The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-12-22


take series of lessons regularly.
club is organized Wherever il is pos
sible. these clubs are affiliated With
high schools and We find tbat a rule.
teachers make the best leaders for the
clubs, though occasionally we have
woman who is a superintendents wife
or minister's wife or sunday school
teacher or a housewife who has a real
interest in girls.
The clubs meet usually once a week.
Repor.s Of what the students have
accomplished al their homes during
the preceding week. are read and dis
enssed, the students giving their own
experiences. Work Is than planned
for the ensuing week. These future
lessons may be worked out in one OF
several ways. IN some Of the clubs
the theory Of the lesson is explained
by the leader, or by the pupils, and
then demonstrations are either given
by the teacher alone or by several OF
the students. In many clubs the stu-
dents take regular turns in giving dem
onstrations.
The meeting places, Of course. are
optional Many Of the clubs meet reg
nlarly at a high school or grammar
school building or at the home Of the
leader or one Of the students. In other
clubs it has been found more conyen-
lent for members to take turns enter
taining the organization When the
meeting place is in a school room,
members contribute the necessary art
ieles OF equipment and material fof
the evenings work if demonstrations
supplement the discussion. Quite
often, when the school room is the
meeting place. each girl works out
her lesson in her own kitchen and pre-
pares a paper which is delivered at the
next meeting. AT these meetings min
utes are kept and sent to my office
The expense OF these clubs are slight.
The college receives no pay for this
work, and gives no credit for the
courses, the work being solely a means
Of self improvement to the girls, ana
to carry 10 them as much education
in home economies as possible When
taken continuously and thoughtfully
they viii give 70 the girl who cannot
otherwise obtain il. general elemen.
tary knowledge Of the subjects stud
led
The second years work was met with
such great approval and was so sue
eessful that we wanted to establish
the work upon a better basis. There
fore the courses in cookery were re-
vised and instead Of being scattered
lessons upon the various phases of the
subject they are now arranged IN a log
ical order based upon the outlines used
in the regular college courses. We
have at present three courses in cook
cry and a fourth ready for the printer.
The first two courses cover the ele.
mentary field Of cookery in general,
dealing with the ave food principles
The third course is given to the more
difficult problems OF cookery, includ-
ing some few lessons upon the balanc-
ing Of rations and some special diets,
while the fourth course is devoted en-
tirely to diets for special diseases.
In sewing, the firs- course is made
up Of elementary steps often termed
model work or hand sewing and is sup
plemented by finished articles that will
Illustrate the work The second course
is tape and rule system of drafting
and making Of undergarments A third
course is under preparation now and
will deal with the subject Of altera-
tions Of patterns. care and cleaning
of clothing and kindred subjects. An
other good feature about our girls club
work is that through its adoption many
schools that cannot afford regular
department can give their girls ele-
mentary training Often, too, the girls
club created an interest in home eco
nomics which results in a demand for
such a department in the high schools.
During the past three years five thou
sand girls in the state have been mem
bers Of these clubs and have taken one
or two lessons week. Last year sew
eilty-seven clubs were organized. This