Middletown transcript., 1915-11-13
DELAWARE COLLEGE
The Home Economic Students
Visited Bancroft Mills
THE HOME-MAKERS SCHOOL


On November and the Home Eco
nomic students in the department of
clothing at the Women's College visited
the Bancroft Mills near Wilmington.
This trip, which is required part of
the work in clothing, gives the students
definite idea of the processes through
which the raw cotton must pass before
and after it is woven into cloth. The
trip included visit to the spinning,
weaving, dyeing, bleaching, and mer-
cerizing mills.
On Saturday mornings class in the
study of foods and cookery is held at
the Womens College for $40 until
12,40 o'clock. At present there ase
seven members attending. Any woman
interested in Domestic Science study is
eligible for admlssisn to this course The
series includes ten lessons, of which
the fourth will be held on November
13.
A new Home Makers School is to be
opened at Frankford on Wednesday,
November 10. This school at Frank
ford has been demanded organized by
the women of the community. Miss
Jefferson, who will direct the work, will
at the same time form various girls
clubs in tina vicinity. AS an outgrowth
of the Home Makers School conducted
by Miss jefferson at Ocean View, there
has been organized community club,
which has taken as its name "The JEFF
terson Community Club.
Miss jefferson. Extension Worker in
Home Economics at the Women's Col
lege has largely made the following en-
gagements for the next two weeks out
side of her class at Frankford: Nov. g.
Address at the New Century Club of
Newark; Nuv. 16-Address before the
Parent-Teachers Association at York
lyn, Nov. 180 Address before the Com
munity Club at Rising Sun.
On November a Miss Caudell, Pro-
fessor of Home Economies in the Wo-
mems College, addressed the Quarterly
meeting of the Sunshine Societies in
Wilmington on the subject, Women
as Spenders" On November 8, Pro-
fessor Caudell talked before the Cur
rent Topics class of the Wilmington
New Century Club at an open meeting.
Miss Caudel's subject was Home Eco
nomics Extension Work in Delaware. "
Miss Caudell talked to the Stanton
Grange on November 8, on The Art of
Home Making.
On the evening of Monday, Novem-
ber l, Miss Rich, Professor of Educa-
tion in the Women's College, addressed
the Washington Heights New Century
Club of Wilmington on the definite sub
ject of the needs of the rural schools.
On Monday, November l, Miss Rich.
gave to the New Century Club of New
ark report of the meeting of the
Education and Arts and Crafts Com
mittees which had been held at the
Women's College on October 3Oth. The
special problem on which these com
mittees are working this year is the ac-
emulation of collections of pictures
available for use in the rural schools.
For an adequate collection, they need
10000 pictures, classified and catalogued
so that they may be distributed through
the schools in somewhat the manner of
circulating library. The committees
have now on hand 5000 pictures, only
300 of which have been mounted. The
Directors Board of the Federation of
Women's Clubs has given $35 toward
covering the expenses of cataloging
these. There is now need for more
pictures and for volunteers who will
mount those already acquired The
Century Clubs throughout the state are
asked to help in this work by furnish
: ing mounts and mounting pictures ac
cording to samples which will be SEM
on request. These pictures are on {
variety of subjects appropriate for
school use, geography, industries, trave
art, history, both local and general
agriculture, nature study, in short, any
thing that will be of educational value
to the Miss school children. AS re.
suit of Rich's report the Social Service
Committee of the Newark New Cen
: tury Club, with Mrs. c. A. McCue al
chairman, has organized "Mountinl
a Parties to give practical help in carry
! ing on this work.