Michigan State University - Red Cedar Log Yearbook (East Lansing, MI)

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It may be a man's world in business and politics but in the home the woman is still supreme. It is the wife who buys clothes and food, plans meals and runs the household. It is the good wife who has had training in this field before she is married. Courses in the School of Home Economics have two purposes. Future dietitians, food experts and nutritionists can prepare for careers, and coeds who have only the de- sire to settle down in marriage can learn the things which will make it a happy one. Practical training is emphasized in Home Ec courses to give the women as realistic a situation as possible. All Home Ec majors are required to spend half of one term in the Home Management house, a completely equipped building which tests the women's skill. Coeds in the house are required to plan and prepare meals, keep the house clean, supervise its complete opera- tion and take care of all the little details which occur un- expectedly in homemaking. Quantity cooking courses give Home Ec majors the chance to cook all types of food for all types of people. Dormitories are crowded with girls in white dresses learn- ing the intricacies of preparing food on a mass scale for hungry men. Other cooking courses in the Home Ec de- partment train girls in the preparation of all types of food. It has to be good because the girls eat it themselves. Women are not alone in these courses. Some male stu- dents, majoring in institutional and restaurant manage- ment, find the opportunity to meet young ladies over stoves and dirty pans gives them a chance to judge the coeds better. Clothing fabrics come in for close study in the textiles and fabrics curriculum. Principles of buying and using good merchandise are emphasized. Coeds have the oppor- tunity to select materials, design outfits and then make the designs come to life. Other courses in this curriculum include the home fur- nishings series. All types of furniture, from French Colo- nial to modern, are studied extensively by future home- makers who learn the difference between Chippendale and contemporary. X Tossed green salad is the subject of conversation between these two co- eds enrolled in a foods course. W I jj' . 1- 1-. Qu. 1 533 1 , fi-1 7 'F The fat content in food is analyzed through this Goldfish apparatus which is studied by home ec majors. 29 6'

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L vi 1'i?L I!lf8iiK'Ex, ii I Textile testing is an important part of training coeds for the use ot' clothing materials. Machines which test materials are operated by the students. One machine tests the cloth by pulling it until it breaks. Another focuses an intense light upon material to determine the degree to which the color will fade and how fast. Preparation for parenthood is not neglected in the Home Ec School. ln cooperation with the Spartan Nur- sery School and the College Nursery School, students observe and work with children. This work is especially important in training women to recognize certain reac- tions in children which are prompted by environmental factors. This observation is not limited to pre-school children. In public schools in the area, students come in contact with youngsters up to the adolescent age. Gpportunities for Home Ec graduates exist beyond the marriage field. Teaching is an important career for home economists. Nutritional work and dietetics constitute an important branch of the held. x y. Metabolism rote is studied by home ec mayors as this coed submits to on experiment to determine oxygen consumption f btw Q 30 , Coats, dresses and skirts will soon drape these models as clothing students begin the cutting and sewing which trains them to be good seamstresses