Fort Hays State University - Reveille Yearbook (Hays, KS)

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• ■ F. H. N. JAMES E ROUSE B.S., M.S. AGRICULTURE The enacting ' of the Smith-Hughes bill by Congress created a great de- mand for teachers of Agriculture, This department is directing its efforts toward the preparation of teachers for this work, with the hope of placing teachers with the best preparation in positions of this kind. The depart- ment is further able to prepare teachers through the carrying on of project work in connection with the classroom. In addition to the project work a garden of thirty acres is maintained under irrigation. This garden is rented in small plots to the students and faculty. Students are able in this way to earn their way through school, often making from $200 to $300 from an acre of ground. There is a dairy herd of thirty-five high-grade cows, headed by a pure- bred Holstein bull. This dairy herd supplies milk for the school cafeteria, as well as suppying an outside demand. Four thousand acres of Normal School land are under the direction of the department. Twenty-five hundred acres of this land is farmed by tenants. There are about 1,000 acres of permanent pasture land, and the addition of farm equipment has made it possible to feed the livestock without purchas- ing feed. Page Twenty- five

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■ F. H. N. GEORGIA WOOTON-ROBERTS FINE ARTS Cheerful homes— cheerful people is the slogan of the Fine Arts Depart- ment, and it is trying to make it a reality. The work in color and design is planned to work up definitely to the problem of home decoration. Not more money, but more taste used in ere- ating a lovely home. The class will furnish two rooms for Festival Week, making all the ac- cessories from common things. The Commercial Class received two prizes in a state contest, as well as being valuable on the campus, proving that art is not only cultural but also remunerative. P age Twenty-four 0 1921 ■ ■ ■ ■ 1

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■ ■ ■ ■ F. H. N. ■ LO REE CAVE B.S., M.S. HOME ECONOMICS The past year has seen a complete reorganization in the Home Econom- ics Department. Formerly there were two distinct departments — the Do- mestic Science and the Domestic Art, with a head of each department. This year the two departments have been placed under one director, who is head of the Home Economics Department. This new arrangement is proving much more satisfactory as it brings closer co-ordination in the sewing and cooking work. The schools of West- ern Kansas must have a woman who can teach both lines of work, conse- quently the present system tends to more adequately meet this need. If you want to know what we are actually doing come over to the In- dustrial Building and taste our cooking or talk with the girls on any subject, such as business of the household, dietetics and home nursing. The sparkle in their eyes and the spring in their step tell their own story of their knowl- edge of health. The spring of the year found the girls blossoming out in attractive, new spring bonnets and dresses made in the millinery and sewing classes. Cooking in large quantities is no problem to the girls, as they have fed from fifty to two thousand eight hundred people. We are specializing in the Science of the Home — that oldest and most basis industry of our race and we are putting it to such practical use that it speaks for itself as to value. We are training teachers who will go out into their different communities and closely link together the school and the home. Page Twenty-six