Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-08
Household Economies.

Many persons do not appreciate all
that Is included under the head of
household economies DIR. Taylor pres
ldent of Nassar, for instance, declares
himself against household economies in
NaSsar. He does not want it there. But
there is course ON house sanitation ut
NasSar. | said to DIR. Taylor: But house
sanitation Is a part of domestic science
ana then he changed the subject. To
many people domestic science means
nothing but cooking
Universities in the east are beginning
TO introduce the course, but they are
slower than those of the west and our
leadin" wcihen's colleges in the east sti.l
refuse to admit the subject 10 their curri-
culum; they dc not want it. But through
out the west household economics has arr
rived 1t is definitely accepted by the
leading men in the educational world.
This Is n,"trer of tn elast five wears.
Even five years ago there was still an at
tltude of hesitation, of question. among
those men. Today the whole attitude in
the west is one of pushing and advanc-
ing this movement The University of
Illinois is now planning a course in
household economics for the high schools
of the state. The university will begin
to train teachers for this subject in the
high schools, and will send out a wom-
an to establish the course in the second
"a SNAObiS VI NiC Sldlt' II - ldI IiplN
important that this course should be
placed in the high schools than the col
leges, for thousands of high school girls
never so to college, and the day seems
past when girls in even wel-to-do fami-
lies are getting any training in domestic
science at home. The great difficulty
with our students in college is not on the
scientific side--they can comprehend
that easily enough-but in their lack OF
practical knowledge of how to perform
common homework. Girls live in a diff
ferent world today. They have no time
for homework.
''Some of our teachers have had GU
rious experiences in the west. Within
the last few years domestic science has
been introduced into the farmers insti-
tutes out there. A woman from the Uni
versity of Illinois gave a practical illus
tration of scientific breadmaking before
an audience of farmers wives at such
an institute one day. At its conclusion
a man came up to her and said with the
most naive exhibition of sex superiority:
Why, this sort of thing isn't for women;
it's for bakers. You have no business
teaching these women; you ought to be
teaching men, The man was a baker,
and as a result a state association of
bakers made formal application to the
president of the university for scientific
instruction in breadmaking.
Another woman from the University
Of Tennessee was sent to talk about do
nestle science to farmers institute in
that state. When she reached the plat
form she was confused to find herself
confronted by an audience of 1900 men,
farmers, with small sprinkling of wom-
en-. They were so pleased with the talk
that they wanted the subject made
regular part of the course thereafter.
"A new line in this instruction has
been opened by the colleges. which
means really the opening of a new pro-
fession to women-the training of women
to take charge of institutions, hospital
dormitories and the like. Since we have
opened this course at Teachers college
letters have been coming, asking for
women to fill these positions.