The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-11-21
DOMESTIC SCIENCE.
TO CURB DIVORCE.
Principal W. A. Morse Says Teach.
ing OF Homework and Cooking
Will Make for Happier Homes.

DOMESTIC SCleuCe Will CUT WV
number of divorces.
Domestic science will reduce cos
of living"
VIM. A. Morse, principal of the
Western High school, is the author OF
the foregoing statements. lie made
them 10 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 70
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
" 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 VIII
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 fall 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-
ity OF the saloon nowadays because
of the inability of his wife to be tidy,
successful at cooking and companion
able in the home. Cleanliness is one
OF the points dwelt on in connection
with all the school work. and II a
present-day school girl should be care
less and unclean in her home OF the
future, 1t will not be the fault OF the
training she got In school.
Domestic science will reduce the
cost OF living. 1t cannot fail TO do
this. because the girls are taught TO
be frugal in all the cooking they do.
Nothing Is allowed TO go TO waste in
the school kitchens. The girls are
also taught how to 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 II costs some people
lot TO live, nowadays, is that there Is
much waste in their homes. Many
housewife is wasteful, simply because
che has not been taught 10 be econo-
mic in 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-waists and dresses. with
the result that they now do most of
their own work of this kind. This is
biz HELM to the mothers. The girls
are also learning how 10 make dresses
- every description. This. also. Will
be big help to them in later years.
Many wives of today are unable TO do
any sewing. Tor the reason that they
cot no instruction along this line
when they went 10 school
MIR. Morse is convinced that the
BOYS are also going 10 profit largely
by the manual training work which
they are doing lie argues that the
brain and the hand are intended to
work together. and that manual train
ing will do much to furnish practical
knowledge which is essential In order
10 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 go 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.
1.-The boys like the manual training
work and they show progress right
along in their efforts
The Western High school has
forge room where all kinds of black
smithing can be done in addition 20
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 $50 pupils attending
the Western High school. the largest
enrolment in the history of the
school. Mr.. Morse even thinks the
register may contain 1000 names be-
fore the school year closes. He is
proud of his pupils. too.
We have as fine a class OF pupils
as you could find anywhere, said Mr..
Morse. They come from the famil-
les OF merchants. mechanics and
thrifty laborers. We haven't many of
the welltodo class. Our pupils. be-
ing the children of working people,
know that they are coming here TO
work, and they do work. too. They
do not fritter away their time, as
some students are known 10 do"
For diversion. the boys have sen
ate and congressional assembly. The
important questions OF the day are
taken up by the young statesmen and
Mr.. Morse says they show unusual
ability in the way of debating. The
girls have reading circle for their
spare time.
An amusing feature which at
tracts attention as one is shown
through the scrupulously-clean build
ing Ia the display of millinery in the
cloak hall. Lockers were built some
years ago for the girls hats. but the
ids" or rather the inverted tubs,
nails and pans, worn nowadays are
too biz for the compartments. Con
seuuently, the 'skypieces" are strewn
along the top OF the lockers.
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