El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-28
To MAKE BISCUITS
LIKE MOTHER MAKES
Girls in Public Schools to
Be Taught Practical
Cooking.

If instructions and present plans
are lived up to, girls taking the do
nestle science course this year at
the Ell Paso schools will, at the end
of their school years, be able to step
into their own little kitchens and make
the biscuits that mother used to make.
W. A Burk, supervisor Of manual
arts, intends that when the student has
finished the entire course prescribed,
she will have solved all the mysteries
connected with cooking.
The finishing touches are added in
the eighth grade and the first year in
the high school. Then actual practice
is given in cookery; preparing and
serving different menus. A study is
made of the care of the kitchen, pan
try, and dining room The important
item of marketing will not be over
looked, for regular excursions to the
markets will be made and they will
be studied from a purely scientific
standpoint The young student will
also be taken to the local flour mill,
where they will be shown just exactly
how the flour which goes into the
biscuits is made In the high school
the chemistry of food products will be
gone into and experimental tests will
be made. Invalid cookery will also
be studied
SOurse in Laundry Added.
To complete the idea Of the practical
course which will form al important
feature of the school system this year,
a course in laundry will be given at
the Alamo school. Here the pupils CT
the fourth grade viii be taught prac-
teal laundry work, the work being fur
nished by the pupils for the study
In both the domestic science ard
domestic art courses, the aim is to give
instruction that is just as practical.
Workaccord1ng TO Mr.. Burk. The sew
ing work is begun in the fourth grade
and is carried on through the seventh
grade A system of graded exercises
viii be required of each pupil taing
thek work and time is allowed for the
application Of those exercises in the
making of useful wearing apparel
The students are to furnish their own
material for these garments and will
therefore own them when they are
completed. In the first year cf the
nigh school, the sewing is continued.
More difficult pieces are undertaken
and cutting and fitting is then taught.
Divided Into Units.
In the manual training, the course
Is divided into several units. which
are designated as cardboard construc-
tlon IN the fourth grades; knife work
in the fifth; bench woodworking in the
sixth and seventh; jOinery in the
eighth, and cabinet WoOd-turning and
pattern making in the high school
Mechanical drawing will be taught in
COIL SCI1OA Win the manual training
work IN all the grades, each pupil be-
ing required to make a working draw
ing OF each project undertaken, be-
lore working out the piece
In the high school a separate course
IN mechanical drawing will be given.
Ihls course IS planned to meet the de-
mands Of engineering schools for prep
aratory work in mechanical drawine,
in the high schools Credit is given
Tor this work in these schools.
The equipment in the schools for
carrying on manual and domestic arts
work consists of eight manual training
shops, three of which have a. compIe4e
equipment Of woodworking ma
chlnery; four domestic science labor
atorles; 10 sewing rooms; one laundry
and one mechanical drawing room.