Much more use of art should be encouraged in many of the projects which girls are choosing in all phases of home activities since it can contribute so much to the comfort and attractiveness of homes, and these are essential factors of happy family life. Lewis Mumford,[27] a distinguished critic of modern architecture and decoration, has fittingly said: The chief forms of decoration in the modern house will be living things--flowers, pictures, people. Here is a style of interior decoration that perpetually renews itself. For the modern house is built not for show but for living; and the beauty it seeks to create is inseparable from the personalities that it harbors. It is safe to predict, on the basis of the home projects in which desirable art applications have been made, that through conscious effort the following outcomes may be expected: 1. The ideal of creating beauty in the home will be strengthened. 2. Pupils will recognize greater possibilities for making art applications. 3. Pupils will become more observing and discriminating. 4. Family life will be bettered by those projects in which home improvement has been achieved. 5. Pupils will appreciate that beauty is not dependent upon cost. 6. More successful projects will be carried out. The last point is reflected in the summary of results that one girl made of her home project, "Improving the Looks of My Room." She said: The only cost for my project was for the two little pictures that I hung by the mirror. I learned that it is not always the cost or quality that determines the attractiveness of a room. Things must be arranged correctly or much of the beauty is lost. My mother thought that everything I did to my room was an improvement and encouraged me to do much more. I am planning to do more for our entire house in the future. The home project which resulted in an improved kitchen in one home had a favorable influence upon the home life of the family. The girl, with the financial assistance of her brothers, had made an attractive and more efficient kitchen in the bare 4-room house, which was the home of the family. The living quarters were naturally limited in such a small space. In reporting on this project the teacher said: I feel that this project has been very worthwhile to Ethel and her whole family. Her mother was so grateful and told me how much better it made her feel to walk into a bright, cheerful kitchen every morning. She said that her boys were so pleased they had made a living room out of the kitchen on cold winter nights. =Suggestive Home Projects in Which Art is an Important Factor=