Yazoo City High School - Mingo Chito Yearbook (Yazoo City, MS)

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Home Economy for Young Ladies MRS. RALPH C. HUNT, Homemaking; MSCW, B.A. What's that I smell burning? Not my skirt, I hope! wonders Mary Anderson in a typical homemaking class. Nelda, I never thought that sewing would be so easy. I don’t even have to ask Mrs. Hunt for help every five minutes, remarked Alice Faye Dew. In the fast advancing world of today, emphasis is being placed on the women in the business world. The homemaking department endeavors to place this emphasis on the woman’s place in the home. In grades 9 12 a student taking homemaking learns how to prepare a well-balanced, tempting meal and also the arts of per- sonality developement, good grooming, and serving. A student studies family relations and receives careful in- struction in home furnishings and child care. The home- making students are the builders of the homes for America’s future. Homes where truth, love, security, and faith will be realities. Threading a machine gets easier every time Singer puts Clothes come cleaner with Tide,” agree Anne Keene and Glenda out a new model. Diane Foster had no trouble with her Seay. machine. 22

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Music, That Calms the Mind MR. S. C. BEERS, Band Director Jr. and Sr. High; Hendrix College, Ark. MISS BERNICE GAY, Public School Music and Choral Director; B.M., M.M., Med., Belhaven, Peabody, LSU. MR. DONALD VAUGHAN, Assistant Band Director; U.M., M. of Music, Memphis State. Come now, Mr. Beers, you don't expect me to play that! teases head majorette Kathy Crowder. At one time or another every veteran student at YHS experienced delight when he passed by the band room during a lively practice session. The school band under the direction of Beers and Vaughan was a section of school activities that made every student feel proud. Another division of the music program was the Mixed Chorus, various ensembles, and the music classes which were under the instruction of Miss Bernice Gay. The chief goal of the music program was to increase interest in music as well as to teach to as many students as possible the funda- mentals of this classic art. Both the band and the Mixed Chorus joined other schools in festivals and contests of friendly competition. Students in these organizations also benefit by receiving service points for their musical participation. Surprise! James Dawes and assistant band instructor, Mr. Vaughan, are showing off one of the new fiber glass bass horns the band bought this From Shore to Shore in this great land we live in . . Three of Miss Gay’s music students practice for one of the many assembly programs given by the first year choral group. 21

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Commercial Department for Practical Training And I thought learning my a, b, c,’s was hard! exclaims Mary Sutherland in a state of panic preceding a typing test. OOQOOOQOOOO 00000000060 © oooooooee© © Now is the time for all good men to . . . reach 40 words a minute or fail the course. Have no fear, we know these boys will make it. Hands on your keys, eyes on your books, . . . Begin, instructs Miss Hendrix, one of the typing teachers at YHS. This is just one of the familiar directions repeated again and again by the proficient teachers of the Com- mercial Department. The five minute timings and tabula- tion problems in the typewriting classes taught by Miss Louise Hendrix and Mrs. Nelson Isreal brought back memories of adding, subtracting, and dividing, only to have the whole thing wrong. Transcriptions in shorthand and practice sets in bookkeeping sometimes discouraged the want-to-be-perfect students into incessant indolence. The Commercial Department aids the Yazoo City busi- ness community in many ways, one of which is by train- ing efficient office personnel and by offering night classes for adults and students. MISS LOUISE HENDRIX, Shorthand. Typewriting, Secretarial Training; MSCW. B.S. MRS. NELSON ISREAL. Bookkeeping, Business English, Business Train- ing, Typewriting; Miss. Delta, A.A., Delta State, B.S., U.M., M.B. Dear John, Have you ever thought about . . . well, about . . . bad breath?” Now, Norma surely your boss didn't dictate this letter! 23