Wakefield High School - Echo Yearbook (Wakefield, MI)

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WHS HOME ECONOMICS Students enroll in the Home Economics department for the first time in the seventh grade. I'he Junior High work is divided into four phases: art, clothing, foods, and nursing. This course continues for half a year. It is an exciting time when food is first stirred up in the double boiler or the sewing machine is made to stitch ahead—not backwards. This introduction gives the pupil an insight into the work of the high school. The elective courses in the Senior High consist of such units as textiles, meal planning, serving, dietetics, garment design and construction, and the house and its care. A special service course was offered to the Senior girls for the first time this year which was made up of concentrated units of the same work covered during the Freshman and Sophomore years. INDUSTRIAL ARTS Industrial Arts is a required subject in grades seven and eight, and is open to election throughout the four years of the Senior High school. Short unit courses are given in grades seven, eight and nine, and the work is largely exploratory in nature. The boys have an opportunity to test their interests and abilities in such subjects as woodwork, metal work, electricity and drawing. Advanced courses in these same subjects are offered in grades ten. eleven and twelve, and the work is of a more specialized nature. The advanced work prepares the boys for entrance to technical schools, and gives preliminary training for a more successful entrance into an industrial occupation. Approximately 225 boys are enrolled in the Industrial Arts classes. -woodwork - - DRAFTING- Page Eighteen