Pittsburg State University - Kanza Yearbook (Pittsburg, KS)

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f) i m o uo KANZA Drpartmrut nf Some trmuimirs zoe wolcott, a. m. In cooperation with the director of the cafeteria and classes in nutrition, a school lunch for children of the training: school is maintained, thus making it pos- sible to make workable scientific knowledge. One feature of the work of the Home Economics department is the extra ac- tivities carried on by the students in the vicinity of Pittsburg and the cooperation with the public welfare nurse and the Girl Scout leader in furthering the training and interests of women everywhere in the community—in this way learning to be mothers and greater homemakers and housekeepers in the community in which they live. The service rendered by the Home Economics department, the training given and its popularity justify our opinion that home economics in its best and broadest sense—training for homemaking—is one of the most important courses offered in our college. ‘age twenty-nine

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'The KANZA 1I s 3. tkjmrtmrut of ISjontr iErmuimlro AGNES SAUNDERS. A. M. The function of the Home Economics Department is to offer such courses as deal with the principles which underlie the proper management., equipment and furnishing- of a home; care of children, hygiene, and sanitary conduct of institutions, the social and economic phases of the family, the economic conditions affecting the work of women, as well as the preparation of teachers of Home Economics, and the training of those interested in demonstration and institutional management. The department faculty is composed of eight members, each one especially trained in one subject, but capable of sharing in the responsibility of teaching other than their major subject. In compliance with a ruling passed by the State Board of Eduction and in cooperation with the Federal Board under the Smith-I-Iughes bill, a four-year course is offered to equip teachers of home making in vocational schools or classes. While the course has been established but a short time, we have graduated several students from it with a degree of Bachelor of Science. Some of these graduates are teaching in vocational high schools of the state. Page twenty-eight

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Ckanza. Sf artmrnt of IflrtluilUiUuiu MRS. HATTI K MOOHE-MITCHKLU Dean of Women The office of Dean of Women is, in truth a general utility department. In the person of the Dean’s secretary, Mrs. Inez Risk, every student finds a genuine friend any hour of the day. This department has answered numerous calls throughout the State in serving the high schools offering the Normal Training course by sending to the local high schools an instructor from the department who has spent the entire day with the seniors taking the Normal Training course. Outlines, suggestions, and material for special day programs have been issued by this department at different times throughout the year. The enrichments of the courses offered by the Methodology Department per- mit Senior College students to carry work preparatory to the Normal Training courses carried in fully accredited High Schools of Kansas. Page thirty