The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-02-18
JuniOr-SeniOr High News


The seventh grade Home Econ
omics class had its first food les
son in the cooking laboratory
Wednesday. They prepared or
anges in six different ways; slic-
ing in halves, sliced whole, Sec
toned, juice, in half shell, and
cubed. They all looked very do
mestic in their new starched
aprons and head hands.
The eighth graders are still in
terested in knowing more about
their bedrooms. Monday, we stu
died good and poor designs in wall
paper and various different wall
finishes, suitable for our rooms.
Friday. we spent discussing selec-
ton of lamps, lamp shades and
curtains. We brought samples of
material of cretonne, dotted swiss,
scrim and marquisette, SO we
could compare the difference.
The ninth graders studied three
major things this week. First we
took an inventory Of the clothes
on hand and made an estimate for
expenditure for the following
year. Some girls had as much as
$3.50 worth of clothing on hand.
The average, however, was $81
worth of clothing on hand. The
second thing we studied was de-
sign in dress. Those of us who are
fat found out how to wear dresses
to minimize our 'avoirdupoiS"
those of us who are tall, found
that certain designs will appar-
emily make us appear shorter. We
also discussed how to make a
round face appear less round, how
to choose a dress to f1atter large
hips, round shoulders, and a long
neck. Lastly, we studied color in
relation to harmonies in dress and
becomingness to our individual
compilations. BY taking large
pieces of colored cloth and placing
them next to our faces, we found
out what happens to eye color,
hair color, and complexion. "Re-
member, nature dresses the ele-
plant in gray, the parrot in bright
colorS."
The ninth grade General
Science classes are studying au-
tomobiles, their parts, and how
they operate; as all the garage
men know. The students were
sent to the garages to get pamph-
lets on automobiles.
The Junior Business class stu
died the work of a cashier and re-
tail selling. They are, at the pres
ent time, on project reviewing
work of the first semester.
The eighth and ninth grade
Physical Ed classes are playing
volleyball. The eighth teams are
having a tournament. John De
Greats team is in the lead. The
seventh graders are wrestling.
This next week the English I
classes will finish the study of
Ivanhoe. Contracts are being
worked on, and many beautiful
displays are expected
The Glee Club has ordered new
music, and as soon as it arrives,
work will be started on it.
English students have been
studying DR.. Johnson, who began
the famous Literary Club of Lon
don; and the early Romanticists
as Goldsmoth, Cowper, Collins,
Gray and Chatterton. We also
traced the beginning of the novel
from Swift and Defoe's adventure
stories as forerunner of the novel,
through the works of Richardson,
who began by writing correspon-
dence letters for the young ladies
of England, and who gave us a
loosely constructed novel, 'sPam-
ela," full of emotional feelings,
Fielding, who perhaps has given
us the best novel tom Jones'
which is very long and is really
a parody of Richardson's 'Pam-
ela"; and Sterne who gave us a
freak book, named "Tristom
Shandy''. By the study of Gold
smiths life, we learn to appreciate