Bulletin . st and sleep; care of eyes, ears, nose, throat, feet andclothing, and discussion of related subjects, are the topics consideredunder personal hygiene. In home nursing such subjects as first aid,home medicine chest, contagious diseases, and bed-making arediscussed. Three exercises a week; four weeks. 27. General Home Economics. Professor ComstockA course planned to acquaint students with the history, work and literature of Home Economics and its value as a part of a girlseducation. Five exercises a week; last two weeks. 28. Home Economics for Rural and Small Village Schools. Professo
Bulletin . st and sleep; care of eyes, ears, nose, throat, feet andclothing, and discussion of related subjects, are the topics consideredunder personal hygiene. In home nursing such subjects as first aid,home medicine chest, contagious diseases, and bed-making arediscussed. Three exercises a week; four weeks. 27. General Home Economics. Professor ComstockA course planned to acquaint students with the history, work and literature of Home Economics and its value as a part of a girlseducation. Five exercises a week; last two weeks. 28. Home Economics for Rural and Small Village Schools. Professor Comstock and Miss SaylesDesigned primarily to assist teachers in adapting home economics 13 THE AMHERST MOVEMENT lessons to rural needs. Methods of presenting work form a largefeature of the course. Three weeks given to the discussion of foodand nutrition and one week to sanitation and handwork. A study is made of neces-sary equipmentfor cookery insmall given in thepreparation of. A Class in Cookery cereals, milk,eggs, cheese, veg-etables, fruit,bread, bakingpowder mix-tures, meat andmeat substitutes,salads, simpledesserts, cake,canning of fruits and vegetables, school lunches, table setting andserving. Five lectures and three demonstrations a week; four weeks. 29. Sewing. Miss Sayles This course is offered for two purposes:—(l)to enable teachersto adapt sewing to the needs of the rural school; (2) for practice inhome sewing. The course consists of work in the use of the principalstitches applied directly to the making of articles; selection of fabrics;simple household tests to detect adulterations in fabrics; patterncutting and adjustment; and the care and repairing of clothing. Fiveexercises a week; four weeks. 30. Design and Practical Arts. (1). Mr. Ried Lectures and laboratory work developing the value of design as arural school asset. Work in binding and its various problems,basketryelementary weaving, thin and thick cardboard construction, le
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