Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-13
College of Hawaii Has Well
Rounded Course in Domestic
Science Under Way Now

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- The College Of Hawaii offers, a
fweilrounded course In household eco
monies, requiring for its completion
four years of study. II includes work
both n art and design and in domes.
tic science. II may be taken In con-
| junction with other studies, thus lead
ing at the end of four years to the
degree OF Bachelor of Science. or II
may be elected by special students
who do not wish to give their full time
to college work. Extension students
are not admitted to these courses.
During the first year students will
take free hand drawing, textiles AMI
cooking. The, course in tree hand
drawing includes the study Of type
models, free hand perspective, draw
ing In outline and in light and shade
from ornamental forms, natural OBJ
jects and casts; memory sketehing
and charcoal composition. The student
spends five hours week in the stu
do, and at the end Of the year is eli;
gible for course color and design.
The course In textiles comprises q
study OF fabrics, their beginning in the
arts and industries of primitive lite.
the development Of spinning and weay-
ing, modern processes Of nanufac-
ture, economic values and their 81.
feet en- social conditions, together with
the principles Of dyeing and garment
making. BIZ IS ~ TX 5s,- s= :
Practise In Cooking. ~. I ! - =
The course in cooking is designed
to give q working knowledge Of the
fundamental principles Of cookery. and
to give practise in the cooking pro-
.cesses Ia order to develop skill and
efficiency in handling materials and
apparatus. 90 q, tzftss
In the second year the student takes
the courses in art and design and in
the selection and preparation of food.
Art and design Is devoted to the thee
ry of color, study Of color values and
harmony, making OF color scales and
charts; instruction In the principles
and practise OF design as expressed
In art line, dark and light, and color;
costume design, interior household
decoration.
The selection and preparation Of
food lis concerned with the preparation
Of food materials based Jon knowl-
edge Of their composition and the
chemical changes effected BY heat and
moisture, and the cooking processes
that give best results Ia retaining nut.
ritiye constituents Ii the most diges-
tible form, together with advanced
practical work in selection and prepa.
ration of meals. Chemistry Is q pre-
requisite Of this course.
In the third year the student is
ready for the course, IN cefamicd design
and porcelain deeOrati6h. s Attention
is now given to q studyJHft the princi-
pies OF proportion ana 4dbord inationl
which govern line and area compost
ton and their applfeaff Nj TO specific
problems In original design; discus
sion or the methods OF pottery and
manufacture and of the COM
position of ceramic colO5s, glazes, lns-
tiers and metals; study 1t good shapes
In porcelain, applicati0h of original /
designs 70 snitabaB p6fct lain forms In
mediums adapted Cd tn ware used;
practise in the firing ofteeramic ware.
In domestic science there are .cours-
es In millinery and M dressmaking.
The course IN millinery is concerned /
with the construction and trimming
Of hats, beginning with the use Of /
foundation materials, making of wire |
frames from given dimensions, copy
Ing from models and pictures, and the
creation Of original designs.
In dressmaklng attention Is given to |
The principles Of dressmaking, the tax
ing of accurate measurements, the /
making and altering Of patterns, the
choice and economical cutting of ma
Lerial, the making OF gowns and crino-
lire modelling. IS 81
In the last year OF the course the
student Is given courses in the his
tory Of architecture and in the history
Of sculpture. The history Of arehitec-
lure Is devoted to a study of the de-
velopment Of architectural styles of
he ancient Egyptians, Chaldeans,
Creeks and Romans, and the medic
val byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic) |
Ind renaissance periods The history
Of sculpture lisa historical and appre-
siatiye study OF, ancient and, medieval
sculpture and of the great schools of
painting, together with a discussion of
The principles OF art structure, and
composition In relation to the master
pieces. =, ..;s $50 -, ..tl.,
In domestic science there are cours-
IS In dieteticse and in food investiga-
Jon. The course in dietetics, given
BY President Dean, is series of lee
lures covering the composition of
GODS, chemistry of digestion and the
:hemical, physiological and economic
,hases of diet. Chemistry l and Ply
'iologyzl are prerequisites to this
course. Food investigation involves
he working out of such special prob F
ems in connection With foods as the
side OF theequestion of food.
The uses and application Of preserva- S