Valparaiso High School - Valenian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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Q has uot time to go to school in the day time a chance to pass an enjoy- able evening in a good place. The Manual Training l)ei)artment is a very important part of a school and should be installed in all high schools, for it not only affords a change in work during the day for the regular day i)upil, but it gives him a training with tools. Since most men work with some kind of tools, it is a great advantage for a pupil to get his training while voung. LESLIE CASBON. a DOMESTIC ART. Q HE Domestic Art taught by j Iiss McKinnis aims not only to give the child a i)raetical working knowledge of various stitches and processes in plain sewing and their application to simi)le useful articles, but also to be a helpful i)art of the school curriculum and life and to assist in a better under- standing of social and industrial problems of the world. The work is given to pupils from the first grade up until they are thru High School. In the lower grades the pupils are taught to make simple ai ' tieles for every day use. In the Seventh and Eighth grades, and also in the High School, they are taught the use of the sewing- machine and to make their own clothing. The work is required of all the pupils (especially the girls) in the grades. However, in the High School the pupils in the Scientific L ourse are required to take it, but the pupils in the Latin Covrrse are not required to take it unless they so desire it. The Domestic Art teaches that all manual (or hard work) may serve as a training thru motor activities for the foundation of right habits of thought and action; that this particular phase of manual work ha,s a very practical aspect which is of the greatest importance in stimulating the child ' s mental faculties by arousing the imagination, judgment, will and perceptive ytowers and memory reason. The teaching of Domestic Art always makes a place for the four predominant characteristics of the child nature. Domestic Art does not aim at purely technical skill, but attaining habits of usefulness. It establishes discipline and by repetition develops these habits. Some of the liabits develo]ied are impressions of mental images, nmscular activities, order, neatness, accuracy, self-reliance, truthfulness and diligence. With these fully developed success will surely follow l)v making the pu]iil independent and if need be, to go and earn her own livelihood and make honest, uiiright citizens in the world at large. RUBY YOUNG.

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S) a THE MANUAL TRAINING DEPARTMENT. ]HE Manual Training Department of the V. H. S., established by the alumni in 1908, is one that we can be proud of. Mr. Wallace had charge of it the first two years, and although he labored under many difificulties, because of the work being new, he started the ball rolling very smoothly. From 1910 to 1913 Mr. Davis had charge of the department. He was a very com- petent instructor and good pieces were turned out under his direetior. In 1913 Mr. Ira Spear became manual training instructor. Mr. Spear is liked by all and the dejiartmcnt has continued to thrive and its effi- ciency to increase. At first the manual training room contained only benches and bench tools, but in 1912 two turning lathes and motor power were added and in 1913 the room was enlarged to almost double its former size. Mechanical Drawing was added in 1910. Pupils must now draw a model of the article they choose to make and after it has passed the instructor ' s insiiection they make the article according to their drawing. The night school is another imjiortant feature of the department. There are now about one hundred forty taking the night work. The boys seem to like this work, because they all come of their own will, and j fr. Spear reports that he finds difficulty in making them stop at nine o ' clock. Further, the night school gives the industrious boy who O P Q

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DOMESTIC SCIENCE DEPARTMENT Bread is the Staff of Life. OMESTIC SCIENCE was introduced iuto the Valparaiso Public Schools in the fall of 1912. No other subject taught has ever created as much interest or proved more beneficial to the student than Domestic Science. The Domestic Science work was started by Miss Bushell and is now being carried on under the auspices of Miss Mendenhall. In connection with the cook- ing, there are classes in Household Economics and Household ( Jhemis- try. House hold Economics is a study of food and its relation to the body and Household Chemistry is a study of the art of pi ' actical house- keeping and the chemistry of foods. A new phase of the work is the summer school, introduced last summer and the night school introduced in the early winter. The sum- mer school had an enrollment of about eighty, and at present there are about eighty attending the night school. There are classes on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights. The Monday night class is made up of girls that liave had some work izi the Domestic Science. The Tuesday night class is a class of High School boys. These boys are working along the line of camp cookery and are very enthusiastic. (Especially when it is time to eat). The Wednesday and Thursday night classes are made up of working girls. All of these classes are free to the people of Valparaiso. In the day classes, there are about ninety grade pupils and twenty-five High School pupils. As all must eat to live, why not learn to prepare what you must eat in a way that will secure a better and cheaper living! This is what Domestic Science teaches. Miss Mendenhall is a very capable teacher and beloved bv all her pupils; she is also greatlv interested in her work. ANNETTA COLLINS. O Q