1917-1918 Academic Catalog

DEPARTMENT OF HOME ECONOMICS MISS TAYLOR, Director DOMESTIC SCIENCE FOOD AND NUTRITION. I- Laboratory, two hours, twice a week. The purpose is to teach the application of the principles of food, the general proportions in which food materials are combined, and the illustration of various ways of preparing and serving foods. FOOD AND NUTRITlON. II- Laboratory course. A continua– tion of the previous course, including marketing, cost accounting, canning and preserving, preparation of menus, table etiquette, and serving. FOOD PRODUCTION-Lecture course. One hour a week. A study of the production of foods, their preparation for market, adultera– tion, etc. CHEMISTRY OF FOOD AND NUTRITION-Three hours a week. Text, Sherman's Food and Nutrition. The aim is to teach the com– position of foods, their digestive ferments, course through the diges– tive tract, and fate in metabolism; conditions affecting the total food requirement; dietary standards; inorganic foodstuffs, and mineral re– quirement. DIETETICS-Lectures and laboratory. Three hours a week. Cal– culation of food values and requirements, construction of dietaries; determining the amount of food needed for a normal individual under varying conditions of age and activity. Therapeutics, a study of foods for special diseases, is included in this course. HOME MANAGEMENT-Lecture course. One hour a week. A study of t.he building site, building and furnishing a home, home book– keeping, standardization of the Am·erican home. DOlltESTIC ART SEWING. I-Handwork emphasized; simple stitches taught in model work; also darning and patching; beginning of machine sewing. SEWING. II-Machine sewing emphasized; undergarments made; some drafting of patterns. SEWING. Ill-Fitting emphasized; altering of patterns; a shirt– waist and woolen dress are made. SEWING. IV-Fitting and style emphasized; evening dress; waists made. ELECTIVE HOlltE ECONOMICS Elective work in domestic science to the amount of eight credits will be counted towards the degree of Bachelor of Arts. One lesson a week for one semester constitutes the work required for one credit. Students electing domestic science must pay the usual fees for les– sons in domestic science, in addition to their collegiate tuition fees. RATES OF TUITION The rate of tuition in the Department of Home Economics is three dollars per semester for one lesson a week. This fee is payable at the beginning of the semester. For other expenses, see page 23. _,._