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CONTENTS.
I. THE STATES AND EDUCATION FOR THE HOME.
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SECTION 1. General tendencies in State legislation as to education for the home.
2. The laws of the States on education for the home, by States...
3. State certification of special teachers of household arts...
4. State regulations regarding certificates for special teachers of house-
hold arts, by States....
5. Summary of State provisions for education for home, by States...
6. State supervision of household-arts teaching in schools..
7. Summary: A State program of education for the home..
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II. THE RURAL SCHOOL AND EDUCATION FOR THE HOME.
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SECTION 1. The rural district school......
2. The warm lunch and food teaching in the rural school..
3. The consolidated school and household-arts teaching.
4. Special agricultural schools and education for the home..
5. Boys' and girls' clubs and home improvement through the rural
schools...
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III. THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND EDUCATION FOR THE
HOME.
Section 1. Household arts in lower elementary grades—Speyer School of Teach-
ers College.....
2. Upper-grade industrial course—Chicago public schools.
3. Upper grades-Vocational school for girls, Rochester, N. Y....
4. Dates of introduction of household arts into public schools..
5. Topics treated in elementary household-arts curriculum....
6. Order of introduction of household arts into school systems.
7. Time allotted household arts in elementary school...
8. Aim of household-arts teaching in the grades......
9. Special teachers of sewing and cookery in elementary schools...
10. Salaries of special teachers of household arts in elementary schools..
11. Cost of household-arts supplies in elementary schools......
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IV. THE HIGH SCHOOL AND EDUCATION FOR THE HOME.
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Vocational education in the high school.
SECTION 1. A domestic-science course in a general high school, Brookline,
Mass...
2. Domestic-art courses: Domestic chemistry Los Angeles high
schools
3. A curriculum for girls-Domestic-science subjects-Vocational
training: East Technical High School, Cleveland....
4. A home.craft course—Wadleigh High School, New York City....
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SECTION 5. Instruction related to the home offered in academic departments
of high schools....
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6. Recognition of household science for college admission...
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7. High schools giving courses in home economics, by States...
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8. Time allotments in high-school curricula in household arts.
9. Data on high-school curricula...
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10. High-school teaching-Separate departments, departmental coop-
eration, home cooperation....
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11. Salaries of high-school teachers of home economics.
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12. Continuation education in household arts...
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V. STATE NORMAL SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION FOR THE HOME.
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Section 1. Four-year course in home economics; a vocational course, State
Normal College, Albany, N. Y....
2. A State plan for home economics in normal schools—Wisconsin...
3. Curricula in other normal schools....
4. The normal school and the rural problem...
5. Applied science, related to household, in normal school.....
6. Training of teachers in home economics in institutions other than
normal schools....
7. State normal schools teaching home economics..
8. Dates of introducing home economics into State normal schools...
9. Time allotments in normal-school curricula in home economics...
10. Home economies in normal-school curricula-Required of general
students, elective, special-diploma course..
11. Home economics staff.,
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VI. TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AND SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS.
Section 1. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y..
2. Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, Pa..
3. Mechanics Institute, Rochester, N. Y.
4. Homemakers' school, Stout Institute..
5. Girls' Technical Institute, Montevallo, Ala.
6. Bradley Institute..
7. Southwestern Louisiana Industrial Institute.
8. Tuskegee Institute (colored).....
9. Cooking schools New York Cooking School..
10. The School of Mothercraft, New York...
11. Private school work in home economics...
12. Schools of philanthropy and the home...
13. Indian schools.....
14. State industrial schools for girls..
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VII. THE AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS CONCERNED WITH
HOME BETTERMENT.
SECTION 1. Women's work in farmers' institutes..
2. The grange and home economics.
3. Rural household demonstrators.
4. Young Women's Christian Association..
5. Household-arts instruction in settlements.
6. Visiting housekeepers or domestic educators..
7. Housekeeping centers for the teaching of household arts..
8. Nurses and home betterment....
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