The Sauk Centre herald., 1912-02-29
DOMFSTICSClTNCE
Its Importance Emphasized in
Public Address Saturday
IDEAS OF AN EXPERT
Mrs. Baker of the Extension Diyis-
ion of the Agricultural School
Gives Talk

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The practical value of educating
boys and girls along lines that will
enable them better to cope with ex-
isting conditions when they leave
school, was set forth in two addresses
delivered in the public school build
ing Saturday forenoon and evening by
Mrs. Baker of the extension division
of the Agricultural School at st. An
thony Park. In the morning Mrs.
Baker spoke on the home, the prepar-
alton of food and balanced. rations,
emphasizing the Importance of having
the girls learn home economy in all
its branches.
In the evening the seating capacity
of the high school assembly room was
taxed to accommodate those W h Q
wished to hear Mrs. Baker. Her sub
ject was Industrial Education. y
Mrs. Baker read from carefully pre-
pared manuscript paper covering
the field exhaustively. Mrs. Baker
has pleasing appearance, is cultur-
ed lady thoroughly familiar with her
subject and held the attention of her
audience, in which there was a good
sprinkling of the masculine gender,
throughout.
In opening her address Mrs. Baker
referred to the fact that specializa-
tion is the watchword now in all lines
of business, and that with it goes a
specialization of work, with the logi-
cal result of better product at a
cheaper cost price. Half century
ago the converse was true. Then the
village store contained little OF
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everything. Now the different lines
of merchandise are divided between
dealers who specialize, each in his own
line.
The same is true of farming. The
.old-time farmer who cultivated his
acres on hit-and-miss plan is no
more. In his place has come the man
who farms with his brains; in
fact it takes more brains to run a
farm and run it right, in these twen-
tieth century days, then it does to
successfully conduct mercantile bus
iness.
In the school of less than fifty
years ago the three s'R's'' were taught
and that was considered sufficient to
fit the boy and girl for practical life.
Now something else is demanded.
The hand as well as the brain. must
be educated. Mental and manual
culture go hand in hand and neither
should jostle the other out of the road
to learning. The graduates Of our
schools, averred Mrs. Baker, must fill
places in the modern home, the mod
ern shop, on the modern a m.
Hence the necessity of fitting them
for their positions. "What will 1T
avail our boys and girls" exclaimed
Mrs. Baker, ssif they know all about
literature, science, language, mathe-
matics, if they cannot successfully
manage their homes, their business,
their professions? They must be
fully equipped to fill the positions
awaiting them"
Proceeding, Mrs. Baker said: "No
scheme of education is a success un-
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less it touches and uplifts the people. =
The speaker went on to emphasize
the Importance of home-making. She
would have the girl leave the public
schools perfectly equipped with an
education and training that would
make of her first class housewife
and mother, with the ability to pro.
perly train. her children in the same
lines. She placed great emphasis up
on economy, sanitation and simplicity
as three of the things necessary te
make the modern home what II
should be.
Following Mrs. Bakers address Mis-