The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-11-14
HoME ECONOMICS TEACHERS.

VI the buTe1u OIL EuucatlOn LnaL
special obligation rests upon them to
! take an active par in the national
food and clothing problems arising
from the war They are in a strate-
gic position, according to the Bureau
circular, which says:
Teachers of home economics cal
reach into the homes of the patrons
Of the public schools and aid in the
extending a knowledge of food con
ditions. They can explain the reason
why American families are asked to
modify some of their food habits
| They can raise food economy to the
plane of patriC ic service. They can
assist families in matters of economy
SO that better living conditions can be
maintained Of course, all home
cccnimics teachers will alter labor
stcry practices so as to conform to
present food conditions, but they
may do much more; they may care
fully make plain the reasons why
| America with her abundance of food
material asks her people to select
carefully, use wisely, and waste not
the particle"
The Bureaus circular points out
that home economics teachers have
already assisted materily in the
work of food preservation. They can
help further, it is asserted, by taking
pupils on fruit picking" picnics to
gather fruit for canning that would
otherwise go to waste. This will be
possible until very late in the fall in
some sections. The products of food
preservation may be donated to the
Red Cross, snt to the soldiers in
France, used for public school lunch
es or sold for some communitypro-
icct. Home economies teachers can
emphasize the cooking of perishab.a
GODS and reduce The use of the
needed staples.
Sowing courses in the schools may
also be modified to meet war needs.
1t should be required that half of all
class work be done upon old ma
.eral' says the Bureau. '"The value
III teaching lessons in thrift can not
De overestimated.
Whenever possible articles useful
% others rather than to the pupil
should be made. This is valuable in
establishing among the pupils inter
st in the great national and patrt
tic movement of the present time
and in supprossing selfishness and
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There is no, particular reason why
be student in sewing should carry
lway the product OF her efforts. The
instructions is given, as is all other
rStluction in schools, for training
he intelligence and the skill of the
les.re of the student for an article OF
personal use or adornment to hold
Ter interest is to undervalue the real
purpose of the work.
tudents in the seventh and
eighth grades and high-school classes
nay sew for i,he Red Cross on various
hospital garments. In this work
bCh speed and efficiency may be de
We oped. If each child who makes
garment is permitted to attach the
name of her school room to the gar
nC2t she will be more interested.
The accep' ance of these suggest
.cr5 entails additional work and re
;ronsibility for the teacher in charge
1t viii be necessary that she estab
'ish among the mothers of the chill
drcn in her classes an understanding
IF the purposes and of present econ
ME conditions as they relate to
vcolen and cotton fabrics
adaptations of home economics
courses to war needs will strengthen
rather than weaken the work as here
tocore given, and will be of great
value in awakening among the stu
dents interest in the world problems
Of today"
THIS is EMBARRASSING.