Mansfield University - Carontawan Yearbook (Mansfield, PA)

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Homemaking Department The Home Economics Department, at Mansfield, not only prepares our students to be future teachers; but gives each a wide vision of the place of Home Economics in the world. Under the guidance and direction of Mrs. Elizabeth B. Morales, the depart- ment head, girls gain at Mansfield a desire to help citizens of America in small com- munities to live happily and successfully tJijether. Cooking class Sewing- class Each girl in the department is afforded every possible opportunity to cultivate ways of better living in homes, schools, and ccm- munities. The Freshmen participate in Home Practice work in foods and clothing to develop skills and techniques in sewing and cooking. The Sophomores have six weeks in the management of a heme. At the end of the Junior year, the gii ' ls have com- mercial projects. Working away from heme better acquaints the girls with business and the necessity of practical experience and of meeting commercial standards. MRS. MORAI,ES

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The program of the school is based on the theory that teaching must embody a real understanding of the child and his development, and that the learning situation must consist of many happy experiences. The belief that we learn by experience is now enlarged — we learn by happy and mean- ingful experiences . The elementary building itself is one of the most modern ones on our campus. It houses a large kindergarten, two classrooms for each grade level, a music room, a children ' s library, a large gymnasium, and several additional classrooms. Front row: Miss Bone. Miss Ross, Miss Hutcheson, Miss Stalford. Miss Unstat, Mrs. Cariyle. Back row : Miss Kymer, Miss Habeger, Miss Serge, Dr. Retan, Mrs. Marsh, Miss Grigsby.

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The apartment Junior Hi,nh cooking class Junior Hi.uh sewins ' c ' ass Mrs. Morales, Mi: Galbraith. Buckingham, Miss Farrer. Miss Tandy. Miss Beasley, Mrs. Living- in the Home Management Apart- ment is an experience long remembered by the Juniors. Here six or eight girls live together, sharing the joys and troubles of marketing, preparing food, entertaining, and in general — keeping house. Each girl has her own tasks each week; and with the careful supervision of Miss Christine Beasley and Miss Marian Farrer, learns to develop her abilities in Home Management. The girls have one semester of student teaching in the training schools; and, then, the opportunity to teach off campus. Each girl goes to a distant vocational school and acquaints herself with rural and city teach- ing and the duties of a teacher in com- munity life. The Home Economics Department plays a part in the social life of the college by assisting with teas, dinners, food demon- strations, and fashion shows. Finally, after graduation, each future teacher should keep in mind her chief aim in life — that of someday graciously living in a home of her own. ' im ur . '