The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-02-23
X. Q. A. C. is NOW BOOKING ITS
HOUSEKEEPING HELPS PLAN
FOR SUMMER.
An innovation for Men--Will Begin In
March and Continue to June First
School Must Have at Least
Twenty-Four Members.

MdundlLdIl, Ndu.--ll yOui Io"h Va
poets to have a movable cooking or
sewing school next spring, If your
home economics club hopes to have
busy season and help the girls along
toward better housekeeping, 1t Will
call forth immediate attention. The
extension department at the State Ag-
ricultural College is now receiving
applications for this kind of instruc'
ton in the coming spring and summer,
and as the college can maintain only
about 35 such schools the first APP
plications received are likely to be
the first receiving favorable attention.
The movable school and home eco
Monies clubs activities begin in March
and continue through April and May to
June first. The movable schools re-
main five days in every town visited.
For each movable school of 40 mem
bers the college will send two OF its
women lecturers and instructors for
the week. These women will give five
lessons in cooking and five in sewing
In some cases where "a members are
accepted only one teacher will be sent
from the college for the work. Any
community in the state where domes-
tic science is not now being taught
in high school may have one of these
schools. The college would rather
send it's teachers to the smaller towns
than to the larger cities. Any girl at
least fifteen years old may be a men,
Der of a movable school. There is no
limit as to the number of pupils to a
movable school, If the school has not
already been organized some leader
should write Director Miller at the
Agricultural college for information,
and try to arrange a date upon which
to have one of the college women WIS.,
it your town. This costs nothing ex-
cept the expenses of the person as
signed by the college to do the work,
and these expenses means railroad
fare, lodging and board.
Every cooking school must have at
least "a members. Ordinarily these
members pay one dollar initiation fee
and agree to pay so cents more if
asked to do so. This money is spent
by the school in your own town to
pay for a hall or materials and equip
ments and for the expenses of the In
structor. A good stove or range Will
be needed, or two cook stoves for
large class. In addition to these the
local committee should have a two
human oil pas Or gasoline stove for
every two members of the class. Ia
bles and chairs, cooking utensils,
dishes, etc, can be rented or borrowed
for the five days. Four, and If possible,
six, sewing machines, also rented or
borrowed, should be installed. Usual
ly the morning is given to cooking and
the afternoon to sewing.
A mighty fine feature of the NOV
able school work is to be added this
year for men and boys. This includes
the teaching of corn Judging, dairying
and livestock judging, with instruc-
lions in poultry husbandry and or
charding. The schools for men and
boys continue for three days. Twenty
five members will be required in this
kind of a school. Applications for this
kind of a school must be made to d.
rector Miller Immediately. The col
lege charges nothing for the work eX-
cept the payment of expenses.
The girls home economics clubs
have printed lessons in cooking and
sewing.