Rochester Institute of Technology - Techmila / Ramikin Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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rcct) AL UINIVI l AIII N The Department of Food Administration offers to its students an opportunity for pro- fessional training in Hospital Dietetics and ALICE J. KIRK Commercial Food Management. Emphasis Counselor is placed upon those phases of Home Econ- omics which have definite career values and will ultimately lead to positions in either the hospital or commercial field. Opportunity for practical interneship is available in nine hospitals and seven food establishments. This experience and apprenticeship gives the student an op- portunity to try out, to look in, and to work wiLh real situations and practical management problems. Health and food have always been of vital interest to women and this deep-rooted instinct makes Food Administration not only a natural career for women but when adequate training is obtained, a successful and happy one as well. A ruler son lioberts Flynn Kirk Pod I an Horne

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 EARLE M. MORHCOCK Counselor ELECTRICAL The objective of the Electrical Department is to aid young men in establishing and pre- paring for a career objective selected from Lhe many opportunities in the electrical field provided by the industries and public utili- ties of Western New York. Co-operative employment which provides practical experience and financial aid; individualized instruction which permits lhe scholastic program to be ad justed to each student's needs and abilities; a counseling service; and provisions for promoting and evaluating the ability of the student to direct his own affairs; are unique features of the training provided. Because of their compe- tence. high ideals, and standards, the electrical graduates have won for this depart- ment the co-operation and confidence of many employers throughout this section of the State. Brodie B ieh ter I layberg Karker Tuiies Morecock 16

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GENERAL LOME ECONOMICS The Institute now offers a curriculum in Home Economics which is designed to meet MAY I). BENEDICT the individual needs of young women whose Counselor goal is competency in the many and varied activities of home and community life. V broad education is offered, with units devoted to technical activities designed to train in productive techniques such as clothing construction, menu planning, and meal preparation, house furnishing and decoration, home management, and in the development of the child and family relationships. Supplementary courses are provided understanding to technical process and problems through related princi- ples and facts. For a balance of technical with liberal units, other courses give insight into how to get on with people and give understanding of social and polit ical affairs in which, today, women participate with considerable enthusiasm. Van Horne Fritz Cunningham Johnston Slam pe Roberts Benedict Duckworth Strickland 18