This Thanksgiving, as you head down the busy grocery store aisles, keep an eye out for Mrs. Cubbison’s boxed dressings and stuffings. “Mrs. Cubbison” was indeed a real person–and a Cal Poly alumna. At a time when the corporate world was dominated by men, the 1912 graduate parlayed her knack for baking and her Cal Poly home economics degree into a successful company that still bears her name. In 1909, 19-year-old Sophie Huchting enrolled at the California Polytechnic School. The fledgling vocational school offered three-year courses of study in Agriculture, Mechanics, and Household Arts. At Cal Poly, Cubbison took courses in math, English, geography and chemistry. She also took classes in millinery, sewing, home management, gardening, sloyd, and cooking labs. Enrollment totaled 139 students. Expenses for a school year ranged from $240 - $300. There were no tuition fees. Cubbison probably lived off campus in SLO,, as there was limited on-campus housing for women students. The yearboo...