SUNY at Cobleskill - Voice Yearbook (Cobleskill, NY)

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Home Economics CHEMISTRY A basic knowledge of Chemistry will) special reference lo its relationship to foods is the foundation of the chemistry program given during the Junior year. The student is acquainted with the principles involved in chemical changes and their effect on everyday cooking practices. CLOTHING The Clothing Program is designed to further the educational knowledge and experience in family living as it is nITcetcd by home practices and procedures. Skills, techniques and principles of art which will give the girl ability to provide for family needs in clothing, personal hygiene and grooming arc emphasized. FOODS AND NUTRITION Food preservation canning, freezing and storage — introduce the Foods and Nutrition course in which all first year students participate. In addition, they learn to plan, prepare and serve meals attractively and to practice the proper forms of accepted table etiquette. HO.ML MANAGEMENT Practical experience in management of time, energy and money is offered in three weeks of family living in the home management rooms of the Home Economics building. - - 22 —

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Seated first row, l -fi io right: Wade, WVImnu. Van Dcnhrodcr. Seated second row, left to right: l.eiberl, .Sharp, McCiuirc, Kancher, Shafer, Denting, Hathaway. BriinkerliolT, Bloom, Bold. Standing third row, left to right: Haley, Duhhcn, Kennedy, Horton, Wiiiship, Barnes, l.indeekc, Kelley, lieid. Breach. Agricultural Students The changes that came to the Institute with the war years are now gradually being replaced. Very few hoys remained on the campus by March 1913 since most of them had left to serve their country either by lighting or increasing the food production. However, following victory more boys have started or resumed their training in .Agriculture. Wc now have jforty-one men students on the campus including twenty-one service men. The challenge for the American farmer today is most important. He is being called upon to supply the increasing food demands in his own country as well as to answer the responsibility for furnishing an adequate amount of food for many of the war devastated countries of the world. Young men receiving technical training in agri-'culturc will he able to solve Ibis international food problem and help to preserve world peace. Increasing numbers of applications from boys have been received at the office for the I91f -17 school year. In the near future laboratories, class rooms and equipment will have to be expanded to do an adequate training job in the Agriculture Department. 21 -

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Department I NURSERY SCHOOL These are the starry-eyed mcml.ers of the baby room who are very busily playing with the toys made by the Child Study Girls. All possible ehnneos for development arc given to these children and every possible precaution is taken to safeguard the health of the child. HOUSEHOLD MECHANICS Institute girls repair, clean, adjust, and gen-.. , —.... i,s uiany as twenty or thirty different kinds of sewing machines each year. Such specific knowledge is very helpful when these students return home and wish to overhaul the family sewing machine. It is often unwillingly misused and usually needs cleaning, oiling and adjustment. CAFETERIA In the school cafeteria the students majoring in Dietetics and Institutional Management gain practical experience in planning menus ordering food and preparing and serving meals to the entire student body. The: girls also receive valuable training in food cost control and accounting through keeping records of the cafeteria. LIBRARY During the school day, students come to the library in Frisbic Hall to prepare c lass work, read reference assignments or browse around the hook shelves selecting hooks and periodicals for recreational reading. The number of good books is steadily increasing and a more efficient system of cataloging is being introduced. Above all. the constant attendance of students in tin library lias been most gratifying. X r- 04268208