Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-28
TO DISCUSS HOME ECONOMICS
TEACHERS SECTION AT LAKE
PLACID WILL MEET.
Sessions Begin Next Thursday in the
Mckinley Manual Training
School-The Program.

The teachers section and committee on
organization Of the Lake Placid confer
once on home economics will meet in the
Mckinley Manual Training School Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday A feature of
the meetings will be an exhibit Of ma
terial illustrative of the teaching of
household art in secondary schools.
The program is as follows:
Thursday, December 81, at $50 am
Miss Helen Kline. chairman. Address
of welcome. Willett B. Hays, assistant
secretary of agriculture; response by the
chairman. Topic for the morning, DO
mestic Art in the High School," Mrs.
Mary Schenck Woolman presiding. Ad-
dress. THE Value Of Domestic Art in
Secondary Education" Miss Anna
York: address, 1.-THE Subject Matter of
Domestic Art for Secondary Schools -
Miss Anna NJ. Cooley, Teachers College,
New York city; discussion Of the papers;
address. Household Art in the High
School,"
Election Of Officers.
Thursday, 2 p.m.-Committee on organi-
zation. DR.. C. F. Longworthy, chairman
Presentation of the constitution for dis
cussion; voting upon the adoption: nomi-
nation of officers; voting for officers.
Thursday evening the home economics
and household art department of the Nc
kInley Manual Training School will ten
der reception to the visitors In the
school. Prof. Arthur w. Dow of the de-
partment of fine arts, Teachers College,
Columbia University, New York. will give
an Illustrated lecture on Household
Arts at s:1o o'clock, to be followed by
a reception.
Friday, January 1.-Committee meetings
OF the committee on organization. the
committee on college entrance require
ments and others to be announced on
Thursday at the Hotel Gordon, 916 10th
street
For National Organization.
Saturday. January 2, $50 am.-By in
vitation of the George Washington Uni
versity, general meeting will be held
of all those interested in a national or
ganization to promote home economics.
The meeting will be called to order by
Mrs. e. III. Richards with brief pres
entation Of the reasons for the formation
of such conference. Addresses will be
given by DIR. Elmer E. Brown, commits
sioner of education: Clifford Pinchot. for
ester of the Department Of Agriculture
and member Of the country life COM
mission, and DR.. True of the Department
Of Agriculture.
, p.m.-Business meeting; final reports
OIL committees on organization, puDucd-
ton and others. After this meeting Mrs.
Henderson will entertain at tea members
of the conference and the housekeepers'
alliance.
Personnel of Committees.
Miss E. S. Jacobs, vice chairman teach
ers' section, GOT o street northwest. and
DR.. c. F. Langworthy. Department of
Agriculture. compose the committee on
arrangements.
The organization committee is repre-
scented by the following:
DR.. C. F. Langworthy, U. 8. Department
Of Agriculture, Washington, DC; Benta-
min r. Andrews, Teachers College, New
York; Miss Isabel Beviere, University Of
Illinois. Urbana, Ill; Mrs: Melvfl Dewey.
Lake Placid Club, Essex county. N. Y:
Maurice LIE Bosquet. American School OF
Home Economics. Chicago, ILL.,; Mrs.
Alice P. Norton, School of Education, Chi
cago, ILL.,; Miss Adelaide Nutting. Teach
ers' College, New York; Mrs. Ellen II.
Richards ex oficio chairman Lake Placid
conference on home economics. Jamaica
Plains. Mass