The broad ax., 1921-06-11
FIRST FEDERAL BOARD
CONFERENCE AT HAMPTON.
Better People, Better Homes, Better
Communities" the Purpose Of Vo-
eational Home Eeonomies-col-
ored Teaeher-Trsining Staff
81 Southern Region Closes
Successful Five-Day
Program.


Successful Five-Day
Program.
Hampton, Va.-"The large purpose
of home-econon1ies instruction in vo-
cationai schools and classes is self
improvement, together with home and
community betterment," declared Ade-
laide S. Baylor, Washington, d. C.,
federal agent for home economics,
Federal Board for Vocational Edu-
cation, at the close of the first FIVE
day conference for the colored teacher
training staff of the Southern region
which was recently held at Hampton
Institute.
Miss Baylor, who was in charge OF
the conference, said: mine of the
thirteen States with Institutions ap-
proved by the Federal Board for
training colored teachers of home
economics, had a representative pres
ent at Hampton. The following states
were represented: Virginia, North
Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Texas,
Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, and
Louisiana. The missing states were:
South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi,
and West Virginia. Five state super
viSors of home economies assisted
with the conference at Hampton
Guyton league, Mississippi; Martha
Thomas, Tennessee; Edith Thomas,
North Carolina; Ivol Spafford. Ala
bama; and Ora Hart Avery, Virginia.
Hampton Institute made available
all its facilities for making the con-
ference a success Carrie A. Lyford,
who is the director of the Hampton
Institute School of Home Economics,
gave her entire time for FIVE days to
assisting with the conference pro
gram, which included (D a field trip
for community study, (2) a visit to,
and study of, the Hampton Institute
dormitories, 90 half day spent in
the Whittier School, which is used as
center for observation and practice
teaching by the Hampton students, (4)
visit to a typical, local, rural, col
ored school; and (5) an inspection of
the industrial exhibit of the colored
schools of Elizabeth City County,
which was displayed at the county
court house"
Program Based on Needs.
Miss Baylor also stated that in
order to carry out the vital purpose
OF vocational home-economics, there
must be developed a program which
is based on actual individual, home,
and community needs. The field trip,
for example, showed the teacher
trainers in home economics that, since
housewives are caring for poultry,
cows, and gardens, instruction must
be given in the common activities OF
the home, both within and without,
with view to increasing the amount
of productive work and thereby en-
larging the family income.
while the teacher" said Miss Bay
lor, "is the chief factor in training
for home-maling, her valuable time
and energy must be conserved and her
instructions must be made more efii-
cient by the use of suitable plant and
equipment, including charts, posters,
exhibits illustrative materials, bulle-
tins, textbooks, reference works, type
written and mimeographed notes.
"If the community is known by a
skilful teacher, there will be avail
able people who can contribute from
their experience and furnish valuable
materials for the teaching of home
economics. Such people will include,
for example, merchants, manufactur-
ers, dealers in special wares, garden
ers, poultry raisers, and small farm
.ers."
Conference Program.
While the conference was held
under the direction of Anna E. Rich
ardson, chief of the home-economics
educational service of the Federal
Board for Vocational Education, as
sisted by state supervisors and other
experts, every member of the colored
teacher-trainer staff participated at
some time in the conference discus
sions.
The conference program included
the following topics: Purpose of In
struction in Home Economies, Ade-
laide s. Baylor; Family and Com
munity Needs, Carrie A. Lyford and
Guyton league; Plant and Equip
ment, Ivol Spafford; Illustrative Ma
terials, Edith Thomas; Textbooks and
Printed Materials, Carrie A. Lyford;
Training Teachers in Service, Evalena
A Davis and Emma N. Mayberry;
Supervised Home Management, Mar
tha Thomas and Carrie A Lyford;
Special Methods in Home Economies,
Anna E. Richardson; Supervised OBJ
servation and Teaching, Ivol Spaf-
ford; Whittier School, Guyton league
and Edith Thomas; and Clothing,
Carrie. l. Watson.
Example of Co-operafion-