South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-09-24
MARRIED WOMEN TAKE
UP DOMESTIC SCIENCE
Hold First Meeting in Kitchen
of COquilIard School Under
Vocational Training Law.

That the woman who takes upon
| herself the responsibility OF maintain
| ing home is in as great need Of
I systematic or technical training as
1 the professional business man. is the
/ idea emphasized in the vocational
! training law for women which has
just gone into effect. Efficiency is
the keynote Of the movement 1t
/ means the opportunity for every wo-
man and girl TO become a capable
/ and thoroughly accomplished house
wife, from the schoolgirl TO the wife
who has never had the means OF
| training.
AT it's first meeting Wednesday aft
ernoOn in the kitchen of the CoQuil-
! lard school, the married women's do
mestic science class registered 10
members, with the certainty OF three
/ or more members at it's second lesson
/ next Wednesday afternoon and the
probability Of a greater increase as
! women begin TO hear about the inno-
walton.
An organized class of married wo-
men for the purpose of learning the
I science Of housekeeping is a decided
novelty. Only the recent considera-
/ ton given the necessity Of sanitation
and hygiene in the home as the surest
means of cOunteracting disease, has
succeeded in arouSing the housewife
/ to a realization Of her own inefficien-
! cy. The common desire of the 10
women who have already had con-
siderable experience in housekeeping,
yet who feel themselves Handicapped
( by an ignorance of the cheapest and
most efficient methods. when they
registered Wednesday afternoon, was
that Of adding to their knowledge of
what is best for the home, not only
in the kitchen but in the parlOr and
. tha hpdrOOr11
Teach housekeeping.
Domestic science as formerly taught
embraced merely the science of cook
( ing. Today it embodies every phase
/ Of housekeeping from the scientific
method of preparing a meal TO the
nutriment and health of the body, TO
the simple task of scrubbing the
kitchen floor or polishing the win
dows. The classes now formed are
! calculated to prepare women for prac-
/ teal housekeeping and to aid them in
| lowering expenses in the maintenance
| of a home.
They are conducted almost entirely
on a unit basis so that those who are
unable to take the full course of les
sons may be given only two or three
or as few as they desire. The maids
class endeavors to fit the girls as
much for their responsibilities in their
own homes as in that OF their employ
] eIS, IHey are ualnSu Win IIaI IN
view.
In the effort to give working girls
the advantage Of vocational training,
educational officials are striving to
! interest employers and induce them
to allow their girls at least two hours
each week in study. There has been
| little response as yet, but it is be-
| leved that as the movement grows
and greater inducements are brought
TO bear upon factory officials they
will be constrained to aid in the cam
paign for efficient homemaking
Besides the maids and married wo-
mems classes on Tuesday evening and
Wednesday afternoon, there are two
teachers classes on Monday afternoon
at the high school and Elder build
| ing, and two classes organized by the
I Catholic club which meet on Monday
and Wednesday evening a the high
/ school building. Other classes may be
| formed on request.
Domestic science work in South