The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-18
MODERN COOKING METHODS
IN VOGUE AT HIGH SCHOOL

The domestic science department of
the high school is model of it's kind
and one of the best in the state. Miss
Lillian Wingreene has charge of this
| department. The work of the domestic
| science department is being directed
more and more to Red Cross and
community service, and the course Of
study in cooking as well as sewing
has been radically readjusted in order
| to adopt it to war conditions.
| In general survey Of the work be-
| ing done elsewhere it has been found
that the local department is closely
in line with what is being done else
where, but still further notifications
will be made to make the work CORES
pond to the social and national re-
| quirements. In the cooking depart
ment the use of substitutes for sugar
and wheat has been especially empha-
sized and also the economical use of
meats.
The department is divided into three
sections, kitchen, pantry and dining
room. The kitchen is SpOtleSsly clean
and is equipped with two gas ranges
and twenty-fOur working tables for
pupils. The tables are arranged in
what is known as the hollow square
formal ion, giving the teacher an op-
pOrtunity to view the work being
done by the pupils. For work the stu
dents are divided into groups of twos.
Each group has a stove equipped with
two burners. The stoves are flush
with the table, one of the latest i'm
provements, and are placed to accom-
modate two pupils who work together.
The work tables are equipped with
stools which can be regulated to suit
the person using it. I'm planning a
kitchen persons height must be
taken into consideration" said Miss
Wingreene, who acted as guide during
the trip of inspection by a News rep
resentative. "a person can work much
better when table or stove is adjust
ed so that person can work with
ease and speed, "she concluded. The
girls must also wash the dishes and
the kitchen has for this purpose a
large draining sink and three wash
bowls placed in the four corners of
the room.
The pantry was next inspected. 1t
contained most everything. The guide
explained about strainers and what
nots, but one thing is certain, there
were just myriads of instruments
neatly arranged on long rows of
shelves. Here are kept those articles
used which are too large to keep in
the student drawer in the work table,
said the guide.
The kitchen leads directly to the
pantry. There is also direct entrance
from the kitchen to the dining room.
The dining room was the last depart
ment visited They have a beautiful
built-in buffet that is wonderful
piece of work, the upper part being
of art glass paneled doors. The lower
part contains many drawers arranged
on a scientific plan. Otherwise the
room was vacant and naturally the
next question, Where do you eat?'
The guide didn't know, SO it is obvious
that the most necessary equipment of
the high school domestic science de-
partment is lacking. A nice dining
table with six mission chairs would
improve appearances greatly. A good
suggestion would be for the pupils of
the manual training department. to
make the necessary articles
There are thirteen students in the
domestic science department. So far
they have studied the cooking of
starches, cereals and kindred lines
vegetables and canning of fruits,
cooking of meats, making of batters,
and coughs, and have just finished
bread baking
The work to be done in the near fu-
ture will be meal planning when all
those taking the course will be given
an opportunity to plan real meal for
the others and cook and serve it. After
that comes criticism
The saving of footsteps in the kitch-
Ell has also been discussed by the pu-
pills and teacher Take for instance
the well outside the house, twenty
steps away. There are pip steps, each
2R feet long, in a mile. If three buck
cts of water are used in a day, 120
steps are taken. In SO days a person
walks mile with the empty bucket
and carries it full mile Why not a
pump in the house. How many women
appreciate the distance unnecessarily
travelled between the kitchen stove
and the kitchen tables and the pantry.
How many steps a little different ar
rangement would save That iS but
enc OF the many things students of the
domestic science department are be-
| ing taught besides cooking