Valparaiso High School - Valenian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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MISS MAE McKINNIS DOMESTIC ART. INCE its establishment in 1907 in the Valparaiso schools, the Domestic Art Department under the management of Miss ] IcKinnis has become one of the largest departments in the school. In the lower grades, mat weaving, basket making, hemstitching, and hand sewing are done. When the seventh and eighth grades are reached the sewing machine work and the drafting of patterns begin. In the High School the girls are allowed to make anything they choose and leather work is taught if desired. A credit reiiuires two ])eriods a day in the High School and forty min- utes a week in tlie Grades. Judging from the amou nt of work done and the number of girls taking Domestic Art, it is one of the most beneficial departments in the school. GLADYS VAN TREES. 24

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€ MISS MYRA MENDENHALL DOMESTIC SCIENCE. OME on, kids, Let ' s make apple pies ' Fore ma calls us Or our mud all dries. I know how now But I didn ' t know it ' Fore I visited school And watched the big kids do it. I went to lots of classes But I didn ' t have much fun ' Till I went down stairs To the Domestic Science Room. And say! You oughter been there! I juGt wish we could take it! And learn to make real apple pies Just like those big kids make it. There were just twenty girls — Sister Katie knew ' em all And the teacher ' s name Was surapin like Miss Mendenhall. Sister said they love her And she ' s always good and sweet But then she oughter to be when they Make such good things to eat. Well, when we first went in there, I wondered what it could be, For it was the biggest kitchen You kids ever did see. I guess there was a dozen windows And they made the rooms so light And everything was spotless Why it was so clean and white! And all the girls wore aprons With pretty caps to match. And they were all as curious As that many chicks just hatched. Then every one was quiet While she told ' em what they ' d make, And how to mix it together, And how much stuff to take. And then they all got busy. Just like that many bees, A ' flyin ' ' round the blossoms Up in the apple trees. Oh there was another visitor — A big man with a cane. He just talked to the teacher, But I heard him just the same. She told him it had been three years, When he asked her all about it. Since Domestic Science was started there. And I really do not doubt it. And all that time, she told him. That the classes had been so full That some girls that took it Had to take it after school. None of ' em had to take it. They just took it for fun. And they got some credit for it But I guess not a whole one. ' Cause they only got to take it Just one time in a week ' Cause their other classes rushed ' em, So for time they had to seek. They didn ' t know I was listenin ' To what they had to say. For I was as quiet As a little mouse could be. Why, I ' d almost forgot the pies While they was in a ' bakin ' ! Then all at once I smelt ' em And remembered what they was makin ' . Um! They was goodern candy! Say, we forgot our pie! Come on, kids, let ' s go ihake ' em, I bet our mud ' s all dry. LILAH HINELINE. 23

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ORATORY A.CH pupil in the Valparaiso High School is trained in pub- lic speaking from the time he enters as a freshman until his graduation four years later. But high school oratory hiber- nates during the autunm and renews its youth in the s])ring when all young things are budding. Each pupil must api)ear at least once a year liefore the entire school in recitation or debate. In the Senior year two other opportunities are afforded him for public speaking, the Senior Oratorical offers him a chance to win tive dollars and the honor of representing his school in the Northern Indiana Meet; then the University of Chicago holds a contest each year for the schools co-operating with that institution. A scholarship is given to the one winning tirst place in effective speaking in this event. A number of gii ' ls went to Lake Forest to compete in a public si)eaking contest, also. This year the contestants in the Seniors oratorical were: Miss Fay, who spoke on The Value of the Study of Latin, and won first place among the girls, and Mr. Timmons, who took tirst hon- ors among the boys with a speech on The Conservation of Natural Resources. Mr. Marston and Mr. Dodge entered the public s{)eaking contest at the U. of C. and ([ualitied for the finals, the first time this honor had been won by the students of the V. H. S. ; I)ut, owing to a lack of preparation, caused by a misunderstanding of the rules, they did not win the finals. We hope that our rei)resentatives next year may have better luck and bring back the laurels in oratory for the honor of V. H. S. ROLAND J. KENNY. 25