f 513011 Other than an unexpected guest coming through the wall in a malfunctioning car, the industrial arts classes were known for their tranquil working atmosphere and radios broadcasting favorite western tunes. lt really helped me to have a relaxing class like this right before Calculus, said Steve Knowles, senior. Steve, who plans to study engineering in college, added, I feel that having experience in drafting will help me later on. Beginning drafters worked out of textbooks, drew dimensional figures, and designed floor plans, according to Mr. Kenneth Thuesen, drafting teacher. Drafting I student, Freshman Duane Rollins remembered, We started out with triangles and worked up to Senior Fathi Senani finishes a few important cuts on his project. Fathi won a third place ribbon but Mr. Jaks harder things like what l'm drawing now - an air corps command patch. At the beginning of the year we had to do a required project to get to know how to use the machines, but now we have to plan our own projects, commented Junior Jim Hunt, a wood shop student who won a first place in the annual industrial arts contest. Even though we have to be more creative, it gives the class a feeling of less pressure, he said. Wood shop Instructor Mr. Richard Jaks tried to teach these city kids something they can make a living at without college. Not that there's anything wrong with college, but there are a lot of people making a better living with their hands than some college graduates. thinks that he should ha ve won a first. He is one of my hardest workers, commented Mr. Jaks. -X ff