Evening star., 1938-05-29
By JESSIE FAINT EVANS.

Dy JESS1E + AN Ev hNSs
Junior students in the home eco
nomics department at George Wash
ington University face a crucial part
of their final examination Thursday,
when they prepare their annual
luncheon for the university president
and Board Of Trustees.
The luncheon is an integral part
of course listed as advanced food
preparation" under the direction OF
Miss Frances Kirkpatrick and Miss
Kathryn Towne.
The trustees luncheon examination,
as this laboratory finale for the year
has come to be known, Is held at 1924
G street NV. one Of the historic old
houses which is still serving the uni
versity for classroom purposes. 1t
was once utilized as Gen. Grants
headquarters. prior to its occupancy
as home by Gen. Orville E. Babcock,
secretary to President Grant.
The beautiful mantels in the draw
ing rooms and dining room of this
house which constitute the laboratory
oAAu SAdoo1OoAlS VI ". w. ". 1lUulc
economics department are said to have
been removed from the White House
and installed there by former tenant
when the house was rer1odeled during
President Theodore Roosevelt's ad-
ministration.
From start to finish the luncheon
is cooperative student project upon
which each Junior in the home eco
nomic class stands or falls as to how
efficiently she carries out the par
ticular task which devolves upon her
in the successful preparation and
serving of this meal. 1t is considered
just as important as any written test
in the departments curriculum.
Jobs Decided by Lot.
Neither is there special ALLEGATION
of students for this occasion accord
ing to the particular skills they may
have developed during the college
term. Instead, on the theory that
their previous training in the home
economics course should have trained
them to successfully carry out any
OF the processes involved. Miss Kirk
patrick decides each students part in
the luncheon by lot.
Responsibilities include those of gen.
eral manager and hostess, marketing
and purchasing agents, chief cook,
cooking assistants, table settlers, wait
resses and dishwashers. In addition
to the task which fate assigns to her,
each student shares the responsibility
of smoothly fitting it into the whole
project in a happy and harmonius
fashion.
In planning the menu, home
economics Juniors take into consid-
GRAFTON not only seasonal and caloric
variety, but the number of guests
expected and the length of time their
subsequent important meeting may
permit them to linger over the meal.
OF primary importance always, too,
is the total amount of money allo-
Gated for every single item of ex-
penditure in connection with it. In
cidentally, this budgeteering figure
is always kept down to a surprisingly
reasonable hgure.
George Washington Universitys
four-year course in home economics
is under the general direction of its
School of Education.
Learns Homemaker Role.
Today the goth century college girl
is more and more evincing interest
in a curriculum which will in some
degree fit her for possible future re-
sponsibilities as a homemaker, who
may also elect to combine home
making with profession or career.
A number Of girls, however, do find
positions directly related to their
training. These include demonstrate
ing household equipment devices for
the modern home with various public
utility corporations, the more conven-
tional ones having to do with the
teaching profession, and positions as
dieticians in cafeterias, tearooms,
hospitals, orphanages, summer camps
and other institutions Of similar
nature.
Still others locate themselves in the
agricultural economics group of the
United States Department of Agri-
culture or secure placement with the
textile and prints divisions of various
large stores. Macys in New York City
and Filene's in Boston have definite
training services of their own for