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Page 2 THE MIDGET December, 1922 Albemarle Sample Stor WILCOX BRIGHTWELL, Manager NOTIONS, FURNISHING GOODS AND SHOES ‘‘The Store that Bargains Built” Albemarle, North Carolina LITTLE’S SHOE SHOP j For Best Material | and I Workmanship I f In Heath Building Across from Courthouse | \ Telephone 397 Albemarle, N. C. J ( What Are Albemarle Girls Learning in High School That They Can Actually Use? (Grace Pickier—Edna Matthews.) The Home Economics department of the Albemarle High School is: more adequately equipped this yeai than it was last. Having these bet ter equipments, both the first and second year girls have begun to work earnestly on each of their courses. There are two rooms now one used for food study and the other for clothing. During the first semester of the first year course there is work in food study. It has been learned al ready that home economics is not merely cooking and serving. Foods have been analyzed for the food stuffs they contain, and how these food stuffs build body tissues, give heat and energy has been learned also how to plan balanced meals and serve them attractively. It has been found that milk is very essential in the diet of children, since it contains all the food stuffs and vitamines nec essary to promote growth. During the second semester there will be a course in clothing. This course will emphasize designing of neat, appropriate clothes, care and hygiene of clothing as well as con structive processes. The work for the second year is divided into separate short units. The first of these was Food Preservation which covered the first ten lessons. In these lessons why foods spoil, rea sons for preservation, methods of preservation, canning, preserving and pickling were studied. During these lessons a small amount of fruit and vegetables was canned. The second unit is clothing which was completed by Thanksgiving. The first division of this unit was the budget which teaches how to econo mize; the second was millinery; the third was outside clothing. The girls were required to make a cotton problem and a woolen one, either a blouse, skirt or dress. The next di vision will be the layette. In the table linen division the linen indus try, tests for linen, care of dining room linen, and linen substitutes will be studied. The sixth division children’s clothing. The three prob lems are a child’s dress, rompers, and a suit of underwear. The third large unit is house i)Ian- ning and furnishing. The subject matter is as follows: Requirements of a well-planned, simple house, fur- n’shing of a girl’s bedroom, and fur nishing of a group of rooms, consist ing of living room, dining room, and hall. The next sixty or seventy lessons will be taken up by the study of dietetics. The uses of food, com position of foods, body processes, fuel value of foods, cost, body needs, feeding the family, and foods for the sick w'll be studied. The laboratory work will consist of pre paring and serving certain meals, packing lunches, and planning diets. In household management the carc and cleaning of the home, home laundering, labor saving devices, and management of finances will be taken up. The last, but by far not least im portant, unit of the work will bo home nursing and child care. The main topics of study will be the fol lowing: A brief history of early theories of disease and origin of DRY’S CASH STORE | i i Dry Goods and Ready-to-Wear I f FOR LESS I I Next Door to Parker-Little Furn. Co. | If You Like to Look Well Dressed Your Clothes Must ’ Be Correctly Tailored. We have high grade, hand-tailored Suits in the season’s snappiest and newest modols at— $24.75, $29.75 and $35.00 Morrow-Little Company MEN’S WEAR
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