Hickory daily record., 1922-12-20
I)ilIAE:t;jjT / ARTS
TAUGHT N
SCHOOLS
BY the Associated Press.

Raleigh, n. c., Dec. 2O,-Wi.h g
record OF having seventy-two schools
III the state teaching home eco
Monies this year, an increase Of
seventeen over 1921. and having turn
ed down Approximately fifty-one af
plicatlons fer the course, the state
home economies department viii el:-
deavor 20 secure an increased ap
preparation to broaden its operations
IN 1923, according TO an announce
Nlent today by Miss Katherine Mora,.,
assistant director.
For the present wear. the depar--
ment had an appropriation Of $50
352 20, from state and federal funa..
Next year, it was stated. ct least
$44 900 win be requested. There are
siEty-two white schools IN the stssc,
with home economic courgeG at pre-
sent IL comparison wit. fo.ty-nire
IN 1924. This year, tneta are ten
negro schools with the coulse, y,
compared with SIX the orevious yoa2.
In stressine the Importance Of
everv high school girl being inte:-
cstad in home economies. Miss Moran
pointed out chat there new are az
p1oXimately 2o09 students taking the
course. Through the de@isic to place
ire stuoy IN the first two years OF
high school, the auth0ritt.25 expect 70
make it 9 praet cal and le'9ful II
The lives Of the girl students.
The use OF y state course c1
study, said Miss Moran" has done
much toward the standardization ol
the work au over the state. The suG,-
aeStcj cousee. issued IN temporary
fo1'r,, Was I&.d IL al tic vocation
schools an> 0uite generally in the
athe, Institutions. wears trial nac
Nrovcn the necessity Cf such a course.
The work is PLANNED For the eighth
and ninth grades and is paralleled in
the eight by general scieroe and
~ the ninth ! iology The almos'
slate-wide adoption Of these sciences
IN the first two years of high schoo.
mas been a great boon to the home
economies work.
"A second factor that has dcn@
much for the betterrncnt Of home eco
nomics is the material irnprovement
that has been made in the eouipmen'
Of the various schools. Next year.
we are planning further imnrovc-
nents in this direction. The dlvlslon
7f vocational education has issued {
list of eu'lipment required II all late
'Daid school: This list includes &
minimum and a standard require,
mont. many schools have measured III
to this. A prescribed reference library
10 be kept in the home economies
ieoartment is q part OF the require
nent.
"In addition to their. class room
work. many of the teachers have corr
ducted evening classes in home eco
comics for the woman of various coi:s-
uulities. There were an@roTlmate :
fivo hundred women enrolled in thes',
classes during the wear. 1t is planned
80 increase these classes.
1.-Two thirds Of our teachers are
Of the 4 Grade rating, and we wan1
! to better this average. In asking 1o1
a larger approximation, we have II
view the acceptance OF more school>
for the home economies work. We
believe that the demand for the course
during the year viii show the 1mpor'
| ance of an increase in funds sh@
said.
Miss Moran stated large mum
/ her OF conferences had been held du->
i ING the months in relation to "a
work Of her department and all otfi
cials in the schools were cooperaunt
for The extension of the department
program.