The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-11-22
DOMESTIC SCIENCE
T0CU2B D. vORCE
Principal W. A. Morse Says Teach
ing of Homework and Cooking
Will Make.for Happier Homes.

Domestic science will cut down
number OF divorces.
Domestic science will reduce cost
of living"
VIM. A. Morse. principal OF the
Western High school, Is the author or
the foregoing statements. He made
them to The Times while discussing
the advantages of teaching domestic
science in the public and high schools.
Mr.. Morse Is enthusiastic over the
imparting of cooking knowledge to
the girl students. and he also en-
thuses over the department of man
ual training for the boys.
The girls of today are taking kind
ly TO the domestic science work." said
Mr. Morse. after showing Times
representative through the school.
and | am sure the knowledge which
they get in school in regard to cook
ing will do much toward preparing
them for the duties OF housework In
later years, Domestic science Will
cut down the number OF divorces, be-
cause girls who are taught in school
how 10 bake, do laundry work and
make their dresses. cannot fail to be-
come good hOusekeepers.
Lack of ability to cook and keep
house properly Is one OF the prime
reasons for divorce in the present
day. Many a man seeks the sociabil-
ty OF the saloon nowadays because
Of the inability OF his wife to be tidy.
successful at cooking and companion
able in the home. Cleanliness In one
OF the points dwelt on in connection
with all the school work. and il a
present-day school girl should be care
less and unclean in her home OF the
future. it will not be the fault of the
training she got in school.
Domestic science will reduce the
cost Of living. II cannot fail to 10
this. because the girls are taught to
he frugal in all the cooking they do.
Nothing is allowed to go to waste in
the school kitchens. The girls are
also taught how 10 make dishes at
reasonable cost. so that they will be
able to bake tasty things regardless
of their financial condition when they
have homes OF their own. One OF the
reasons why It costs some people a
lot to live, nowadays, is that there Is
much waste in their homes. Many
housewife Is wasteful, simply because
she has not been taught to be econo-
mic i'll her younger days.
The girls of today will also know
how to do laundry work and make
dresses when they grow up. We have
a well-equipped laundry in our school
and the girls are taught how TO
launder shirt-wasts and dresses, with
the result that they now do most OF
thafr Of fhio kin6 This ia
big help to the mothers. The girls
are also learning how TO make dresses
OF every description. This, also, will
be big help TO them in later years.
Many wives of today are unable TO do
any sewing. for the reason that they
got no instruction along this line
when they went to school"
Mr. Morse is convinced that the
boys are also going to profit largely
by the manual training work which
they are doing. He argues that the
brain and the hand are intended 70
work together. and that manual train
ing will do much to furnish practical
knowledge which is essential in order
TO properly equip boy for his work
ing days.
Il am confident that manual train
ing will tend to keep at school, boys
who have a dislike for learning be-
cause of wanting to so TO work, says
Mr. Morse. 1T will make them learn
willingly for they cannot do much
work about a lathe or any other
machine of the kind without knowing
something about arithmetic. The more
work the boy does in our manual
training shop the more need he will
have for the knowledge of figures.
The boys like the manual training
work and they show progress right
along in their efforts
The Western High school has n
forge room, where ell kinds Of black
smithing can be done. In addition TO
a carpenter shop. A qualified teacher
instructs them. A teacher Is also in
charge of the domestic science work
for the girls.
There are now 500 pupils attending
the Western High school, the largest