Texas Tech University - La Ventana Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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1 K 'Ni K Q ,Jil 1-., Dr. Mina Lamb and students experiment in foods and nutrition class .... Sannie Callan instructs the nursery children in setting a table. . . . H. E. Education professors, Vivian johnson, Doris Nesbitt, Mary Anne Duke, Geraldine Clewell and secretary Carlie Rae Frye in background .... Elizabeth Hawley and Martye Poindexter demonstrate some of the metal work of students in Applied Arts. . . . Edith 'Coleman with some costume design students. HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTINIENT OF CLOTHING AND TEX- TILES, headed by Iwable D. Erwin, endeavors to train future home-makers in the best known practices of pro- viding garments and materials for the family and home, to translate these practices for teachers of home-making and for community and government workers in this Held, and to provide sufficient background so that by the addi- tion of personal initiative and practical experience, a stu- dent may qualify for related connnercial, professional and research positions. DEPARTNIENT OF FOODS AND NUTRI- TION, under the supervision of lllargaret YV. VVeeks, plans courses for a good foundation in the principles un- derlying the selection, purchasing, preparation, and use of foods in the proper nutrition of the individual. Students in this department are prepared for homemaking, appoint- ments in dietetics, teaching of foods and nutrition, social welfare, commercial food service, and research. DEPARTIVIENT OF INSTITUTIONAL RIAN- AGEMENT, supervised by Nlozelle Craddock, is planned for those students who desire training for such Page 25 positions as managers of lunchrooms, or dietitians in hos- pitals or other institutions. DEPARTMENT OF VOCATIONAI, HOME ECONOIVIICS EDUCATION, headed by Vivian johnson, is planned so students graduating can meet the requirements for the Vocational Certificate of .Approval and the Permanent Special Certificate to teach Home Economics, also the six-year high school certificate. Ac- tual homemaking experience is required of all candidates for the Vocational Certificate. DEPARTIWENT OF HOKIE NIANAGEINIENT, supervised by NIargaret VV. Weeks and Frances Urban, aims to give students an appreciation of the value of good management in the various phases of home life, as Well as to provide means of developing skill in homemaking activities. The courses are open to students in the Col- lege who have completed the prerequisites. Residence in the Home lXIanagement House gives opportunity for se- curing experiences in the managerial and social problems of homemaking. ,,,,

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fl S, K U' G SE ,.,-v ' Mrs. Edna .Buster teaches right hat selection for students. . . . Mable Erwin shows how to cut a pattern .... A freshman class learns to cook .... Frances Urban and some of the residents of the Home Management house. . . . Clothing students learn how cloth is woven. DEAN MARGARET W. WEEKS DIVISION OF The aim of the Division of Home Economics is to offer its students a broad college education in which the various home economics courses are coordinated with other general and scientific subjects. Students may major in Applied Arts, Child Development, Clothing and Tex- tiles, Foods and Nutrition, General Home Economics, and Vocational Home Economics Education. DEPARTIXIENT OF APPLIED ARTS, headed by Illartye Poindexter, aims to develop wise selection, good judgment, and creative ability in the choice and combina- tion of objects of daily use. The courses are planned to be of value to students majoring in other divisions of the college as well as the home economics students. DEPARTIWENT OF CHILD DEVELOPINIENT AND FAIVIILY RELATIONS, supervised by Sannie Callan, endeavors, through the understanding of the physical growth and behavior of young children, to build within the Student a better understanding of her adjust- mentg to develop the ability to guide children toward integrated experiences, and to develop an appreciation of wholesome family life through the study of the under- lying factors of family relationships. Page 24

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li. T. F. VViesen instructs an economics class .... Mrs. Ethel Terrell dictates to shorthand students .... Dean Ellsworth gives his approval to registering students .... T. C. Root assists an accounting student. DIVISIGN CDF CGMMERCE lJliAN J. O. ELLSVVORTI1 DEPARTRIENT OI ACCOUNTING AND FI- NANCE, supervised by T. C. Root, offers training to students who wish to specialize in the fields of accounting, finance, or insurance, and who wish to acquire ability in a specialized Held. DEPARTRIENT OF ECQNQIHCS AND IXIAN- AGEIIENT, headed by T. E. Vviesen, provides a gen- eral training for and foundations of our economic insti- tutions, ideas, and policies. DEPARTRTENT Ol NIARKETING, SALES- HIANSHIP AND STATISTICS trains students in methods of operation of modern institutions of exchange. Students may also major in GENERAL BUSINESS or SECRIfI'1'ARIAL STUDIES. General Business gives the student a working knowledge of business prin- ciples and Secretarial Studies trains students for profes- sional xvork rather than purely vocational training. The Division of Commerce has for its purpose the training of the student in the basic skills, theories, and principles essential to successful business operation and to offer him a cultural background which will hetter aid him to fit into the economic and social order. Students are trained in the use, operation, and application to busi- ness of modern oflice equipment. Page 26