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Teachers' College, Columbia University, New York City.

_A Course in Household Management._ Application of scientific and
economic principles to the problems of the modern housewife--with
discussion of them from both the ideal and the practical point of
view, taking up such problems as: income as determining the type
of household, the budget and its apportionment; the choice of a
dwelling, moving, and settling; house furniture, utensils,
appliances, decoration, supplies, the menu, clothing, maintenance,
cleaning, repairs, household service, apportionment of time,
household accounts, home life.

Home Economics Department, Connecticut College of Agriculture, Storrs,
Connecticut.

_A Course in Laundry Work._ The principles and processes of
laundry work; equipment and materials required to do good work in
the home laundry, and the use and economy of labor-saving
appliances; practical work in the processes of laundering,
sorting, soaking, removal of stains, etc.; special methods of
washing different fabrics; starching, ironing, and folding;
experiments with hard and soft water, soap making, and composition
of bluing.

Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts.

_A Course in House-planning._ The designing and construction of
the modern house; study of the plans and specifications in order
to train the student to be able to read drawings, and understand
the items of foundation, walls, plastering, heating, plumbing,
roofing, and finishing; the history of furniture, color, and
interior decoration; a consideration of fabrics, and wall
coverings.

A four years' course of study may be arranged as follows:

_First Year:_ Hygiene, biology, chemistry, household
administration, cookery, physical training, and some electives.
_Second Year:_ English, French or German, biology, nutrition,
cookery, chemistry, physical training and electives.
_Third Year:_ History, economics, household administration,
clothing, textiles, nursing, and electives.
_Fourth Year:_ English, administration, hygiene, social science.

[Illustration: Children in a country school scoring corn. Everywhere the
country is responding to the call of Progress, and these members of a
new generation are striving to reach the best.]

The elective studies in this general course may be taken from among such
titles