New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-12-31


cording to this learned gentlewoman
we cannot expect keen intelligent
girl, after four years of college life.
to take up household chores that are
wearing On the muscles and nerves.
1T is obvious that it neither logi-
cal nor economically sound to edu-
cate girls extensively for a life apart
from home responsibilities and then
thrust these responsibilities on
Them" she was quoted as saying.
Dissatisfied women themselves are
arriving at the solution by dele
eating household tasks to those fit
ted for them and seeking gainful
pursuits outside. ANY high
grade moron can do housework.'
1t is barely possible that many a
high grade moron" queen in her
home, has time to do more reading
and indulge In sounder thinking
than her harassed sisters basking
under the bizarre notion that shaving
for the wherewithal in. the o-called
business world is the quintessence of
independence.
II housekeeping is a job for high
grade morons' only then the race
has reason to be thankful to the
millions of sensible women who have
willingly thrown in their lot with
husbands who had no idea they
were marrying morons.
The arrangements of many Of our
universities do not seem to be aware
of the lowdown estate of house hold
economics. These have elevated
Homework to the scientific stage,
adding such degrees as b. S. in p.
A. L.-Bachelor of Science in Prac-
teal Arts and Letters; or other de-
grees that mean quite as much.
There is Boston University, turn
ing out trained specialists in house.
hold economics. in income manage
ment, and such like: the University
Of Maine. with a clothing specialist
added: the University of Kansas,
with its food economies specialist;
Ohio State. with it's meat-cooking
demonstration specialist. University
of Illinois, however. goes further; 1t
produly displays a nutrition special
list, a home management specialist,
a home furnishing specialist, and
other kinds of homework specialists,
including home engineers, food en-
gineers, and similar learned persons.
We got all this from a red hot
article in the American Mercury, of
course: an article that came rather
handy after we were aroused by the
lady professors statement. Would
that we could obtain a similarly im-
peachable discussion each time some
irritation makes us bleed anger.
There are other rolling mille OF
learning" as MIR. Mencken term.
them. which have courses such as
those enumerated above. To mention
all of them would take up more
space than the lady professor is en-
titled to receive. Among the best Of
those listed is the University Of
Texas, which conducts a Monthly
Dinner Seminar, at which time the
neophyte of household drudgery
must prepare a dinner and enter.
tainment in honor Of the Texas pres.
| idcnt. Millinery technic ant
microscope technic rub shoulders a
| Tennessee, which boasts the frs
university building in the countr,
exclusively devoted to home ccono
mics.
1t has remained for the Universit,
of Chicago, however-which hap
pens TO have been helped by Mr.
Rockefeller's pocketbook on fire.
quent occasions-that the home
drudgery- moron business has flow
cred to its highest estate. At Chica
so a beautiful cognomen has beef
invented and applied to the science
namely. that of Euthenics. The uni
/ versity boasts laboratories TO
/ Euthenics, and something like 8
angles of the science are taught bud
ding housewives.
And thus the list continues all tn
way to California But we motto
with dismay that the University 0
Syracuse is not included.
FilipinOs to Oppose
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