TX 285 .16 Copy 1 Education in Home Economics Home Economics Building, Iowa State College. AMES, IOWA / y^j^r^. The College The Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts conducts work along five major lines: Agriculture Home Economics Engineering Industrial Science Veterinary Medicine The Graduate Division conducts advanced research and instruction in all these five lines. Four, five, and six year collegiate courses are offered in different divisions of the College. Non-collegiate courses are offered in agriculture, engineering, and home economics. Summer sessions include graduate, collegiate, and non-col- legiate work. Short courses are offered in the winter. Extension courses are conducted at various points thru- out the state. Research work is conducted in the Agricultural and Engi- neering Exper ment stations and in the Veterinary research laboratory. Special announcements of the different branches of the work are supplied, free of charge, on application. The gen- eral college catalogue will be sent on request. Address HERMAN KNAPP, Registrar, Ames, Iowa. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page The need of education in home economics 5 What opportunity offers the graduate 6 The scope of home economics 8 The studies open to women •:.*...] 10 Home economics and agriculture :».'.'.' 14 The methods of instruction 15 The home economics equipment 17 Physical culture for women 22 College life at Ames 24 Women's student activities 28 Entrance requirements 30 Two year home economics course 31 OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF IOWA STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND MECHANIC ARTS Vol. XVI JULY 25, 1917 No. 8 % Education in Home Economics "If it is necessary to educate men in terms of their daily life, it is evident that to be properly trained, woman must be educated in terms of her daily life, A woman's education will be worth while only as it deals with realities. The day of educating girls in accomplishments is past- --we must have accomplishments as a result of our educational system, not as the aim. "---Liberty Hyde Baily. AMES, IOWA Published weekly. Entered as second-class matter, October 26, 1905, at the Post Office at Ames, under Act of Congress of July 16, 1904. <^l^ D. Of D. NOV 21 1917 Education in Home Economics IXETY-FIVE PER CENT of the women in America become homemakers sooner or later in the conrse of their careers. For that reason home making, with all that it implies, has from the beginning been the important purpose in the educa- tion offered to women at Iowa State Col- lege. The pioneer courses, opened in 1869, were arranged with that purpose in view. From the beginning at this institution it lias been recognized that the home is so closely linked with the social and economic welfare of both community and nation that the failure of the one means the failure of the others. "How to live? — that is the essential question for us," says Her- bert Spencer; "in what way to treat the body; in what wa^ to treat the mind ; in what way to manage our affairs ; in what way to bring up a family ; in what way to behave as a citizen — how to live completely? To prepare us for complete living is the function which education has to discharge." For women, preparation for such complete living must in- clude a study of household administration and management, not merely of the private household, but also, of institutional house- holds- of foods, textiles and other materials and their produc- tion and use ; of hygiene, sanitation and economics as they con- cern both home and community; of the care of children and their education ; of the social and economic status of women, and of many other things affecting home and community life. These subjects, therefore, are given the principal place in the instruction of women at Ames. They have a bearing alike on the life and work of women in town and in the country. If the student expects to live in the country, she may fit herself more fully for her life there by taking some agricultural sub- jects or by enrolling as a student for a combination course in home economics and agriculture. Education along such lines takes on especial value in these times of world upset. It will be of equal value in the years fol- lowing the war when the world seeks to restore itself. Women are now facing responsibilities and duties in the home and in the community such as they never faced before. They are called on to give more than ever, both in old ways and m new, to help maintain national life at a high state of efficiency when desperate forces are struggling to pull it do^^^l. More than ever there is a demand upon them for skill in the tasks that are peculiarly women's tasks. ''The woman Avho handles the food supply in the home is equal in importance to the man who han- dles the gun on the battlefield," writes J. Ogclen Armour, food authority. "The triumph of the soldier depends upon the efficiency with which housewives conserve the food supplies so that hunger may not be added to our foes." Altho women re- main at home in time of national trouble like this, they and the homes they make constitute the real bulwark of national life. Following the war, the call upon women will be greater than ever for a homemaking that will give the nation men and women of strength, character, courage, ability and skill to re- store and rebuild a world torn down. Women are, of course, called upon in such times of readjustment as these to under- take many other labors, but l^e nation looks to them to do this great work of homemaking first of all, because that' is the very foundation of national life. In response to the very urgent need for women's contribu- tion to preparedness for the war other than in the home sj^ecial courses in Red Cross work have been arranged and will be of- fered to the women, just as military courses are offered to the men. What Opportunity Offers the Graduate I LIST outside the immediate field of the home, also, lie large *^ opportunities for women with thoro training in home eco- nomics. Teaching is perhaps the greatest of these, made so by the rapidly increasing demand for instruction in home eco- A view thru the general offices of the Home Economics division. birdseye view of the central portion of the campus, with Agricultural hall. Central building- and Engineering hall in order, left to right. nomics in the public schools and the colleges. Within a few years vast sums have been appropriated by state and federal governments for vocational education, creating so many new places for especially trained teachers every year that the supply is not adequate. Extension work and county supervisorships in home eco- nomics are calling for more and more women fitted by educa- tion and experience to enter these fields. From the cities, also, will come a demand for women equipped to serve as home dem- onstrators. Social service work as it deals with household ad- ministration is looking to home economics graduates to supply its trained women. This is also true of the play ground move- ment. Hospitals are putting more and more emphasis on thoro preparation in home economics for their dietitians, and public institutions for their household managers. Municipalities are employing Avomen as food and sanitary inspectors. News- papers and magazines are looking more and more to home economics courses to supply their principal contributors on household subjects and editors of their women's departments. In the business field women with technical training in different phases of home economics will find openings as mana- gers of cafeterias or tea rooms, experts in textiles with large mercantile establishments, advisors in home furnishing, hotel managers, laundry managers, managers or owners of dress- making, millinery or women's and children's furnishing estab- lishments, and in various other lines. Thru their ingenuity in applying their special training, home economics graduates have opened up many other ways of useful and profitable employ- ment. Besides all this, women with the serviceable education of a home economics course find that it fits them for community leadership in movements for social and economic betterment, a service that may not bring direct financial returns, but which pays wonderfully in happiness and satisfaction. The Scope of Home Economics Education DUCATION in home economics is not nar- row, but as broad as the interests of the home, and they reach into many fields of knowledge. How generously cultural, sci- entific and technical subjects have all been drawn upon for the education of women at Iowa State College becomes evident with a brief survey of the scope and organiza- tion of the instruction in home economics at Iowa State College. The home economics division com- prises three departments, domestic art, domestic science and physical culture, each offering its own special work. Domestic art includes instruction in textiles and clothing, appilied art and the history of art, twenty-eight studies in all being offered. Their range is wide, for they deal with textiles and their manufacture and their use in clothing, with dressmaking, millinery and costume design and history, with art and design in their application to the building of the home, its decoration and its furnishing, and to various handicrafts. Domestic science includes instruction in foods, hygiene, nutrition and dietetics, household management and training in the teaching of these subjects, nineteen subjects in all. The department of physical culture concerns itself, first, with the well being and correct physical development of the young women of the college thru games, sports and gymnas- tics, both indoors and out, and second, it offers instruction to equip them to teach others- The technical instruction within the division of home eco- nomics is supported by the work of other divisions of the col- lege. The division of industrial science provides instruction along general lines, and in the foundation sciences. The divi- sion of agriculture, thru its department of agricultural educa- tion, provides the instruction in the theories and practice of teaching, while other departments offer such courses in agri- The women of Marg-a ret hall dormitory welcoming the postman. A rame of Hoo.e. under the ..ado„ of .,e Campan.,e. "^^ culture as suit the needs of women, particularly those inter- ested in gardening, the beautification of home grounds, poultry husbandry, dairying, beekeeping, or gefteral farming. The engineering division contributes instruction along such archi- tectural and mechanical engineering lines as are of value to a woman in her home work, in the teaching of manual training, or in any other vocation she may choose to follow. In general it may be said that any of the studies offered by any division of the colllege may be elected by home economics students. Four different collegiate courses are offered this year by the home economics division as follows: a four year course with emphasis on domestic art; a four year course with emphasis on domestic science ; a four year combined course in home econom- ics and agriculture ; a fi\ie year combined course in home eco- nomics and industrial science. Graduate work is also oft'ered in addition. In the courses in domestic art and domestic science, the studies for the first two years are the same, the differentia- tion coming with the junior year. The Studies Open to Women TT HE studies that make up the instruction in the home econom- * ics courses may be classified in four groups: General and cultural studies comprise the first group. They are calculated to give breadth of understanding and sym- The trees of the campus are widely famed. They include more than 150 species. 11 An understanding of the sciences should underlie all home economics study. pathv and mental training and to help make more efficient the scientific and technical training. To this group belong the studies in English, literature, history, modern languages, mathematics and physical culture. Studies in public speak- ing are included because the educated woman of to-day needs to be able to give of herself and of her knowledge and experi- ence thru public speech to her clubs, to her community and to its schools and churches. The newspapers and magazines need women who can write entertainingly and accurately on the problems of women and the home and of hygiene, sanitation and education, so this need has been recognized in studies in journalism, Avhich have grown rapidly in popularity. The second group comprises the studies in science. They are of utmost importance and one-third of the time of home economics courses is given to them. Practically all of the proc- esses of the home are based on changes in and combinations of the materials used and these cannot be thoroly understood or skillfullv used without some understanding of the sciences involved. Baking, cooking, food preservation, the correct selec- tion and balancing of foods, and various other things^ in house- hold practice cannot be mastered without training in bacter- iologv and chemistry. A study of botany is essential in the same* wav for a thoro understanding of many other fundamen- tal relationships. The study of physics gives essential knowl- edge of the principles of heat, light, sound, and electricity, great farces which enter closely into the daily life of all. The correct selection and handling of textiles again is based on one or more of the sciences. To understand something of human life, how to care for the body, how to prevent disease, and what to do in event of sickness or of accident, a woman needs just One of several elementary chemistry laboratories. such instruction as is given in courses in physiology and zool- ogy. Because she spends for the family the larger proportion of the money earned by it, the woman of today should know something of the fundamental laws of economic science; be- cause she is coming into a larger place in community life, she needs to understand something of the laws that affect women directly, and these subjects are presented thru the studies in economic science. Those studies that give special preparation for teaching, may be considered the third group- Some of them are essen- tial even for the ordinary relationships of life, for the teaching that comes in the home with the rearing of children, and for the understanding of human motives and conduct. Psychol- ogy, which falls in this group is not a forbidding subject, but interesting as well as vital, for it deals with the most common and fundamental activities of life — the activities of the mind. Other subjects in this group deal more fully with theory and practice of education and are essential for the teacher in the school or college. With all of the studies offered in this group the graduate may meet the full requirements of the law for a first grade state teacher's certificate in Iowa. The fourth group comprises the technical studies in home economics, which take up about one-third of the time of the 13 home economic courses. These studies make application of science to the work of the home maker in its many phases. They arouse genuine enthusiasm because they give the reason why for many things that may not have been clearly under- stood before. In these studies the young woman may work out the theories she has gathered in class rooms and laboratories. In these studies she may express herself in the preparation and service of food, in the planning and furnishing of the home, and in the study of clothing and costume design. She learns about textiles and other materials, how they are made, where they come from, and their many uses. She practices sewing by hand and by machine, designing and fitting garments, cutting patterns, and designing and making hats. She studies the best methods of the laundry. She works out clothing and good budgets for the family. She learns the relationship be- tween food and human physical, mental and moral development and how best to combine foods for most economicaland satis- factory nourishment. Likewise she learns of the sources of foods, their modes of preparation and the methods of distribu- tion and sanitary control. These subjects secure and hold in- terest because they are so closely related to the life and work of women and because they are presented in every day terms. A class in applied design and house furnishing. Besides these technical subjects in home economics, others may be chosen from any other division of the college, providing the necessar}^ work prerequisite thereto has been done. Home Economics and Agriculture nr serve those who plan to live and work in rural communi- ties, the home economics division, with the cooperation of the agricultural division, has arranged a course of study which combines home economics and agricultural instruction. This course was planned to meet these different needs : 1. — To serve the surprisingly^ large number of women in Iowa who own farms, many of whom operate them or interest themselves closely in their management. 2. — To give special training to women who plan to live in the country, tho not to manage farms, and who will l)enefit by a knowledge of farm principles and practices in addition to their training in home economics. This agricultural knowledge will increase their efficiency and add much to their enjoyment of life in the country. 3. — To give additional preparation to those who teach home economics in high schools and who are also expected to teach one or more subjects in agriculture. 4. — To provide complete training for women to supply the increasing demand for county advisors in home economics. To be successful in such work thev should have not onlv training Getting direct knowledg-e of horticulture, wliich is only one of many agricultural subjects open to women. 15 Juniors serving a luncheon to apply their class room and laboratory instruction. in home economics but also such instruction in the business of farming as will enable them to talk and act intelligently from the view point of the woman on the farm. The Methods of Instruction THE methods used in teaching the subjects in all of these groups are in accord with the spirit of the college, whose motto is "Science with practice." Wherever possible, the principles and theories taught in the class room are given appli- cation in the laboratory and shop. That is true m the funda- mental sciences. It is true likewise of the techmcal subje^ts^ In addition to the customary laboratory work in »oaf f"f their preparation, the junior young women are req"'red to plan, buv provisions for, prepare and serve a series of typical meals in 'a large dining room seating from twenty-four to thirty guests. Bachlunior in her turn does every phase of the necessary work under the supervision of an instructor. In their senior year the young women put into use what they have gotten in their training in household management m a practice house. They occupy this house with an instructor m groups of six for a period of two weeks. Each stiident is m fiZ hostess, maid, laundress, cook and -^'f^?,- .^^hj. ;"^X tain guests and in other ways manage the household as it would be managed if it were the home of an average American family. In se\Wng, millinery and costume design the doing of things in a practical way is likewise emphasized. In the study of the liouse, each student selects a site, plans a house and its grounds, makes working drawings, works out a decorative scheme, selects or designs furnishings and draperies, all to the very last stick, nail and carpet tack, and within a certain prescribed cost. For those who plan to teach, practice work is offered in the Ames public sdhools, each student teaching eighteen practice lessons. To supplement this public school teaching, each sen- ior gives demonstrations in various home economics subjects, such as would be suitable for women's club meetings, teachers' institutes, rural groups and other meetings. To supplement the teaching of class room and laboratory, many exhibits of interest to women are brought to the college each year. They cover the* field of art, of the industries, of social welfare, of handicraft, of foods, of textiles, of education, of sanitation and hygiene. In the past year these exhibits in- cluded: Consumers' League; School of Industrial Arts; Phila- delphia; Art Institute of Chicago; Academy of Fine Arts, Chicago; Etchings by Ralph Pearson; Architectural exhibits; Elsov Art exhibits; Sophia Newcomb College Art exhibit; Berea College Handicraft exhibit ; School Lunch exhibit. The living room of the practice cottage where seniors are at home in groups of six thru the year. 17 The Home Economics Equipment EOAUSE in the teaching of scientific and technical subjects so much depends upon equipment, Iowa State College has always sought to keep well to the forefront in pro- viding facilities for the best work. For the instruction in bacteriology, botany, chemistry, physics, physiology and zoology use is made of the laboratories and equipment of the industrial science division, which are extensive and com- plete. Likewise, use is made of the labor- atories and equipment of the agricultural and engineering divisions for such studies in their fields as are chosen by home economics students. The principal laboratories and lecture rooms for home economics are located in the modern home economics building erected in 1911 at a cost of $75,000 and equipped at a cost of more than $10,000 additional. This building is now supple- mented by two others. One is a temporary structure, erected originally to house work in chemistry pending the completion The practice cottag-e kitchen, where seniors serve in every capacity of the home-maker. One of the several domestic science laboratories. of the large new chemistry laboratories. In this temporary structure are class rooms and laboratories for applied art, cos- tume design and textile design, office rooms and rooms for cor- rective gymnastics for women. The other additional structure is the practice house, a cottage of seven rooms furnished and equipped by the home economics division to accommodate six students and the instructor in charge. The furnishings are sim- ple but attractive and typical of the average American home. The several domestic science laboratories are well equipped. In each laboratory the desks are arranged in the form of a The domestic art laboratories are long, sunshiny rooms. A class in millinery at work. 19 hollow square and the}^ have tops of tile embedded in cement. Each student has her own gas plate, her own utensils in a con- venient cupboard underneath her desk top. Within the hollow square are located tables for food supplies, for utensils and for china, silver and glass. Each laboratory has several large cupboards, it has its OAvn attractive dishes, silver and glass ware, it has gas, coal and electric ranges, sinks, wash bowls, and commodious pantries and refrigerators. It has also tireless cookers, individual ovens and a full complement of larger uten- sils. The wood work in the laboratories is white enamelled and the walls are tinted gray. AA^hile at work in the laboratories the young women wear pink chambray uniforms with white caps and aprons. The sophomore domestic science laboratory is especially equipped for individual work in foods. The junior laboratory The making of various items of wearing apparel is an important part of instruction in domestic art. is fitted for cooking in large quantities and serving of meals. The senior laboratory is fitted for the study of nutrition and dietetics, particularly. Another room, fitted for demonstration purposes is used by the seniors in their demonstration and practice work. Large and small dining rooms open from the laboratories, each attractively decorated and furnished and each with its individual scheme and design in decorations and furnishings. The domestic art laboratories are long, sunshiny rooms with broad windows on two sides, insuring good lig-ht and ventila- tion. The equipment consists of oak tables with thick, un- varnished tops; chairs of comfortable height with cane seats and backs; sewing machines, with and without motors, and lockers with storage space for individual work boxes. In the fitting rooms adjoining each of these laboratories are three adjustable mirrors, fitting tables, clothes trees, and small supply tables. Dress forms, skirt markers of various kinds, but- ton covering, pinking and perforating machines, charts, im- ported textile exhibits of fiax, cotton, wool and silk, and much other demonstrating material Avill be found here. Two large laboratories, equipped with adjustable drawing desks and with an ample supply of illustrative material, accommodate classes in applied design and house furnishing. Copies of celebrated paintings, plaster casts of famous pieces of sculpture, and many colored prints serve as models for class room work and also arouse an appreciation for beauty of color, line and form. The collection of illustrative material for applied design is one of the most complete among home economics colleges in the United States and will be displayed in special cases that are being built for it. The basement of the main building contains class rooms, locker rooms and laundry rooms. The building is provided with a balopticon, a modern pro- jecting lantern, which throws clear images upon a screen, either thru slides or from pictures, prints and other opaque objects. Another of the domestic science laboratories, with fitting rooms in the distance. Home nursing is taught to give an understanding of the home care of the sick. --^fl^^^l^ j^- m ■ III .^^^ Such exhibits, as this of labor saving household devices, are offered at different times thru the year. Physical Culture N the education of woijien at Iowa State College special heed is given to their phys- ical well being and training. It is not con- sidered enoug'h that they get learning in their four years at Ames, but that they must also keep health and strength and even add thereto. Those who direct the educational work of the young women realize that a sound mind can live only in a sound body. They believe that Avhen she graduates, the college woman should be physically equipped to undertake the work for which she has prepared herself, so that with the priceless asset of healtih she may take back to those who made her youth's dreams a reality, abundant fruits from her four years at college, and so that as a leader she may in turn give to her community those ideals which will inspire it to greater achievement. All branches of physical training are therefore provided in the courses for women, for health is not merely the absence of disease, but organic vigor and organic efficiency. Recrea- tion hours, in the gymnasium, in the swimming pool or on the playgrounds, are scheduled in all student time cards. If corrective work is needed, that is carefully prescribed and These women have won the honor of the Women's Athletic association. 23 iH^ ^pH^^^^^H^^^HM^Ig ^ ^^^^Mfc<>fcJV. |Bj|L ^g^^M"^!^^^ "^ 9 Outdoor sports, like golf and tennis and walking, comprise part of the training offered women. This women's gymnasium offers excellent facilities for indoor work in physical culture. >p^ carried out. Among the branches of athletics offered in the fall and spring are basketball, baseball, golf, hockey, tennis and cross country "hikes." In the winter, instruction is given in swimming, folk and aesthetic dancing, games, apparatus work and elementary gymnastics. For those who are interested in the work of recreation centers and chautauqua assemblies, and in the art of story telling, courses are offered in playground supervision. The department of physical culture is well supplied with modern equipment for its work. Its large gymnasium is housed in Margaret hall, where all necessary apparatus may be found. This building, also houses the swimming pool and shower baths and the locker rooms in connection. Proficiency in swimming is required of all women students unless they are excused by order of a physician. In a separate building are the rooms for corrective gymnastics. The women have their own tennis courts and basketball and baseball grounds. To furnish stim- ulus in athletic work, medals, sweaters, bleacher blankets, lov- ing cups and college letters are offered in the various lines of sports. College Life at Ames HEN women enter Iowa State College they come into an environment that is favor- able. From the beginning the college has been friendly to women. They were ad- ^^K'^^'^^^B mitted on equal terms with men in the first classes and they have enjoyed equal privileges ever since. The courses offered them were arranged to meet their special U (J ^L i^^eds as early as 1869, when home eco- I ^^^m ^M nomics subjects were taught at Ames for bJ^FBBriV^i^L. ^^^^ ^^^* ^^^^ ^^ ^ ^^"^ grant college, and dSjUJBllB ever since women have been able to get here instruction to fit them for their peculiar work in life. Women find at Iowa State College a campus that is widely known for its beauty. Its broad lawns, its gentle hills and slopes, its stately trees and blooming shrubs and flowers, in the midst of all which stand splendid buildings, impress upon the memory a picture of charm and delight. During their first year at college, when they are housed in the dormitories, they live in the very heart of this beautiful campus; every morning they hear the notes of the Campanile chimes, filling the air with inspiring music ; every day they go back and forth to class rooms thru surroundings that cannot fail to uplift. 2d One of the meny beauty spots along Squaw creek, which fiows thru the spacious college domain. The community in Which the college is located is whole- some. It has grown up as a typical college community and its chief business is to contribute its best to the life of the student body. The town of Ames is a clean home town. It has never been infested with the evils that so often mar a larger city. For example, it has never had a saloon, and it has always been free of many things that are linked with the saloon. The bad has never entered, in the way of amusements or otherAvise. The community does not merely keep out the bad ; it also provides diversions that are wholesome. The college neglects 2^ nothing to provide enough of the best in the way of music, lectures, dramatics and other entertainments to give due zest and interest to life in college. Every forcg in town and on campus is at work for creating conditions that are best for young men and women in their college years and which call for complete living. In the first year of her life at Iowa State College, the new young woman finds that her life in the dormitories brings her much of pleasure and satisfaction. At present three larger halls of residence for women are in use and a fourth will be completed before the beginning of the 1917-18 college year. Margaret hall is the oldest of these and holds a happy place in the memories of many generations of college women at Ames. The new dormitories. East, West and South halls, are A glimpse thru the trees of the entrance 's dormitory. located on the southeast side of the campus and form the beginning of a large women's residence quadrangle. The new halls are fireproof buildings; they are lighted by electricity, they have running hot and cold water in each room, and tub baths and needle baths on each floor. The rooms are all simply, but attractively furnished. Each hall has a recreation room, as well as large parlors, and a dining hall in charge of a grad- uate of the home economics division. Each hall is the center of many social and other activities and each encourages , the spirit of wholesome democracy among the women of the college. Sorority and club houses furnish attractive homes for soph- omore, junior and senior women. There are at present four national sororities and four local clubs, each of which maintains its own house near the campus. Each has a competent chap- erone and is very well managed. 27 This and the other single rooms of the women's residence halls have been planned to give comfort with simplicity. One of the double rooms of the women's residence halls. Women's Student Activities Mot all of the good that young women get out of college is secured from class rooms and laboratories, but much of it comes from the associated student activities. Consequently, student organizations for women have been encouraged at Iowa State College and they give ample opportunity for the fullest development of character, individuality, initiative and the social instincts. One of the strongest organizations on the campus is the Young Women's Christian Association. It has developed many branches of work so that there is something for the employment of every talent ; it maintains a sane, whole- some religious program that has an appeal to every woman; it encourages a fine spirit ^f democracy and fellowship, which has resulted in its becoming a great unifying force among the women of the college. A Woman's Guild, organized and maintained by the women on the basis of popular vote, deals with the prob- lems of self government as they affect the women of the col- lege, and furnishes opportunity for service of a valuable character. The Women's Athletic Association directs the various iuter- class games in various lines of sports for women and in ad- dition it takes charge of the annual May Day festival on the campus. Those interested in music find opportunity for chorus and 1 r^^ * r^ .'»> ^ r iiLM M 1 ll 1 Cl.Xlfc-1 ;PV., »• I.'* • - \ ■ '. » •' ■ I * 1 * '[ The shepherd maids of one of the picture dances of the annual May festival. 29 wi ^te 5§p.- s JK^ ^ ^/ f^ t^ § J .■-■,.:"^''^'''., --^^si^^i '"3; • '% "J-'-^.. V, ^ .--.^^sf^^V^ ' '^ T^ '.'•BT-- ■: *^- M^^^i 'f4 ■'m- "i^^^jS, ^^s wt^b^' >-S^ AAJl , j^,\>/l . % ^ -mkj- V 't^HH^M^H \M % ^^M^ A * f4raikj^%.jg,« '^tf . jy^^- ;' " WVU 1 u 1 Ji f^r T ^ ' r n 7^ ' Jl»- The greensward of the campus and the evergreens make a beautiful setting for outdoor pageants and festivals. orchestra work in the Glee club and in the College orchestra. Both organizations are under able leadership. The Glee club gives a number of concerts each year, both in Ames and in other cities of the state. The literary societies, which have long and creditable rec- ords at Iowa State College, supplement the social and literary activities of the college and give opportunity for the develop- ment of leadership thru public speech. The debating contests of the college are open to women and in the past women have furnished members of the intercollegiate debating teams. The dramatic clubs have had unusual growth in the past few years and their several plays each year give excellent oppor- tunities for those interested in that field of work. The Home Economics club furnishes a general forum for the discussion of subjects of interest in the home economics field and it also brings to the college many speakers of note. For the encouragement of scholarship in home economics, the women of the college maintain a chapter of Omicron Nu, the only national honorary fraternity for women. AVomen are also eligible to membership in the national honorary fraternity, Phi Kappa Phi, which maintains a chapter at Iowa State College. In its favorable environment, the education of women in home economics at Iowa State College has grown rapidly. At the present time its enrollment of women in four year home economics courses is in excess of 600. The quality of the work is attested by the fact that in the past year member- ship in the National Association of Collegiate Alumnge has The -n omen's glee club has a prominent place among- the activities of the women at Ames. been extended to graduates in home economics of Iowa State College, the first recognition of the kind granted by the so- ciety. Entrance Requirements Pntrance to Iowa State College is based on the standard for *^ the three state educational institutions. Applicants for ad- mission to the freshman class should be at least 16 years of age and they must present at least 15 units of high school work. An entrance unit is defined as 36 weeks of high school work in one subject of study, with five class periods per week, each not less than 40 minutes in length ; each laboratory period should be at least 85 minutes in length. Of the 15 entrance units, certain are required and the remainder may be elected. For admission to the division of home economics the re- quired units are: English, 3; history-civics-economics, 1; foreign languages, 2; mathematics, 2V2, with 11/^ in algebra and 1 in plane geometry; additional units in English, history-civ- ics-economics, mathematics and the natural sciences, 2V2 units; electives, 4 units; total, 15 units. In English the total units offered may not exceed 4; in historj^-civics-economics, 4. If foreign language is offered as an elective, at least one unit must be presented and not more than a total of 4 units. In natural science, the student may offer not to exceed 4I/2 units, distributed among the various scientific subjects as follows: Agriculture 2 to 2 units Astronomy \ unit Biology, elementary i to 1 unit Botany i to 1 unit Chemistry, not less than 1 unit General science Vz to 1 unit Geology V2, unit Physical geography or physiography I to 1 unit Physics, not less than 1 unit Physiology \ unit Zoology i to 1 unit 31 As electives, not to exceed 4 units, the applicant may offer : business arithmetic, I/2 unit ; elementary bookkeeeping, 1/9 to 1 unit ; advanced bookkeeping, V2 to 1 unit ; commercial law, 1/4 unit ; stenography and typewriting, 1 to 2 units ; business correspondence, l^ unit; history of commerce, V2 nnit; eco- nomic history of England, 14 ^^^it ; economic history of United States, 1/2 i^iiiit ; materials of commerce. V2 unit : commercial geography, 14 unit; free hand or mechanical drawing, I/2 to 2 units; manual training (shop work) I/9 to 4 unit« ; domestic science, 1/4 to 2 units; public speaking, 14 unit; bible, 1/4 to 1 unit; music, 1/4 to 2 units; agriculture, (additional) ^/^ to 2 units; psychology, 14 to 1 unit; pedagogy and methods, 1/4 to 1 unit. A student who presents 1-i accepted units may be condi- tionally admitted to the freshman year but the entrance condi- tion must be removed one calendar vear after her admission. Two Year Home Economics Course TT O serve those young women who wish to get an education in home economics, but who cannot meet college entrance requirements, Iowa State College offers a two year course in home economics. It is open to any young woman w'ho is eighteen years of age who has completed the eighth grade of public school work or its equivalent, but who has not been In this course, the work in cooking includes the practical instruc- tion \n serving breakfasts, luncheons and dinners and the home meals for a full week. In management, care of the dining room, table set- ting, serving, marketing and cose of foods have an important place. Students prepare meals at certain fixed prices, plan budgets for vari- ous incomes, study home sanitation and decoration, learn to care for the sick when the services of a nurse are not required, and do actual washing and ironing in a thoroly equipped laundry. Much time is given to sewing and its related subjects. Students lear.n to draft patterns, to make garments and to dress appropriately at moderate cost. In the two years, each student makes a complete set of underwear, two cooking dresses, a shirt waist, a wool skirt, a lingerie waist, an unl ned silk and a tailored linen dress. She also renovates and alters an old dress. A short course in millinery helps to do much of her own hat making and guides her in good selections. Besides these studies, the students get instruction in the sciences, in English, in personal hygiene, literature, farm and business arithmetic, manual training, animal husbandry, horticulture and dairying. Two year home economics students enjoy the same privileges as freshmen in the four year courses. They may enter the classes in physical culture, they may have the social and literary benefits of a literary society, they may participate in the work of the Home Economics club, they may try out for membership in the musical organizations and they may have part in the work of the Y. W. C. A. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 014 184 814 8 •