New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-08-07
THE NEW SCHOOL
Catering for Large Numbers ana
Laundry Work an the Course.

nan and Teachers College on west 10Th street. is
to be called nobody yet knows For year inc
MANAGEMENT Columbia has pondered that dues-
tion and it is not yet decided The obvious name
would be school of domestic science. since the
500, 900 anonymous contribution was given Tor ths
purpose of founding school where all tne oO
nestle and sciences might be taught 6uN
when the new building is opened IT Will contain
luncheon room for the accommodation OF tno
six hundred pupils and teachers of Teachers Col-
lege alongside and any one else who may choo7o
to patronize it. Students at the school' uhoel
competent cement. will this luncheon
room. They will learn how to buy, COOK ana serve
food in large quantities for large numbers Oh peo-
Pile They will manage steam tables. patent olsh
washers and other apparatus employed IN III"
kitchens Of the big hotels. Obviously running
restaurant is not domestic employment
Nevertheless II all gybes with the aim and scope
Of Teachers College Teachers College has long
had courses in domestic science and dornesuc aus
The young women who take those courses now
ever do not their living al Housekeeping nor
do they keep house unless they happen 10
do incident to married life They all De-
come teachers and teach the domestic arts anu
sciences in their turn
NEW PHASES OF THE WORK
So. seven years ago, when a course on hospi.ai
economics installed the appeal OF the
American Society of Superintendents OF Training
Schools for Nurses the object was not to tram
hospital superintendents but teachers 70
teach nurses in nurses training schools However
among the graduates Of that to-day there are
only instructors of and Oh
training schools. but many superintendent ana as
sistants superintendents of hospitals ana lr1rrn-
ries and a. least one dietitan of state sanatorun
Then began to come in calls for women TO occupy
other supervisory positions, particularly 10 run
college dormtories. This is manfestly part OF the
educational work of the country, and an important
part if food they eat and the conditions under
which they live have any connection with the health
and mental proficiency of pupils in schools Inc
school dormitory and hospital have developed out
of the home just much as the various manu-
features. Woman is simply following her job. as
she has been doing ever since her Job began 10
leave home. Modern conditions call for women
who can handle a big domestic plant ouy ana
cater for large numbers. Therefore, this sort OF
plant will be put in the new building ana this soiI
of training will be given
MAY MANAGE HOTELS.
Manifestly e woman who successfully manage
a college dor1ntory dining hall or hospltal OF
sanatorium also run hotel or restauran.
plant different class of custom would be caterer
to- but the kitchen plant to be managed. the opera
lions Of buying and serving food In large Quantiues
would be essentially the same While running d
house and catering for family Is wornans traol-
tonaI lob and teaching the classics is an extremely
novel occupation for her, it is VIGOROUSLY the 1ac
that great numbers of women are teaching IreeA
and Latin while almost at all are running
hotels Ihroughout the ages women have cooked
and catered. they have never been trained 10
perform domestic operations on a big SCALE
The heads of the various departments or DO
mesttc economy at Teachers College are sure
from the demands already made. that many POSI-
flows arc waiting for trained women to do
rnestic plants in connection with educational ana
philanthropic institutions. Whether they Will
proceed into more purely commercial fields ana
become managers Of hotels and restaurants Of
course the management does not know Women
known as housekeepers have long been responsible
for the cleanliness of some of New York's mann
moth hostleres-a big job. including the super
vision of scores of servants, male and female
Whether out of the tendency and the new
course at Teachers will develop women capable Of
supervising the kitchen plant Of a large hotel as
we'll as the cleaning force. nobody knows
The new building which will be opened year
from this fall, will have large laundry. equipped
for both hand and machine work. with drying
room and all the modern apparatus where stu
dents can learn to run modern laundry On the
second floor will be the three large cooking Ia
boratories, with the entire equipment for large
quantity cooking and serving. with the luncheon
room adjoining. In the cooking class each
student will have entire gas range, sink and
cooking cabinet containing a complete outfit of
utensils, arrangements more elaborate than are
provided in any school
The third floor will be devoted TO domestic art
the needle arts. the application of fine art TO
costume. On the fourth floor will be four Ia bora
tories of household chemistry and two Of
physical chemistry and nutrition On the fifth
floor will be three studios. where the relation
of the fine arts to all varieties of household deco
ration, furnishing and will be taught
TEXTILE STUDIO.
There will also be textile studio. for the dem
onstraton of weaving, the testing of textiles for
adulteration, and demonstration apart
rnent will contain kitchen. buffers pantry dining
room, living room and bedroom. with bath fitted
up as a home In this the OF the sick and the
care and furnishing of a home will be taught On
the will be space for drying clothes bleaching
and other laundry operations The building 1s0
feet long will be constructed around a court
The entrance examinations and fees for this
course will be the for any other course
at Teachers College. Two years college training
or the equivalent is required Of those matricu-
lattng but they will not be required to take
arnnations. They will receive credit for work done
and opportunity to make up the work which they
have not had.
1T is true" said Benjamin R Matthews secre-
tary of the departments Of domestic economy at
Teachers, that a literary background is not neces-
sary for the successful running OF a college dorri-
tory or similar plant But the college would wish
to have it's graduates all of culture and
specific requirements outside their own course
might not be necessary. but a certain degree OF
general culture would be considered In college
dormtories particularly the house mother must be
their respect and in general the way TO acquire
and maintain high standards In any profession is to
demand education on the part of its members