Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887Various
Science
Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887
Various
Science -- Periodicals
Broiling--Lessons and practice in meat, chicken, fish, oysters, etc.
Bread Making--Chemical and mechanical action of materials used.
Manipulations in bread making in its various departments. Yeasts and
their substitutes.
Baking--Heat in its action on different materials in the process of
baking. Practical experiments in baking bread, pastry, puddings,
cakes, meat, fish, etc.
Frying--Chemical and mechanical principles involved and illustrated in
the frying of vegetables, meats, fish, oysters, etc.
Mixing--The art of making combinations, as in soups, salads, puddings,
pies, cakes, sauces, dressings, flavorings, condiments, etc.
In "marketing, economy," etc., the course comprises general teaching
on the following subjects:
"The selection and purchase of household supplies. General
instructions in systematizing and economizing the household
work and expenses. The anatomy of animals used as food, and
how to choose the several parts. Lessons on the qualities of
water and steam; the construction of stoves and ranges; the
properties of different fuels."
Again, there is a dressmaking and millinery department, where the
girls are taught how to cut and make dresses and other garments, and
the economical and tasteful use of materials.
So much for the girls. The courses in the boys' schools are somewhat
similar, turning, however, on the more practical instruction in trades
and industries, in carpentering, wood and iron work, etc.
The Toledo experiment has been tried there but one year, and has given
general satisfaction. The board of school directors has interested the
public in its efforts, and advisory committees of ladies and gentlemen
have been appointed to assist in managing these schools.
It is to be hoped that other and larger cities will imitate Toledo in
the matter. Those philanthropists who are giving money so liberally
for the establishment of institutions of higher learning might do much
good in providing for manual training schools of this kind that will
assure the country good housewives and skilled mechanics in the
future.--_Trustees' T. Jour._
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A GIGANTIC LOAD OF LUMBER.
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