BAKERY
Miss V. BaILey
We have come to the end of another very busy year in this department also. Tons of flour have
been used monthly to make thousands of loaves of bread and buns. This is all made by the boys. Those
worthy of special mention are Percy Barton, Chester Bolton, Lawrence Innis, Anthony Calder; and those
showing improvement, Peter Martin, Willie Hall, Wilfred Green and Patterson MacKay.

LAUNDRY
Miss K. MERRY
Theory, 2 hours; Application 18 hours, weekly.

The year’s work in the laundry has been well done by the Senior girls. They enjoy doing the
washing and take a pride in ironing the things well, especially the table linen and silk clothes. There
are four irons in almost constant use, and every week many hundreds of garments are ironed and pressed.

It is possible to wash the majority of clothes in the machine, but the girls have practice in hand
washing when they do the woollen and silken clothes.

All of the laundry workers know how to manipulate the machinery, and during Miss Merry’s
absence were able to run the laundry efficiently, with occasional supervision.

Mr. Wilkinson, the school engineer, has kept the machines running smoothly, and always had an
ample supply of steam, so the work continued without a hitch.

All the older girls have had two separate months’ laundry work. It is difficult when they have all
proved to be such good workers to select any for special commendation, but for punctuality, good work
and common sense Jennie Peters should come first. Others for special praise are Alice Sepass, Agnes
Roberts, Gertie Nelson, Mary Underwood, Alice Percival_—and as a champion shirt-ironer, Charlotte
Prevost.

SEWING
Miss M. E. TayLor
Theory, 14 hours; Application, 22 hours, weekly.
Motto: “A stitch in time saves nine.”?

In the mending room repairing, darning and renovating of the girls’ and boys’ clothing and also
the household goods—quilts, blankets, bed linen, is carried on. As may be imagined, in a school of over
two hundred active pupils there is sufficient mending to give every girl ample practice and experience
in this very useful household art. Girls worthy of special mention here are: Senior—Edith Thomas,
Dorothy Barton, May Quaksistalla; Junior: Sarah MacDonald, Marjorie Wilson, and Dorothy Charles.

In the manufacturing room the girls’ dresses, underwear, boys’ shirts, and alterations are made,
the girls doing very good work under the supervision of Mrs. R. Sainsbury. Alice Percival, Eliza Hum-
chitt, Emily Leo and Mary Underwood deserve special mention, but all have enjoyed this department and
have done good work. Forty costumes for the Operetta which was put on at Christmas, and thirty choir
gawns for the school choir were made this year. Altogether 1688 garments passed through our hands—
1556 made and 132 altered. The sewing for the Coqualeetza exhibit at the Vancouver Exhibition is
also done in this department under the supervision of the matron and teacher.

DINING ROOM

ELizaBETH B. RycKMAN

In our previous Annuals this department has not been accorded a special report, but has come
under the general heading of Household Economics. During the last few years, however, it has developed
into a distinct, separate and especially organized department. The key-word to be applied to it is Action—
three times daily. The dining room occupies a very important place in the life of the school. It is the
only room, with the exception of the Assembly Hall, where all the pupils meet together, and it is a
place where tidiness, cleanliness and general deportment count for a very great deal. It is in the dining
room that the food which has been carefully planned and prepared in the kitchen must be appetizingly
and attractively served, in order that it may be converted into the mental and physical energy upon
which the health and success of the students so largely depend. The dining room workers are responsible
for setting the tables for the meals, and clearing away afterwards, washing the dishes and leaving every-
thing spic and span. The girls have displayed great neatness and efficiency this year, and their task has
been rendered lighter by the fact that the boys brightened up the dining room and pantries with a fresh
coat of paint during the year. After the girls have received sufficient experience in waiting on table
in the Children’s Dining room they are assigned to duty in the Staff Dining room, where they carry on
very creditably indeed. The girls have made such good account of the careful training they receive
along these lines that three of them, Delavina Allard, Mercy Wesley and Mary Underwood were accounted
worthy of the honour of serving when Principal and Mrs. Raley entertained Viscount and Viscountess
Willingdon at luncheon this spring.

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