The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-21
COLLEGE COURSE
 FOR THE BRIDES Shows Her How to Reach
 Hubby's Heart THROUGH HIS STOMACH Also How to Bring Up the Baby and Keep Household Accounts-Many
 Possibilities of the
 Course.
THROUGH HIS STOMACH


 with boasts of the superior knowledge which he acquired by dabbling with chemistry at his Alma Mater, for Mrs. College Graduate is dabbling some with a very practical science herself these
 days, and the time is not very far dis
 tant when chastened husbands will be attending oommencements at which
 wives will receive the honorary degree of Mistress of Good Housekeeping. Fur thermore, If things go on as they are now, the young man of the next decade wf1 be asking the trim little Bachelor of c od Housekeeping to share his destiny, inslead of the girl whose programme was always filled at the Junior Prom, and who got through college by taking ''cinch" courses in art.
 For at least one of the great universi- ties, recognizing that housekeeping, sci- entifc cooking, diet for children, home | nursing, household hygiene, dressmaking, scientific laundry work are sciences quite as much as chemistry and physics, has already given these subjects place in | its catalogue along with the usual aca- demic and scientific subjects. philosophy. pedagogy and the science of music. l
 The institution which has given this recognition to domestic science and do-
 mestic art is New York university,
 which, during the coming summer ses- sion, which opens on July l, will conduct two special departments to train pupils 1 in this science.
 A casual reading of the course would
 suggest that 1t was designed peculiarly l to fit the needs of Mrs Newlywed and
 fn nariO0
 first acquaintance with frying pan and I oven. It would seem, also, intended to
 spare MT. Newlywed his period of un- l truthful martyrdom in declaring that 1 warlike missiles are delicious biscuits and that enduring pie crust Is the very
 confection that mother used to make l Such Is not the university's intention, 1 however For, while the new depart
 ment of domestic science, under the di- | rection of Mrs. Williams, the New York | school supervisor of cooking, may at-
 tract many women who wish to learn the
 latest scientific methods or managing
 servants, caring for household goods ana
 cooking hygienic meals for adults ana
 little folks, this Is not its purpose. The
 course Is designed primarily to train
 teachers who shall go out into the pub l lie schools and show the coming genera
 tion how to become good housekeepers.
 It is part of the university's programme
 to spread the doctrine of hygiene Tn | methods of living, in exercise, in mental
 training of children The university rec | ognizes as of university importance the | training of teachers of sewing and dress | making, and 1t even regards the in- 1 struction of teachers of gardening as or
 A significance which warrants It's pelns
 nlaoed on the summer school curriculum along with instruction in all the usuai l scientific and academic studies |
 l The intent of the courses Is naturally redagogic; but the expected ehect IS 1 nractical result in American homes, as l the teachers who are trained this sum- mer will in turn impart their knoWieuge to thousands of girls in every state Tn the union.
 To carry out the course, the university will install model cooking and housekeep- ing apparatus, for the course Is so ar ranged that the students will have TOUT l or five hours laboratory practice With gas l stoves. mixing bowls laundry tups anu household materials for every hour or iec- t,1re work. Under the methods to be fol- l lowed the housewife the teacher who takes the course will be given actual prac- 1 tice in doing the things which, later, sne | is to teach her pupils or her own mousse hold staff to do. In the general course, the selection and testing of fooos, anu 1 the actual cooking of all ordinary dlsnes will be taught. This course. however VIII | he supplemented by special course in die+etics designed primarily for trained nurses but also helpful to those who nave | to feed the sick This course will teach | the pupils how to prepare broths. peVer- ages, iellies, custards and egg prepara- tions, gruels, beef juice, ices. etc., such as ordinarily are not prepared property
 outside of the diet kitchens Of the great | hispitals.
 |
 | Of special interest to mothers will be the course which is devoted wholly to chu- l dren's diet. In this course, every step of | feeding from birth to adolescence will be | discussed It will include the proper l nreparation of milk and sterlilizing of | feeding bottles, and the planning and car rying out of a scientific dietary for little | folks. which will help them escape the 1 stomach troubles to which children are | subject
 In New York city. alone. in one year. 1 1T. 437 babies died before they were year | old. largely because of improper feeding. | So important has this question of infant feeding become in this city that the Asso- | c,ation for Improving the Condition of the l Poor has determined during the coming l summer in New York not to leave the lhaf,ies to chance diet, and will establish l seven milk depots, where physicians VIII | examine babies and actually prescribe 6 l
 pound and supply ready mixed in steril- l jzed bottles to the mothers.
 | Allied to this course in childrens diet
 at inc university this summer is course on home nursing, which deals with such thines as the location of sickroom. bed l making. what to do in emergencies be- l fore inc doctor arrives, bandagrg, treat ment of cuts, burns, bruises, giving Of an- | tidotes.
 The university also believes that the
 American people, and particularly Amer Iican women, should know something about locating and building a house. planning good drainage and hygienic plumbing, ventilation and general sanitation. So l there will be course on household eco-
 monies which will teach these things, and also the proper use of fuel for heating | and cooking. This course also will deal | with the right exposure for various rooms
 and the proper furnishings for them The servant question also Is to be wrestled
 with by means of instruction as to meth ods of handling employees. Lectures also are to be devoted to the household mat l ter over which there have been so much laughter and so many tears-the keeping l of household accounts
 Another of these courses in science for l the home will deal with laundry work, | the care and preservation of fabrics and | the removal of stains, etc. To top all