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

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GENEI'iAL HUME ECONOMICS N IJENERAL Home Economics girls study the job of home management for the purpose of developing competency in solving the many problems of the homemaker. Money management in the home is a fas- cinating problem involving the training of the homemaker in how to plan before spend- ing, how to make wise judgments in purchas- ing for the household, and how to apply fundamental principles in the use of income Whether small or large. Budget technique and problems in personal adjustments consistent with successful living on changing income levels add to the value of this training. Skills of the home manager in household production of food and food service, of clothing for the family, and of house furnishings are developed to give personal competency and as a possible means of extending the family income through substitu- tion of home production for cost of production outside home. Conservation of the time and energy of the homemaker is studied as a means of freeing time for leisure to use in solving problems of the family groups and for raising the standards of living. To give understanding in building physical and mental health and happy human relationships, a study is made of hygiene, applied psychology, child development, and family relationships. MAY D. BENEDICT Counselor .24-

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FUUII AIJIVIINISTPIATIUN oon Administration caters to girls who believe there is a worthy place for woman in the kitchen, and are therefore glorifying kitchen crafts into worth-while careers. Ever since the Institute opened its doors in 1885, it has offered foods training, which has varied from household arts for home-makers, and courses in home-economics teaching, to the present-day co-operative training in food administration. The girls of this department are divided be- tween two professional Fields: hospital diete- tics, and commercial management. During the three years at the Institute, the dieti- tians secure hospital internship through co- operative work, while the managers serve their co-operative apprenticeship in commercial establishments. The goal of the dietitian is to become head of a hospital dietary department, whereas the student in the commercial field looks toward management of a tea room or cafeteria, and very likely dreams of some day setting up her own establishment. In any case, Food Administration girls are optimistic about starting careers when school days are over, for they know that, whether business is good or bad, people still have to eat, and there is always opportunity for girls who are competent in professional foods work. Gnonom C. Hoica Counrelor -am. If,- I I l I .23.

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MECHANHHU.AND GUNSTRUCTTUN INCE Mechanics Institute was founded in 1885, the Mechanical Department has been one of its important divisions. From the early days of industrial Rochester, this de- partment has been supplying the community with technically trained men and has main- tained a co-operative relationship with the industries that has been benehcial to its graduates and their employers alike. The 1 department has kept pace with technical ad- vances in the industrial world and aims to use teaching methods that serve its students best. The Construction Department is an out- growth ofthe courses in Architecture that were given at the Institute prior to 1919. A committee of the Rochester Chamber of Commerce suggested at that time that the Institute consider giving a course in construction. When a survey disclosed that a greater number of the Institute's graduates were engaged in the building field than in architecture, a decision was reached to offer a basic curriculum for the building field. The course of study was prepared through the co-operation of the Rochester Builders' Exchange with the Institute faculty. Graduates from this course have already proved the soundness of the venture. HERMAN MARTIN Coumelor 025.