The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1917-02-18
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Oct NEXT MEETING
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adjourned yesterday FfrTrrH1H sf'sr
q three day session here. and ne fal
iovinf officer were elected f1f fhs
ensuing year President Nlss Annie
Cook fataelbufr vice president.
Miss Mary Ethndre Holly SPRING.
treasurer Mu Elizabeth Coleman.
brooklyn. secretary Mu Elizabeth
Ellis Hattieaburs
An important action taken by the
association NJ VA final session yes
terday was the adoption of a resolu
ton indorsing two text books for use
In the agricultural high schools Of the
state. The books indorsed we're,
Shelter and Clothing" by Keene
and Cooledgd, and Grecr's Text
Book on Cooking" The resolution
included a cause recommending that
these books be officially adopted by
the Mississippi Text Book Commits
sion for use in the. agricultural high
schools Of the state
The fifth annual meeting Of the
Mississippi Home Economics Asso.
citation began at the Industrial lnsti.
tute and College at s o'clock Thurs
day evening, the program having
been inaugurated with an address OF
welcome by Miss Susie Will Gunter,
head Of the home economics depart
ment at that institution. This was
followed by an address on Home
Economies in Mississippi" by Hon.
II. !, Whitfield, president Of the cob
lege, and after selection by stu
dents of the music department, Miss
Margaret Roudebush, of the Uni
versity Of Mississippi, spoke on
"Clothes Versus Home Comforts" A
discussion Of Problems in Nutri-
ton" by Miss Katherine Blunt, Phi.
d., assistant professor Of food chem
istry at the University of Chicago,
brought the evenings program to a
close.
The morning session on Friday be-
gan at s o'clock, and various prob
lens were discussed as follows: "The
Technique of Cooking" Miss Fran
ces Blount, Benton; "A Household
Management Course" Miss Elizabeth
Coburn, Brooklyn; Practical Meth
DDS of Teaching Sewing" Miss
Mayme Hill, Woodulle; Text Re-
views" Miss Mary Ethridge, Slyden
"The County Agent and Her Work, "
Miss Annette Tyndale, Macon.
At the conclusion of the forenoon
session the visitors inspected exhibits
in the various industrial and art de-
partments of the college, the depart
ments represented and the teachers
who preside over them being as fol-
lows; Millinery, Mrs.J X. Young
sewing, Misses Johnson and Miller
fine arts, Miss Pennell industrial
arts, Miss Macarthur
| On Friday afternoon the visitors
were entertained at tea at the Mable
Ward Practice Home, and in the
evening there were three addresses
| in the college chapel, Miss Ada NJ
Field, director Of home economics al
the Peabody Normal College, Nash
vile, Tenn, having otld What Of
] Nutrition the High Schools Of tn,
South Should Teach; Or. Dayton c
Miller, professor Of physics at th'
Case School of Applied Science
Cleveland, Ohio, having delivered al
j: address on "The Nature of Musiea
Sounds" and Miss Anna Barringer
director of normal art at the |. !. 1
c., having spoken on "Appropriat
Costumes for High School Girls"