Ann Arbor High School 1962 Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI) - Full Access

Future homemakers "Homemaking courses have been included in the Ann Arbor High School curriculum since the early 1920's. Of course in the beginning only the skills of cooking and sewing were taught and they were known as ''Do– mestic Science" courses. The first rooms set aside for these courses were made over rooms in the basement of the old high school. "Many changes have taken place since those days. Through the years the homemaking program has been broadened to include all aspects of family life. Our laboratories and apartments are as fine as those to be found anywhere. "Today's homemaking student learns to establish a home and to manage it successfully. She becomes aware of values that make for better family living. She learns how to plan family spending to get the most from the family income. She learns to plan and prepare family meals that are both delicious and nutritious. She learns how to select clothes with skill and care and to save money by making some of them. She learns to under– stand her role as a wife and mother, and how to help her children grow up to be healthy, normal, well-ad– justed citizens of tomorrow." learn domesticity. Roy Campbell, Bill Johnson, and Harold Patillo are getting right down to the batter o£ the matter. I 25