Portland High School's Domestic Science class pose for a yearbook picture in 1924.

Standing, from left, are D. Leighton, Ethel Dalton, F. Gallagher, G. Silee, M. Welch, E. Morong, M. Rotcliffe and D. Magner.

Kneeling, from left, are B. Turner, K. Moran, R. Burke, M. Ward, I. Cameron, C. Mitchell and G. Thomas.

A poem appeared in the "The Bell," Portland High School's yearbook:

"On the topmost floor in the western wing
Where cracks in the doors to your nostrils bring
Delectable odors from eatable things,
Domestic Science reigns supreme
And welcomes all to her broad regime."