The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-30
ECONOMICS MEETING
COMES TO A CLOSE
Final Business of Association
Is the Election of
Officers.
STRONG PAPERS READ
Lunch Rooms at School Build
ings Favored by Supenin-
tendent Christensen.
STRONG PAPERS READ

Yesterday morning the Utah Home
Economics association held the fnal ses-
sion ot It's convention at tho Hotel Utah.
The important features os tho meeting
we're the election OF officers, paper By
Mrs. Hazel Love Dunford. entitled Tho
Need OF Serving Lunches in the Public
Schools" aud n paper on the "Correla-
ton OF Art With Home Economics
Work." by Mrs. Virginia Snow stephen.
Mrs. Dunford. discussing the need of
lunches in the schools, described the
methods employed In carrying on the
work, the cost, and also what has been
done along this line IN other s'a1es one
OF the most impor,unt points Drought out
by Mrs Dunford was the great danger
10 the. health of school children lying In
the consumption by them OF nnwhole-
cart vendors al The school gate, ana
poisonous candies sold by the little
candy shops handy to the school. To
quote Mrs Dunford In effect,
There Is no question OF human nu-
triton which Involves 80 many problems
as does The subject OF proper food for
childre,n Of the school age There ar ar"
namely. the supply OF food for bodily
growtn, the necessary amount for enor
gy required for play and that necessary
good derived from tho food. the child
has an additional instruction In the hy-
gienc of the kitchen. the proper wsy of
eating. serving, etc, which is valuable
In after life"
Lunch Rooms Favored
il vas brought out that Supcrintend-
ent y, Ti. Christensen OF the city schools
is In favor Of the proposition Of install
ing lunchrooms In the school buildings
of this city, aud that b; had promised
general discussion this subject was
opened by Mrs Van Winl5le and several
OF the members expressed their views Or
the movement.
Mrs. stephen gave an excellent paper
on the relation Of art To the home eco
nomic work and everyday life. The pa
per dealt chiefly with the moral quail
ties OF art and The need for fun and true
selt-eXpression. Mrs stephen said that
there Is crying need for fuller and
trUer self-eXpression and that. rs some
ono has said. II men lived truly there
would be 10 need FOR art. Then the lire
of the Individual would be original and
each nation would have its peculiar chsr-
actcristics. What is popularity known as
spacing and correct coioring is not really
art and We can attain to nothing great
in art expression until we have 1t In
common with our fellows, While VIC
have these inequalities OF )fe-the ricn
and the poorwe can .hare no art OK
pro ossion worthy the name In true
art" said Mrs, stephen. there can be
no division in It's use and beauty.
Oficers Elected.
Following these papers the election Of
officers took place. with the following re-
suits. Mrs Hazel Love Dunford, chair
man: Mrs Blanche Caine Hyde. vice.
charman Miss Sadie Coates. secretary
and treasurer; Miss Ellen \. Huntington.
co,,Dsclor-at large Executive commit
ice Miss Althoa Wheeler. Salt Lake,
Miss Lizzie o. Mckay ogden: Miss Iiar
rie, l.. Harris. Prove; Mies Susannas
Perry, Epllrai.n
The rule OF tho association is 10 bold
IT'S meetings simultaneously with those
or the Utah Educational association. aud
the ncxt meeting Will therefore convene
ono year hence.