Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-11
BY CoRINNE FRAZIER

IwT( WELYE THOUSAND women,
bound together by common
interest, the economic well
III fare OF the American home,
met last week at the annual
gathering OF the American Home Eco.
nonics Association. held In Minneap-
oils, Mimi, from June 20 to July 2. to
living conditions by the application Of
science to problems OF the home. Miss
Helen Al. AtWater, editor of the Jour
nal OF American Economics, a monthly
magazine, which Is also the official
organ of the association. returned to
Washington Tuesday and gave an In
Iteresting account OF the accomplish
ments OF the converting body in an in
terWew with the writer. In dis;
Ecussing the high lights of the meeting,
Miss Atwater stated that two out
standing projects were outlined for
the coming year. The first OF these
will be q study Of the place OF child
training and education for parenthood
in home economics education. This
win be carried on for four years under
/ a grant from the Laura Spelman
Rockefeller memorial fund.
Dean Anna e. Richardson, recently
head Of the home economies depart
nent Of Iowa State College, is to
direct the experimental work, with
Offices in Washington. She will make
q survey to ascertain what is being
done already in schools and colleges
OF the country TO teach girls how
to handle children and the funda-
mental principals OF successful par.
entlloOd. which is being recognized
more and more as q. science. In
addition to this, Dean Richardson
hopes to be able to arrange con-
sulting service for schools, colleges
and individuals who are interested
In introducing child study into home
economics courses. Some very inter
esting results are expected by the
association from this study during
the next four years.
The second big project to be under.
taken during the coming year Is
study of certain material that was
collected during the last census but
not tabuIa4ed which, IL it were, would
yield basic information regarding the
economic and social status OF the
American home and family, according
to the belief Of the trained economists.
The association expects to use its own
funds to have the tabulation OF this
material made and to publish the CON
clusions. In doing this work the
association hopes to point the way
for the Census Bureau in taking the
census in the future In connection
with the vote to have this study made,
the converting body at Minneapolis
passed a resolution urging that the
Government have this type of material
relating to home conditions tabulated
regularly in the future. In other
words, the resolution suggests that.
after the Home Economics Association
has done the work at its own expense
once in order to have this information
made available, it would be highly
desirable for Uncle Sam to continue
the good work IL it seems of sufficient
value.
one Of the items which both the
Home Economics Association and the
General Federation Of Women's Clubs
advocate having tabulated is the serv-
ice of homemakers. Both Of these
powerful organizations agree that the
wife who keeps the homo and raises
the children should be regarded as
having ii distinct occupation and her
work should be tAlxen into account
Just as much as the work Of day.
laborer who has shorter hours and
often less actual manuel labor to do.
49, !
THE chief routine business OF the
I economists convention at Mime
anolifs was the election of national