The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-10-06

Inc OOHeSe OF hawaii STANDS Tor an
education in terms of the things with
which we have to do and of the activi-
ties from which we derive pleasure and
happiness. Without excluding the
ideals of scholarship and culture, it
fosters an education for service. 1t
would advocate for its students and all
those who are interested in its welfare
and activities the viewpoints that all
| subjects or activities with which men
and women get their living, or from
which they derive pleasure, have ele-
ments of educational value; that all
work that is productive of good is dig
nifed, and that men and women should
be educated toward wholesome work
rather than away from it.
Food, shelter and clothing are three
necessities for human existence. These
| have undergone various intricate
| changes until now we have an inter
mingling of them all in the home. The
management of the household accords
with the science, art and intelligent
skill that is brought to bear on it. 1t
is therefore for the more thorough
knowledge that people all over the
United States have started the move
| ment, called by various terms, which
| is trying to solve some of the prob
lens. IL is not only the women who
| are trying, but the men are applying
their knowledge of science, architec-
| ture and finance to these problems, and
endeavoring to reach solution. Thus
| it is that in all the institutions for
| higher learning the study of the house
hold plays an important part.
Domestic Science Course.
Feeling that the needs in Honolulu
were as great as in other places, the
College of Hawaii is offering this
course without ignoring the value of
manual skill, yet intellectual instruc-
! tion and development is the object
sought.
The regular four years course en-
deavors to lay equal stress upon food,
clothing and shelter, from a scientific
and an artistic point of view. 1t re-
quires $50 credits for graduation-that
is, little less than 10 credits for one
half year IS work. A credit consists of
one hour s recitation a week for one
| half year, with one and one-h half hours
preparation for that recitation Or it
may be two and one-half hours labor
atory work or field work instead of
| the recitation.
The Work BY Years.
The first years work includes n
study of chemistry, drawing, geom-
etry, botany, German or French, Eng.
fish, household architecture and SAM.
tation, and textiles. Household archi-
lecture and sanitation include the
study of various types of architecture
adapted to the house, drawing of plans
Il and the study of sanitation, regarding
location, disposal of sewage, etc. Tex
tiles is study of various fibers used
for clothing and household fabrics
their methods of manufacture, care OF
the cloth, and its adaptability for
various uses
The second years work includes a
study of English, German or French
art and design, chemistry, zoology
physiology, geology, home decoration
and principles of selection and prep.
aration of food. In the course in home
decoration the student takes the plans
he or she has worked out in the pre-
vious course, and furnishes and dec.
crates them according to harmony of
color, design and use.
In the third year the work takes ur
a study of chemistry of foods, bacter
iology, economics, art and design OF
language, advanced algebra, dietetics
and the economic uses of food. Dietet
les is a study of food as regards health
and disease.
In the fourth year, history, logic
psychology, food and nutrition, history
of the home economics movement, 6
course for teachers wishing to special
ize in this work; a course in household
management, together with such othel
work as the student may elect, are
offered.
For such students who do not wisl
to specialize so much in science, al
alternative is given with art and de
sign.
Art Training.
Recognizing the place of art train
ing in the broad education now offer
ed by the best colleges, the Board o
Regents has provided for a well-de
fined course in art and design, will
special reference to ceramics.
The aim of the college is to enlarg
the resources of its students along boil
practical and esthetic lines. The mel
and women of today who are beinl
equipped in the science of agricultur
, and mechanic arts live in close, toucl
| with nature. They have a right t,
{ demand that training of the artistic
, sense which will enable them to appre
ciate and apply those principles of fl
ness and harmony and proportion
, which are manifested in nature. TIL