The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-02-22

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9. Drafting simple shirt waist pat
tern; making of simple shirt waist.
Textile study: Wool, study in same;
manner of culture, growth and manu-
facture: common wooden and worsted
materials; comparison Of wool, cotton,
silk and fax.
10. The hygiene Of clothing; care
of clothing.
II. Making Of simple wash dress.
where and When Shall Domestic Sci
ence be introduced
In connection with this subject the
following lecture by Clifford j. Rol-
ston of Macon, Ca, is published at
the request of Principal Cassels:
ence as a part of the education of wo-
man IS assured. Any curriculum
which does not include training for the
home ignores the center about which
her life necessarily revolves.
Some of the home talents are in
nate and develope naturally, but 9TH
ers need training to bring about their
development.
A woman who assumes the response
bilities of managing a home without
previous training, soon discovers her
limitations. Considering the serious
ness of the undertaking and the fact
that the responsibility of caring for
children in their early life usually
comes to women young in years and
experience, it would seem that some
preuaartion, other than intuition,
should be had in order to aid in the
discharge of this great and vital re-
sponsibility.
The family is a business organiza-
ton, the social unit, and an ethical
force.
The woman is an administrative off
Ger of the family; she disburses the
funds for carrying on the business OF
! home-making. Society has failed tc
recognize what an important factor
the woman is in the family as bust
ness organization; it has not appreci-
ated the variety and extent of the
demands made upon her, and it has
failed to realize the Importance OF
providing means for her training, fol
efficiency in the home.
If her mother possesses the neces-
sary knowledge and the inclination tt
teach her daughter, and if the daugh-
ter has the strength, time and incli
nation to profit by her mothers in
struction, well and good. In very few
homes, however, are the girls getting
the training so essential to their flu
ture welfare.
In most instances the girl GOES tx
/ school, with such training as oppor
tunity and application have given hei
j into her new home and assumes The
responsibilities and duties of home
maker. From a life of limited re
Il sponsibilities she passes at once int
another whose responsibilities fail t.
apPall her because of her Ignorance
of what is involved in the charge.
In considering the duties of tn,
home maker it will be seen that the.
group themselves about certain in
dustries and forms of activity in tn
home. These activities may be class
flied cnder the heads of househol,
management, which includes tn
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decoration and furnishing, shopping
nursing, keeping accounts, repairing
sociology, economics and business law
domestic science which includes
knowledge of physics, chemistry, ply
siology and hygiene, dietetics, bacter
iology, biology, laundering, cookin
and serving meals; domestic ar
which includes design, sewing, dress
making and millinery. It is all VIC
mans work, and there is no reaso
why she should not run her househol
on scientific and artistic principles.
In the business world men are eve
ready to take advantage of any ne
method of keeping books, filing or ca
alleging. They are constantly on tn
lookout for new discoveries and inve1
tions that viii enable them to dii
tance their competitors. No busine:
man expects success, without syster
organization, knowledge and principle
upon which to base his plans.
If woman is to be trained to run HI
household scientifically and artist
ally, to know the true meaning
home-life, the subjects must
brought into the Curriculum of OF
schools.