Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-20
WHAT TRAINING DOES.

Training In domestic science given in
the public schools when the young girl
is forming her ideals Of society, win
aid in breaking down artificial class dis
tlnctions and enable her to form truer
estimate of her own abilities. She Will
learn to work with others ana wnen
she reaches womanhood VIII be able
10 work tremendously with other wo-
men for the uplifting OF humanity.
Many OF the benefits described as
coming from training IN domestic sci.
ence would not be possible II the man
nal training was eliminated ana II was
taught by theory alone or theory aided
by a few laboratory experiments. Such
course would greatly benefit the eN-
perienced housekeeper but 10 the young
girl II seems so far removed from the
practical everyday work OF cookery
that she feels little sympathy Tor those
who must do such work. Neither does
she feel any desire to apply her theories
i'm the home or apply her experiments
I'm practical dinner getting. The
laboratory IL a thing apart from the
home kitchen. Where a manual train
ing course Is given, directed by instruc-
tors who ere educated III science ana
skilled I'm technique, the girls enthus
iasm is aroused and she Is eager to
repeat at home the lessons learned IN
the school Kitchen Thus all the adj
vantages the young girl desires from
the course are Increased, and the STA
dard OF home and community living
correspondingly raised.
Schools giving the instruction herein
described have now been established
long enough to enable the public to
Judge of it's value and for the educat-
ois to reach some conclusions as to
the best time for It's Introduction INTO
the school curriculum.
MANY PLANS.
Many different plans have been tried,
almost as many AS there are schools
giving the work, and some few accept
cd as satisfactory.
Il seems TO be generally agreed that
work in domestic art can be given with
satisfactory results to girls In lower
grades than work IN domestic science
can be given. The use OF the needle
so naturally follows plating, bralding
basketry, and weaving given TO the
younger pupils. The coarse stitches are
given first so that there viii be no
danger of everlasting the eyes, These
stitches are usually applied TO some ar
ticle of real use SO as to satisfy the
child's creative instinct and natural
desire to be useful. The finer stitches
follow and the use of the sewing ma
chine and some making of simple gar
ments come in with the work OF tile
seventh and eighth grades Costume
making, art needlework, and millinery
follow in the high school course
regularly trained instructor goes from
one school to another and gives the
lessons, or the pupils go on stated days
to central sewing room for instruc-
AZ hnin ral oil hxr grade
teachers.
Some educators think 1t best TO COM
mence the course In domestic science
with the simple work in foods for the
eighth grade pupils, with more advanc-
ed work to follow In the high schools.
Others believe that instruction in
cookery to be of the highest education
al value must be taught as applied
science, II should not be commenced un-
til the mind is more matured, and until
some work In chemistry has been taxi
en-. In either case, owing to the more
expensive equipment being required for
the work IN domestic science, the pupils
go to n central school kitchen, whore
the instruction Is given by a teacher
especially trained for the work
As to the belief OF the public in the
value of these schools. In those cities
where they have been well Established
with good equipment and thoroughly
qualified instructors the work has new
err been abandoned for lack of interest
ed pupils, or for lack OF financial sup
port.
Wherever the results of such instruc-
ton to the community az whole are
observed, the higher ideals OF woman
hood, and the elevated standard Of liv-
ing noted, the conclusion can only be
that manual training in domestic sell
enoe and art is rightly entitled to
prominent and permanent place in the
public school system OF America.