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Instructor Dorothy Catlin [foreground) supervises as girls 

 prepare meal in model school kitchen. 



Right: Rosemary McCaslin (left) and Evelyn Brink leorn how 

 to wash clothes properly in a modern mochine. 



In sewing tlasst-s the students learn 

 to make, !>y hand and machine, attrac- 

 tive, serviceable clothes designed for the 

 individuals figure and personalit\. 

 Knowing so many of these home skills 

 gi\es the average Rochelle high school 

 girl the poise and assurante of girls 

 many years older. 



Asked what they liked about home 

 economics, 



I'reshman Chris Stone said: I have 

 learned how to do things quicker and 

 easier. 



Sophomore Norma Holmes: Our 

 home economics teacher explains ^o 

 many more different things than you 

 could learn at home. 



Junior Helen Van Kirk: I have 

 learned to cook, care for the home and 

 children, budget income and plan 

 things I just wouldn t ha\e taken the 

 time to learn at hoine. 



Senior Ruth Keele: I have learned 

 to sew and cook much better, how to 

 save time and money by planning and 

 budgeting. The methods are more ad 

 \anced and modern than vou could 

 learn at home.' 



Under the directi(m of K. I". Weh- 

 ner. vocational agriculture instructor, 

 farm youth planning to remain on the 

 farm are taught the scientific bases for 



successful larming practices. Like the 

 girls in home economics, thev learn bv 

 doing. 



1 he farm mechanics m.uhine and 

 woodworking shops are ecjuipped with 

 a splendid array of tools, engines, ma- 

 chines and other ec)uipment. In the 

 f.irm mechanics course alone, at least 

 100 separate tasks must be performed 

 1 hev range trom the hanging of a gate 

 to the pouring of bearing babbitt. 



Work includes gas and electric weld- 

 ing, torge training, repair of tarm 

 ec|uipment including automobiles and 

 trucks, sheet metal training, care ol 

 tools, use of concrete and metals, paints 

 .md woods. 



The girl, too, who has little enthus- 

 iasm for the quantity theory of money 

 or the economic and social significance 

 ot the industrial revolution can bend 

 her energies elsewhere. Besides learn- 

 ing how to run a home efficientlv, she 

 can prepare lor a business career bv 

 learning how to operate otfici. ma- 

 chines. 



\Vell-e(|jipped with business n\'- 

 chines, the Rochelle high s hoot s 

 thoughtfully planned commercial 

 classes train the student to the point 

 where slu can step into the average 



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Girls learn to serve appetizing meals 

 how to Oct as a good hostess. 



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Veneta Purvis uses electric typewriter 

 Maxine Busse the*adder. 



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Left: Corn planter is repaired by Don Kettleson (left) and George Hintzsche. Right: In- Don Alcock (left) and Bob Johnson weld 

 * structor K. E. Wehner (right) shows trailer with scale mode by students. sprocket in form mechanics shop. 



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