Thompson Vocational High School - Owl Yearbook (Thompson, PA)

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THE OWL Home Economlcs makes a contri bution to health education through the phases of nutritional health or good feeding personal hxgiene home sanitation and in the relatlon of clothing to health The teach ers of Home Economics being xerx interested in these ty pes of health xxoik and having been especiallv prepared in them seem to be the best suited to teach them in High school Today due to economic con dltl0Il we haxe much more time for leisure But if we do not use this extra tlme to improve ourselx es and our surroundings it may do us more harm than good In the home economlcs course the girls become faminar with the beautiful as ap plied in an attractive home how ex er simple the home may be The girls develop an intcl est in the other people and build up a fine sense of hospitality Closely connected xxith this is xfxorthy home membership is brought out in the home economics course this is done by stressing the importance of the familv group in society and bv helping the girls to dex elop the right attitudes toward the home and famlly Home economics also proxldes for pre xocatlonal opportunities are proxided so the pupils may select the kind of xx ork adapted to their abilities In most schools home economics is the only pre xocatlonal subject for girls All girls need to studx home making because the mayorltv of them xxill be home mak ers Perhaps the girl xxho leaxes school at an eailv age or the girl xx ho continues her studles along an other line has but one opportunifx to studx home making the opy or tunxtx gix en her in the High 'Sc hool Three types of intelligence haxt been recognized t1J Thc academic type xxhlch xxorks best xxith sxm bols and is concerned in the learn mg of subiects as science mathe matics and languages C D The mechanical tx pe xx hich xxorks best xxlth tools as those used bx the skilled housexxlfe d C35 th social tx pe xxhlch xxorks best xxlth people Homes economics makes its ap peal to all three of these tvpes now although foimerlv it was chi fly concerned xx 1th the second The in troductlon of this subject into the schools xvas not vxelcome in the schools and a subject offered dis trust In the last fexx years the con tent of the home economics course has been strengthened and enlarged so that it noxy appeals to the girl of academic intelligence as well as to the other The materlal taught in these classes IQ concerned with more than food and clothlng pro blems The novx meanlng of the home as the recieational and social the familv maybe properly used has gixen to the development of home economics a nexx and inspiring direction In the field of home economics there are many opportunlties to link 3LtlNltl8S and ideals Some of the specific ideals of cleanllness order llness neatness accuracy lellabll ity promptness and persex rance a well as the more general ideals of lox altv sympathy and generosity are brought to the attention of the high school girl The ideal xx hlch is held fox home economics in the hlgh school is that it helps the girl to become a daugh tex xx ho is self respecting Dd.I'tlCl pating membel of the social unit the fdmllX of xx hich she is apart Signed bx AGINES 'NI PERSONS 6 1 xl, .A I . A ' S ' ' ' . ' S 3 an 2 e I A l L Y K Lx all Y V - 5 v K K1 1' ! S - 1 , ' , ' ., 9 1 1 y 1 - ' ' I' N 1 . - , Y 7 1 .i in 1 .1 v K A A ' ii . . , ' A 1 1 . Y . V 7 . . Y , the Way In which the lame Qf center in which the leisure time of 3 'h 'K ' I . V . . . I n vs 1 1 H K . - V 1 1 1 . ' vxixz . . ' v' ' v . K L ' ' 7 - 'Q . 5 ' , - Y Y Y 1 . D v - 1 . . 1 ' 1 V S tv ' l , - 1 ' 1, 1 ' . K- 'lx 1 1 . . . ' - , . . ' 1 Y A A'

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TUE OVW reference loom and the othel loom IS used as a labolatolx and shop room A fOUl xeal plan of studx Off615 Ol3DO1tl1IlltX fO1 a broad sclentlflc educatlon and a certaln amount ot speclalwatlon IH some chosen fleld of agllculture Agllcultulal Dulllls IGCGIXG ln structlon ln the xallous sclences as chemlstlx phx QILS and genelal sclence xxhlch ale fundamental to 3Q,'IlCL1ltL1l3.l xxolk and such cultul al sublects as Fncrllsh 'xlathf matlcs Hlstorx 'lncl othel gOC12l Qclfnfes Sublects ale allanged to flt the puplls fOl planes ln a numhel of agllcultulal actlx lt1GS such as dall x lnu galdenlng flU1t 2'lOU1I1fr noul tlx DlOflLlLtlOTl anlmal hu bandlx and farm constructlon and lepall xx olk VVhlle the X ocatlonal A0'Y1CUltLll BICOLHSP 1S1I1tP71flFdt'3 tl 'VIH 1 u IS f0l talmlncf and llfc ln the countlx It also Off9l s oppoltunltx fOl a lvl owl and satlsfxlnf edu atlon and max selx e to flt hoxs fOl nlflnx exccf llent posltlons ln commclclal lnclustlles closelx alllcd 01 connected xxlth aqrlcultule The DIGIT ll'1tlOI1 fol selxlcc 0 e falm IS not onl the la n Hr md recltlnq of lessons about the xallous pha es of falm xxolk but the lctufzl clolng of thc xx olk so fal as lt IS posslllle Phe alllecl NC1QDtlf1C XX0lk and much of thf non xoc ltlonal xx Olk lS clos lx co lelatcd xxlth tne shop and flelrl xxolk Labolatolx excl clses tleld tllps and dcmonst atlons ale emphaslfed as a p llt of the loffulfll lccltatlon xx Olk Self dQtlX1tV and fleeclom of explesslon on the palt of the pupll lv emphaslfed A llome plolect su h as the grloxx lnq of an acle of potatoes Ol the lalslng of 750 chlcks IS conducted on the falm durlng the xeal xx hele bx the pupll put lnto plactlce the knoxxledffc lle has lL'l1lCd du ll' the school telm The X70C21t1OH3l Depaltment spon QOIS a communltx fall' each xear xxhele all klnds of falm DlOdLlCfS ale placed on exhlblt and exelx thlng IS done to help promote the Qenel al lf1tQ1E!St of agI'lCl.1ltLlI'Q ln the communltx The Vocatlonal box s do practlcal lx all the genelal 18136.11 xxolk about the bLl1ldlHQ and school glound and alm to lealn as much as posslble bx dfjlflg' as manx lobs as thex can P D 'NIARTIX HOME ECONOMVCQ IN THE HIGH SCHOOL Gleetlng h s puplls the mastel asker! lVhat xxoulcl xou lealn of me And the leplx came Hoxx shall xxe cale fOl oul bodles ' Hoxx shall xxe leal oul chllcllell Hoxx shall xx e xx Ol k tocfethel '7 Hoxx shall xxe llxe xxlth oul fel loxx men Hoxx shall xxe plax' And fOl xx hat ends sh 1ll xxe llxe? And the te lchcl 130116161611 oxel healt T01 hls oxxn l6dlI1lI1jItOllLh6Cl not thesc thlncfs Homc ec0I10m1cs ls a slllllcct cf UHIXQISII lmpoltallcc as csscntlal as leadlng xxlltlnq Ol lllthmetlc Plobablx home economlcs c ln mcet the ncefls ot mole glllS ln Hlgll School than flnx Oth6l sublect All cclucltlon has as a SILHLIAI alm the dexelopment of hcalthx happx useful lncllxlduals xxho can take thell places ln soclctx as good cltl7en Thls alm can hc leached thl0llg'h the clexelopmcnt ot thc llght hlblts skllls attltudes lcleals lppreclltlons and lntelcsts Hoxx does home economlcs contllhute to thlS llm, To xxhat Obl9CflXCS of CdLlCdtlOH does the home ecollomlcs cou c IT 1kC bettel COI1t11IJllt1OI1 than othel COLIIQCS9 7 r' --- .J .J 1 1 1 11 1 . ' 1 ' , , 1 1 1 1 1-1 1 , 1 ' ' , 1 , .' A . ' , - K l 4 1 1' . A 'Q 1'. 1 ' -1 1 . ' 1 ' - 1 1 1 . '1 1 1 , L' 1 v 1 51 L ,A , .1 K1 V r .1. 1 1 '1 11 1 '.. 1 ' f 1 1 1 11' 1 1 .' . 1 ' 1 1 r ' 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 ,, . . L. . . .- v , ' , , ', Y 1 . 4 A S 1 ' . ' . ' 2 ,t ... I l 1 1 1 -1 ' fs sl 1 - 1. ' 1 1 , 1 luv- V .sn 1 - 1- -1 . ' 11 1 . ' ' Q .1 , , , . 5 1 f 1 1 7 .. '1' .1 ' 1 .1'l. - , , nv .-sq 1 v 1 ' ' , 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 . . ', cf . , , . . , Y , . Q .' ' ', '. ' 1 ' . ' ' 1 9 1' ' 1 ' 1 ,1.'1 ' 1 1' 1 K . 1 1 ' , 1 . 1 1' ' . , ' . . c . - 2 -C ' - A- - J., n these words. and sol'l'oxx' was ln hl.: 1 1 1 1 ' 1 .1 v 4 1 ' 1 - th , . 1 -,A ,,. ,. , 1 , , K K nn 1 1 K ' ' ' . . , . .. 1 . ,. , 4 1 Q 1 -1 I vu. - 1 1 1' ' ' 1 K1 K1 11 ', ' V K g ,. , . '.. . .I ' ' 1 .1 . . ' .L1 .2 , . ,,, 1 . ... . , 1' ' 8- - K, - ., 1' ' .1 '. 4.1 1 'l 1. 1 4 1 'I . V . ' X' ' . 1 1 1 J - .4 nu 9 1 1 1' 1.r 1 r 4 1 r 1 V ' ' Y. x V 1 1 1 1,.' 1 ' - - 1 . ' -' , '. . 1 ' 1 .', 1 1 1 , c 1 l . . - K - , , 1 . 11' ,' ' ,1 '1 1 ' .1 A 1 1 . 1 . '.1 1-r 1 ' L i 1 '- 1 ' . 1 . 1 - v- 1' 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 . 1 . - V 1 .1 - -1 -1 x 1 ' .1 1 1 , ,', ' 1 . ' 1,1 1 7 1 C C- Y A 1 A. 111 D1- ' a . A 1 .1 1 1 1 . 41 A 1. . -. . . , . 1 ' 1 1 1 1 - ', f ' ' 1 ' ' 1 , 1 c . 1 , , ' 3 ' 1 . . ,1 ' K1 I . .L-V . -1 3 1 1 1 11 Y ..' rv ..,. 1 . 1' ' ci Q A . c A .1 .15 , A., .1 l ,

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THE OYVL 7 .........l. 'wh M wh A , -an 1' THE VALUE OF QCHOOL MUQIC NIUSIC IS belng used Otrlflltfill a 4 means of soclallflng the school ltself and It l belngr plolected wltll L0mmLlHltX and nelghbolhood ll L man plcue hls palt he becomes an altlst 'lhls suggests the gleflt lels U19 houls slqapes hls pelsolmlltl an molds hls Chdldktel Slnce l0lSUl6 has tome to the masses we non need to be educated fol lelsule as much as f0l educatlon lm GIXODG must expless hlmlelt at some tlvne Ol othel and mans tlmes we flnd It dlftlcult to do sO Then uhx not let us Qpend Olll lelsule moments IH lealnlng of thls UHIX elsal language MLSIF' Let us adopt FINISIL as fl means ot explesslon lOl no mflttcl XXl I9l6 ue go o w mt ue do me xxlll alwaxs be LlI1Cl919t00d XVKIGIQ ex 61 thele ls llte thele IS ebb and flou, actlon and leactlon osQlll'1 tlon xlblfltlon Lompenset on fOlL9N that SlIDDOlf. and lellexe one an other glllllif to the ObS9lXPl .ls he SUIXGXQ them an lmples lon ot ease LOITllJ1H6d wlth poxlel If ue nlvstltallx lntelplet muslc dS sxm bollc of the lnnel llfe of the Lllll XQISG, It IN bw Xlltllti of lhx thmlc nlotlon Twenty leals ago thele came down to us .1 new ploblem a neu 1301Ht OI new a new oblettne A neu phase of muslt educatlon It became po lble to llsten to flne muslc, songs kllov n and unknomn NX hlth became plttelni but also 3 v.+,,f4ww.ff.,, ' V, V A ll I A Y 2 . fi' ,.,..,,..,..W..,l,.l,- .,,,., M, V Y, 1, 1 ' 1 1 am M f, , . 1 f U, ,, , .14 mf. f,f. nf .,,,, ,MM ' f ' ' ' J , . f 1 ' V . 1 .' ' 1 , , . v 1 v 1 11 v v -. u I if , .' v 1 . I 1 . . . v v ' 4 ' . ' . . ' . ' . ' . 1 1 ' - L I ' - - . ' v . ' - 'fl . v. ' I v 1 . V , ' U V , O l , . lll every COIICQIY able way. Vl hen , , , , - , - 1 f v ' 1 1 . 1 ' . ' - D ' A I . : - - 4- i .. , . ' , , . . I u 1 V 1 1 1 1 1 1 4- K ' ' ' ' ' - ' ' ' s ' 1 v ' . . 1' . 4 1 1 7 '- - 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 11 - I . 'Y x A 1, ' A K v . d - ' 1 . 1 -. . 1 ' . X' ' - K 5 ' ' ' 1 1 I I 1 v v. 1 n vL I 4 . A . 4, 1 '.. 1 ' ' l ' 4 ' 11 , , , 1 . v v -S 4 1 . 1 1 , - v v - - ' .' . v ' . 5 v 1 ' ,. M , v . v ' W K' I M Y ' -' . I . V. . . 1 . 's . 1 ' . qc, ' ' . - . 1 - L- -' ' ' ' ,' , Y. .- 1 , v vv 1 kv v -A1 . K K ,K Q ' ' , 7 'K' J-h K, 4 . . D, . 1 '. .. 2 - L, 3 ....