Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-24
Subject to Be Discussed at
Coming Convention.
OPENS HERE WEDNESDAY
American Home Economies Associa.
ton Plans Big Gathering.
TO CONSIDER SMALL PROBLEMS
More Than 800 Delegates Expected
to Attend-Papers on Popular
and Technical Subjects.

More than 500 delegates are expected to
attend the fourth annual convention Of
the American Home Economics Associa-
ton, which opens in this city next We'd
nesday, closing on the following Satur
day. The sessions Of the convention will
be held at the Henry D. Cooke School.
near 18th street and Columbia road. A
meeting of the executive committee will
be held Wednesday afternoon at the
Hotel Gordon, official headquarters, and
daily sessions at $50 am, 1:S0 and $50
pm. will be held at the school building
Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The American Home Economics Aseo-
citation. as might be judged from its
title, deals with the various economic
problems within the home. No phase of
the many.sided problems Of foods and
their preparation is SO Insignificant or so
big as to escape attention. The chemistry
Of food and the chemical changes which
take place during cooking, as we'll as
those which occur within the digestive
tract after the food has been consumed
form a large part of the practical
scientific work of the associations in
vestigators and teachers. The proper
foods and proper methods of feeding
babies and young children is an important
feature of the instructive work; while an
entire session, that of Friday morning,
will be devoted to discussions Of the gen.
eral topic, After some years Of expert
mentation, what is the educational aim,
method and accomplishment in college
courses in domestic art?'
Program Of Papers.
Following the reading of reports Of the
officers and committees, at the morning
session Thursday, a program of papers
and 6iScnCciOn will ho f0H no
opening paper will be ON applied
Science-Its Place in the Curriculum of a
College of Liberal Arts for Women"
This paper Is divided in two sections,
part 1, on "Bio-chemistry,'' being
handled by Mary Louise Foster, in
structor in chemistry at, Smith College,
| and part 2, Chemistry" being presented
by Miss Katharine Blunt. Phi. D.. as
sistant professor of chemistry at Vassar.
"Metabolism Experiments is the title
of paper by Alice F. Blood, assistant
professor Of chemistry, Simmons College.
sent paper on Some Chemical Differ
ences Between Short and Long Process
Breads" Miss GoIdthwaite is assistant
professor Of household science at the
University of Illinois.
The afternoon session will be a round
| table, on the elementary work in prep
aration of food in college classes, the dis
cussion being led by Miss Abby L. Mar
/ ldtI VI tIlS CiiFCISity VI w lSCOuSlu EI6-
ceding this, Prof. E. v. McCollllm of the
University of Wisconsin will read a paper
on Some important considerations in the
| feeding of young children"
Davidson to Address Delegates.
At $50 o'clock Friday morning the
| Home Economies Association Of Washing
ton will receive the delegates at the
Cooke School, Supt. Davidson Of the
| Washington schools addressing the men,
| bers.
All sessions except those strictly devoted
| to the business Of the association will be
open to the general public, and an urgent
Invitation is extended to the women OF
Washington-the men as well-to attend
| The association was founded by the late
Mrs. Ellen H. Richards of the Massachu-
sets Institute Of Technology, who died
| last summer. It's officers are: President
Miss Isabel Bevier, University Of Illinois
vice presidents, DIR. c. F. Langworthy
Department of Agriculture, Washington
and Mrs. Mary Schenck Woolman, Teach
ers' College, New York city: secretary
treasurer. Martha Van Rensselaer,, Cor.
nell University, Ithaca, N. Y. Mrs. L. c.
Athey of this city is chairman of the local
committee on arrangements.