, 1907-08-13
DOMESTIC
ECONOMY
DEPARTMENT ADDED TO uNIvER.
siTY OF WYOMING BY ACTION
OF THE LEGISLATURE.
That Body Appropriates Twenty-Five
Thousand Dollars for Erection Of
Building, to Serve a. Home, Under
Supervision Of University Authori-
ties, for Young Women.

Supervision Of university AuthorI.
ties, for Young Women.
The following circular relating to
the department Of domestic economy
has Just been issued by the head Of
the University OF Wyoming, and will
be Of interest to the young women and
mothers OF the state. The circular
explains itself:
Large Dining Room.
The last legislature appropriated
s25, 900 for the erection of a woman's
building to serve as a home. under the
supervision Of the university authori-
ties. for young women who come to
the institution from outside Of Lara
mie, and to contain laboratories for
work In domestic science. In the base
ment will be arranged a large dining
room. kitchen. pantries, laundry,
rooms for the help, etc. On the first
hooi VIII NC iooiio " thS pAo
lessor Of domestic science, who will
be in charge Of the hall; a reception
room; a library; a laboratory for sew
ing and dressmaking, equipped with
all the modern necessities and conven-
fences for this kind OF work; a labora,
tory for cooking, with stoves, ranges,
and demonstration tables; a practice
dining room; and a lecture room for
the department of domestic science.
Sleeping Rooms Upstairs.
The second and third stories will
contain sleeping rooms, with bath room
and al | modern conveniences. AS soon
as the plans, which r now being
worked out by al architect, are adopt
ed by the board Of trustees, contracts
will be let for the erection Of the build.
ing. 1t has sometimes been difficult
to find suitable places for the young
women to live in the town, and some
mothers have hesitated to send their
girls to a school where the entire life
of the student is not under the direct
supervision of the college authorities.
With the completion OF this building,
the young ONE who come to the
state university will be able to live
under ideal circumstances.
Courses in Domestic Science.
The new building will not be ready
for occupancy at the opening Of the
school year, but provision will be made
Immediately for instruction in domes-
tic science. A lecture room In Sci
ence hall will be fitted up for labora-
tory purposes, with all the equipment
necessary for plain sewing and dress.
making, and also with apparatus for
demonstration work in cooking. This
department will be in charge Of Miss
Minnie A. Stoner, a graduate OF the
South Dakota agricultural college and
later a student in the Boston normal
school of household arts, who has been
teacher of domestic arts in the Uni
versity of Tennessee, dean Of the wo'
mems department and professor Of do
nestle science at the Kansas state ag-
ricultural college, and, since 1901, pro-
lessor of domestic science and head OF
the department of domestic economy
in the Ohio state university.
Demand for Practical Work.
There has long been a demand for
the practical education Of girls. The
professions of teaching and Of Ste
biography and bookkeeping have long
been open to women, but everywhere
it is felt that the care Of the home, a
knowledge of sewing and dress-mak-
ing, and even skill in home decoration,
should be an important part Of woman's
education. The courses in domestic
science will be introduced both in pre-
paratory and college work, SO that it
will be possible for young women at
the university to receive his prao-
teal instruction in connection with a
liberal education or to specialize In
the subject of domestic economy and
domestic art. Miss Stoner will be in
Laramie to organize the work the first
Of September, 1907. Full information
may be obtained by correspondence
with her after that date.
NOTES FROM CENTENNIAL.