ILLUSTRATIONS. Plate 1. Simmons College, Boston, Mass. Demonstration of cuts of meat in marketing--- Page. Frontispiece 2. A, Woman's building, department of household science, Uni- 3. A, Practice cottage, Winthrop College, Rock Hill, S. C. B, Din- 4. A, Practice cottage for home economics students, University of 5. A, Dining room, University of Wisconsin, practice cottage. B. 6. A, Serving table, cafeteria in home economics building at Cornell 8. A, Class in dietetics, senior laboratory, home economics building, 9. A, Home economics and agricultural demonstration train, Colo- 10. A, Tent for home economics traveling exhibit, the University of PREFATORY NOTE. Over 250 colleges now offer courses of instruction that have direct reference to the home; and related applied-science courses in economics, sociology, biology, bacteriology, and chemistry are given in over 40 other institutions. In this portion of the report there are presented statements showing how instruction in home economics is organized in various colleges and universities, such as the University of Chicago, with its department of household administration as a division of the university, and in addition in its school of education a department of home economics and household arts; the University of Missouri, with its department of home economics a part of its school of education, but offering work also for the degrees of A. B. and B. S. in agriculture; Elmira College, one of the early women's colleges, which now offers a vocational degree in the household field and accepts certain courses for the A. B. degree; the University of Wisconsin, in which the department is administratively related to the college of agriculture; Simmons College, Boston, an academic-vocational college with household economics as one of its six vocational departments; Teachers College, Columbia University, which not only trains teachers of household arts, but in its technical "school of practical arts" trains household and institution managers, dietitians, and similar professional workers related to the household. The college course in home economics recommended by a committee of the agricultural colleges is also presented. There are Outlines of typical individual courses, as given in different colleges and universities, are next presented under the following groupings: The home-economics movement; economic and socialscience courses related to the household; natural science courses related to the household; courses in foods; courses in clothing, shelter, household management, and related courses. further presented (p. 62) data regarding college instruction in household arts received through a schedule of inquiry. The facts are assembled first by individual colleges (table 1, p. 63); they are then discussed as to the conclusions, with explanatory illustrations, under such headings as the dates of introducing college instruction, degrees, courses, registration, summer courses, extension educa tion, equipment, and other subjects. EDUCATION FOR THE HOME-PART III. I. TYPICAL COLLEGE CURRICULA IN EDUCATION FOR THE HOME. Section 1. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. The University of Chicago offers work related to the home at two points in the university: The department of household administration, in the faculties of arts, literature, and science; and the department of home economics and household arts in the school of education. The department of household administration of the University of Chicago is significant as a university department of instruction which offers undergraduate and graduate instruction under the faculties of arts, literature, and science. Its courses particularly emphasize the administration of the home, and its sanitary, economic, legal, and community problems. Household administration is here given fullest academic recognition and placed coordinately with the long-established academic and scientific departments. The courses have been from the first in charge of Miss Marion Talbot, professor of household administration, and dean of women, with whom there is associated Miss Sophonisba P. Breckinridge, assistant professor of social economy. The very statement of the purpose of the courses presents a liberal view appropriate to university relationships: The courses in this department are planned to give students (1) a general view of the place of the household in society as a means of liberal culture; (2) training in the rational and scientific administration of the home as a social unit; (3) preparation to serve as teachers of home economics, domestic science, and household arts, or as social workers in institutions whose activity is largely expressed through household administration. The regular courses of the department are supplemented by courses offered by instructors in other departments, especially in the departments of sociology, chemistry, zoology, physiology and bacteriology, and of the school of education. The department grants no special certificate; its work is applied, like that of other departments, toward the requirements for the various university degrees― bachelors of arts, science, and philosophy; the master of arts and of science and the doctor of philosophy and of science. Undergraduate students may take their "major or minor sequence" in this department or choose electives; college of education students who are candidates for the bachelor's degree in education or the two-year certificate in home economics may elect work in the department of household administration; unclassified students who are 21 years of age and high-school graduates with training in either physics or chemistry may pursue courses independent of a degree; and instruction in certain courses is offered through the correspondence-study department of the university. The department affords "opportunities for gaining practical experience in housekeeping, lunchroom management, marketing, household accounting, and similar activities. There are also frequent occasions for active participation in such philanthropic work as supplements the instruction of the classroom." The following courses of instruction are offered by the department of household administration: The Organization of the Retail Markets.-An elementary course intended to familiarize the student with the machinery of trade with which the householder comes into direct contact. Visits will be made to typical distributive establishments. The Consumption of Wealth.-Standards of living; necessaries for life and for efficiency, comforts, luxury, and extravagance; a minimum wage and a living wage; saving and spending; organized efforts among consumers to coutrol production. The Economic Basis of the Family. Public Aspects of the Household.-A course intended to review the relations between the householder and the public, as represented by Federal, State, or municipal authority. Legal and Economic Position of Women.-A study of the status of women with reference to their property, the effect of marriage, their share in the control of their children, their opportunities as wage earners and producers. (See p. 22.) The Child and the State. Problems in Household Administration. This course will be conducted for students who have had special training and experience, preferably in teaching, social work, or scientific housekeeping. House Sanitation. This course deals with the house as a factor in health. Special attention will be given to modern conceptions of cleanliness and to the investigation of general sanitary conditions from a practical and scientific standpoint and with special reference to the needs of the community, the household, and the school. Food Supplies and Dietaries.-The nutritive and money values of foodstuffs; the application of heat to food principles; adulterations; methods of preservation; sanitary and economic aspects of food; popular misconceptions as to foods. Administration of the House.-This course will consider the order and administration of the house with a view to the proper apportionment of the income and the maintenance of suitable standards. It will include a discussion of the domestic-service problem. Modern Problems in Household Administration.-The work will be conducted only for students capable of carrying on independent investigations. It will deal with new and unsettled problems whose solution will help place the subject of household administration on a more secure scientific basis. Special Research.-Open only to students who have had special training and experience. Department of home economics and household arts.-The school of education, University of Chicago, offers courses in this department |