Farm life -- United States; Girls -- United States
Nearly all the agricultural colleges now have courses of study in home
science and art. For the benefit of any girls who may not be in the
habit of studying the catalogs of institutions and who would like to
know what subjects the university considers to be of educational value
in household economics, I give here some outlines of courses of study
pursued at certain typical institutions.
Home Economics Department, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
[Illustration: A lesson in household economics, at Cornell University.]
_A Course in Household Sanitation._ A consideration of the
sanitary conditions of the house and site; the relations of
bacteriology to the household in cleaning, in the preservation of
foods, in diseases, and in disinfection; personal hygiene,
including the care of the body in health; heat, light,
ventilation, and the disposal of refuse; general lectures by
specialists, giving a survey of the field of sanitation.
Teachers' College, Columbia University, New York City.
_A Course in Household Management._ Application of scientific and
economic principles to the problems of the modern housewife--with
discussion of them from both the ideal and the practical point of
view, taking up such problems as: income as determining the type
of household, the budget and its apportionment; the choice of a
dwelling, moving, and settling; house furniture, utensils,
appliances, decoration, supplies, the menu, clothing, maintenance,
cleaning, repairs, household service, apportionment of time,
household accounts, home life.
Home Economics Department, Connecticut College of Agriculture, Storrs,
Connecticut.
_A Course in Laundry Work._ The principles and processes of
laundry work; equipment and materials required to do good work in
the home laundry, and the use and economy of labor-saving
appliances; practical work in the processes of laundering,
sorting, soaking, removal of stains, etc.; special methods of
washing different fabrics; starching, ironing, and folding;
experiments with hard and soft water, soap making, and composition
of bluing.
Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts.
_A Course in House-planning._ The designing and construction of
the modern house; study of the plans and specifications in order
to train the student to be able to read drawings, and understand
the items of foundation, walls, plastering, heating, plumbing,
roofing, and finishing; the history of furniture, color, and
interior decoration; a consideration of fabrics, and wall
coverings.
A four years' course of study may be arranged as follows:
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