Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-09
DOMESTIC SCIENCE.
Educators Recognize the Need of .
Course in Homemaking.

FROM the New York Tribune.
Leading educators in this country are
recognizing the need of domestic science
as an elective study in the curriculum of
Womens colleges, with a view to developing
Trained intelligence that may be brought
10 pear upon the problems of the home
domestic science as the term is now
accepted, is by no means a matter of cook
ing and sewing, useful as these arts NAV
De- II includes also the application of the
sciences-physiology, chemistry. physics, So
cioogy-to the problem of the home tic
evolution and functions
Inc pressure in the direction of domestic
science has already been felt Smith Col
lege, although 1t has no actual course in
the subject, yet offers under the head of
advanced chemistry a thorough and ex
ceilent course in sanitary science and the
nutrltiVe value of foods. Chicago Univer-
SHY gives admirable work in allied subjects
uldcr the dean for women, Miss Marion
Talbot. President Woolley of Mount HoJv
oke commends adding domestic science 70
me curriculum as postgraduate course.
Miss Hazard president of Wellesley. saws
IL is the nope of the college in the near fin
ture to have distinctive course in DANES
TIC science. Wellesley has for two wears
had a lecturer on the subject, Miss Olive
Davis, who has just completed the second
series of lectures
These lectures were upon pure soil. pure
water, pure air, pure food-thefr socioiogi-
cal ana ethical value in relation to stand
ards of living. The subject of food was
MADE especially Interesting. ''To saw Show
me what man eats and l will show Won
what he is is not extravaganza" de-
clared Miss Davis 'The food question Is
an important factor of the home We must
eat to live, but we must eat wisely-that
u.s. scientifically-to live nobIy For gener
atoms our ancestors lived and after man
her dld their work, but how far short of
efficiency statistics of the past. measured
by the scientific knowledge of the present
are showing In these latter days science
is making very clear the fact of the close
lnterdependence between food and eff
cheney, between food and the power and
will to do ones work.
THE best foundation for right physical
intellectual and moral attainment is often
not lafd,' continued Miss Davis because
mothers are ignorant of the science Of nu-
triton Such ignorance is culpable in this
day of scientific education; domestic sci
ence and the new education have one end
In common-an all-rOund development of
life, reaching up into the highest grades.
An abundant table is not necessarily nu-
tritious one Malnutrition Is the result Of
overlooking, as well as of undertaking.
One unpourished element Of the body means
lack of perfect balance. This condition
may result from improper selection of food
stufrs, from wrong proportion of the nu-
trients' from an unscientific preparation, or
because, after the food has been consumed
1t is unsuited to the individual needs Age
occupation climate and state Of health
must all be taken into account as modify
ing circumstances"
Miss Davis emphasized the individuals
duty Of right attitude toward food I've
should form correct mental habits in regard
to food. allowing some other motive than
mere whim to influence us in our likes and
dislikes. We should ask ourselves in regard
to any food, What function does 1t perform
in my body? What relation does 1t bear to
my days work? . The day is not far
distant when every woman will realize the
high calling of the office of homernolar
and the relation Of the home to the pro
ductive power. the intellectually and mo-
rality of the community at large, There
is no work higher than that of homemaker
And wise mother can teach her sons and
daughters most effectively through the Eff
cient management Of her household