The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1928-08-16

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many things. Wisdom 915.
NEW COURSE
Those who worry about modern tendencies will be glad
to learn that practical Care of Children is Il new course III
which students at the State College Of Washington at Pullman
will be privileged to enroll tins year. According to Dean
Florence Harrison a nursery school will be added to the college
of home economics. She said:
''Since education for homemaking is a keynote in home eco
nomics teaching, it follows that an essential part OF such III
strucion must be given in that most important function OF the
home, the training of children. In the past, courses in child
care have been presented entirely by lectures"
a former private residence has been secured near the cam
pus for the school and is now being r~emodened. Miss Margaret
Walker, graduate OF Ohio State University, who has had special
training in nursery school work with the Merrill School
OF Home-Making, Detroit, and who has also spent ii year with
the child welfare center at the University Of Minnesota, has
been obtained as director.
LET'S THINK II OiER
OF all OF the problems facing the West none is more serious
than the menace of forest fires which summer after summer de
sroy millions of the states assets i'll valuable timber as well as
causing loss of life and home and the worldly effects of all i'll
the path of the flames. The farmers of the country, also, face
IA new hazard in the fact that at the time when farm labor is
most needed all available men are drawing 81. Il day from the
government for fighting fires and the farmer can not get help
of any kind. 1t has been proved a number of times this year
that certain of these fires have been set by the men themselves
deliberately to create jobs.
We do not know how dangerous the ground is we are tread
ing Oh III making this suggestion, but why could we not call on
our soldiers to fight fire in time of need? There is every reason
to release all laborers TO the needs of the farmers at this season
of the year and-perhaps then there would be fewer fires II
there were fewer temptations and the millions spent for forest
protection might be put to some better use, for instance more
adequate pensions for widows of soldiers who have minor child
rem. We believe that since the world war the widow of Il
soldier draws $50 a month with $l5 for II minor child, but up
until ten years ago a woman was "put on her own by the
death of her soldier husband with a 81. a month pension and
So. a month each for her children.
WHY?
A statement was made this week based on the statistics of
three large life insurance companies that SO of every 100 women
are dependent on relatives or on the state at the age of 65. Quite
a startling figure. One that is hard to believe. Does it give any
light on the subject of why we should have women's organiza-
lions, womens newspapers and publications, women legislators?
The Spokane Woman. Spokane, Washington, 1928