. Ohio University bulletin. Undergraduate catalog, 1911-1912. girls were lured from the monotony of housework tothe labor of factories which afforded novelty and social in-tercourse. Others entered institutions of higher learningwhich about that time opened their doors to women. Therewas little interest in home aflairs and in many extreme dis-taste for the so-called narr<iw life of women was average housewife was looked upon with pity by hermore learned sister and by the factory employee. She wasthought to be leading a most stupid existence. The timehad not vet come when t
. Ohio University bulletin. Undergraduate catalog, 1911-1912. girls were lured from the monotony of housework tothe labor of factories which afforded novelty and social in-tercourse. Others entered institutions of higher learningwhich about that time opened their doors to women. Therewas little interest in home aflairs and in many extreme dis-taste for the so-called narr<iw life of women was average housewife was looked upon with pity by hermore learned sister and by the factory employee. She wasthought to be leading a most stupid existence. The timehad not vet come when the institutions of higher learn- Ohio University Bulletin 37 ing had established courses that gave women the new ideaof the home as a social center and awakened their interestin the numerous subjects so closely bound up with thehome. Now, it is with considerable pride that we view thecolleges and schools that have established courses in HomeEconomics. Sarah Louise Arnold Quoted.—It may be well to con-sider the object of teaching domestic science in public. JdoDEL Be;)ro(im, Domestic Science Department. schools, since this must be kept in mind in training theyoung women who may elect work in this department,since we are also training them to become futiue home-makers. Sarah Louise Arnold, when at the head of Simmons College, one of the greatest womens colleges of this coun- . try, which prides itself on its splendid course in domestic 38 Ohio University Bulletin science, made this statement; It is vitally important thata girl should early have her interest aroused in domesticaffairs, should so to speak get her mind working that she will inevitably take notice of a host of householdphenomena to which she has otherwise been blind. Youexpect her to forget some of the cookery facts you teach,just as she parts with her geography or her French, butshe cannot rid herself of certain opened brain tracts, acertain quickening of the mind toward domestic concerns-that will have t
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