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

SCi6IIG6 utIIct Way NO"
| The College OF Hawaii offers a
lwellrounded course in household eco
Monies. requiring for its completion
four years OF study. Il includes work
both in art and design and in domes-
| tic science II may be taken In con-
/ junction with other studies. tilus lead
| ing at the end of four years to the
degree of Bachelor OF Science or il
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 and
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 "a week IN the stu,
do, and at the end OF the year is ell
gible FOR course color and design.
The course In textiles comprises a
study OF fabrics, their beginning in the
arts and industries OF primitive line.
the development Of spinning and weay.
ing, modern processes of maaufac-
ture, economic values and their es-
feet on social conditions, together with
the principles or dyeing and garment
making. =, Il
Practice 81 Cooking g =. = =. a !,
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 In order to develop skill and
efficiency In handling materials and
apparatus. rsES d.
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 theo
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 is concerned with the preparation
OF food materials based on mowl.
edge OF their composition and the
chemical changes effected by heat and
moisture, and the, cooking processes
that give best results Id retaining nut,
rftive constituents IN the most digess
tible form, together with advanced |
practical work In selection and prepa.
ration of meals. Chemistry 1 is pre-.
fi.9a,
In the third year the student is |
ready Tor the course m eefR micsdesign
and porcelain decoration Attention
is now given to study OF the PRINCE
pies OF proportion and 6dbord ination
which govern line and area compost
ton and their applicatic to specific |
problems I'M original design; discus
sion OF the methods of pottery and /
porcelain manufacture and Of the com |
position OF ceramic color& glazes, llss /
ters and metals; study oftgood shapes
in porcel ains apnIfcationf of original
designs to suitablt pol eel hin forms inf
mediums adapted TO thet wafe Wed;
practise In the firing Of ceramic Ware.
In domestic science there are cours-
es In millinery and In dressmaking.
The course In millinery IS concerned +
With the construction and trimming
Of hats. beginning with the use or /
materials, making Of wire
frames from given dimensions, copy
ing from models and pictures, and the
creation of original designs. 4.
In dressmaking attention Is given toll
the principles Of dressmaking, the tax.
ing OF accurate measurements, the
making and altering Of patterns, the
choice and economical cutting of ma
teriah the making of gowns and crino.
lire modelling. ! Fl. 4
In the last year of the course the
student Is given courses in the his
tory or architecture and. in the history
Of sculpture. The history of architec-
ture is devoted to a study of the de-
yelopment of architectural styles of
the ancient Egyptians, Chaldeans,
Greeks and Romans, and the medic
val byzantine, Romanesque, Gothie)
md renaissance periods The, history,
of sculpture is a historical and appre-
ciatiye study of ancient and medieval
sculpture and of the great schools of
painting, together with discussion of
the principles of art structure and
in relation to the master
pieces. III tEf<tiffnIA .. :~s-.
In domestic science there are cours-
es in dieteticss and in food ,inEestiga-
tion.: The course, in dietetics, given
by President Dean, is series OF lee
lures covering the composition of
foods, chemistry of digestion and the,
chemical physiological and economic
phases of diet. Chemistry l and Ply
siology 1 are prerequisites to this~I
course. Food investigation involves
the working out Of such special prob
lens in connection with foods as the
economic side Of the, question of food,
the uses and application of preserva- S