. Annual catalogue of the Agricultural College of the State of Oregon for ... and announcements for .. . common facts and necessities of life. The home as we find it to-day has scant warrant that any-tliing born of its teaching is worth while to impart, yet theproblem growls of how to get better results, how to lessenthe labor of the farmers wife, the washer-woman, the cook,the boarding-house keeper, the city missionary, the schoolteacher, the woman of fashion. The solution requires something more than the knittingof the brow over theories; there must be actual testing ofthese theories b)^ pra
. Annual catalogue of the Agricultural College of the State of Oregon for ... and announcements for .. . common facts and necessities of life. The home as we find it to-day has scant warrant that any-tliing born of its teaching is worth while to impart, yet theproblem growls of how to get better results, how to lessenthe labor of the farmers wife, the washer-woman, the cook,the boarding-house keeper, the city missionary, the schoolteacher, the woman of fashion. The solution requires something more than the knittingof the brow over theories; there must be actual testing ofthese theories b)^ practice in the college laboratory, if theyare to have value and permanence. The precious acquisi-tion of the scholar who knows, must be further supplementedby that of the artist who does. The various subjects pertaining to home life are taughtunder the following heads: Course I.—General Hygiene,— Freshman year; first health is acknowledged as one of the prime factors ofsuccess in life; lectures and talks on this important subjectare not neglected. The amenities of home, and readings on I. CO 03 lIOUSEnOLI) SCIENCE. / -) kindred topics, ^ivc iiKiilal occnipalion to the sewing liour a week. Courses II, IV, V.—Se7C/^ii^>.—Freshman year. Duringthe first term there are sewing lectures and ])ractice work,one hour a day, on sewing samples. Here are acquired andstrengthened those invisible impulses: industry, dexterity,patience, exactness. Five hours a week. Second term, sewing continued. Five hours a week. During the third term sewing is combined with the makingof simple garments. Readings, conversation. Courses VI, VII, VIII.—Dressmaking.—Sophomore wnth scissors, tape line, and needle finds in dress-making, millinery, home furnishing, a large field for theapplication of art principles to the living, moving canvas ofactual life. Instruction in dressmaking is an important branch of do-mestic science. Lectures will be given on the followin
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