APPENDIX H. TEACHERS' COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK. I.-OUTLINE OF COURSE IN HOUSEHOLD ART. PROFESSOR WOOLMAN, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York DOMESTIC ART DEPARTMENT. I. ART IN GENERAL. (I.) Place in civilization- 1. Definition. 2. As related to characteristics of a people. Culture. Industry and economics. (II.) Distinction between decorative art and pictorial art. (Suggested thoughts, purpose, relation of colour, material, etc.) (III.) Leading Principles. 1. Fine Arts (painting, music, poetry, architecture, sculpture). 2. Decorative Arts. 3. Art in everyday relations. (1) Gaining good taste and applying it (IV.) Historic Ornament. 1. Important national variations and their distinctive features. (I.) Health. (1) Egyptian, Grecian, Roman, Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Modern, with comparative study of the architecture, ornament, dress, and furniture of each era. II. WOMAN'S INFLUENCE. 1. Mental and physical. 2. Keeping in health-Exercise, food, baths, disposition, fresh air, care of person, complexion, hair, etc., posture, standing, walking, sitting. 3. Injurious habits. 4. Effect on classes. (II.) Voice and manner. (III.) Study of children. 1. General condition, health, eyes, fatigue, posture, etc., (IV.) Dress. ease. 1. Purpose. 2. Hygienic. (1) Warmth-Next body, in doors, out of doors, evening different seasons. (2) Weight. (3) Pressure. 3 Artistic. (1) Applying laws of art to dress-use, simplicity, truth individuality, harmony, relation of colour, etc. 4. Cost and purchase. (V.) Home. (1) Choice of materials-Manufacture, properties of people value and durability. Ethics of shopping, economic standpoint, relation of consumer to manufacturer, etc. (2) Dress for varied purposes. (3) Care. 1. Laws of art applied to architecture, furnishing and decoration; economics; ethics; individuality, health, etc. VI.) Business Life. III. COLOUR. (I.) Physics, physiology, psychology. (II.) Terms in use. (III.) Investigation of colour-Coloured paper and materials, standards, secondary, broken, scales, etc., contrast of colour, harmony of colour. (IV.) Application to decoration, furnishing and dress. II.-OUTLINE OF COURSE IN HOUSEHOLD CHEMISTRY. DOMESTIC SCIENCE DEPARTMENT. (To be preceded by a year's work in General Chemistry.) Antiseptics (in detail). Action of alkalis and vegetable acids on metals or their oxides. Baking powders. Three general types. Tests on bread, tea, coffee, etc. APPENDIX J. CHAUTAUQUA SCHOOL OF DOMESTIC SCIENCE. GENERAL PURPOSE. The School of Domestic Science is designed primarily for teachers who wish to compare their own methods with those of others, or who desire to supplement their training in this department; but the work will also be of especial value to housekeepers, whether engaged in the administration of large institutions or in the direction of their own homes. THE DEPARTMENT OF COOKERY.-This department offers the following lines of work: (a) Courses for teachers of Domestic Science; (b) a series of thirty demonstration lectures on practical subjects, extending through six weeks; (c) practice classes for young housekeepers; (d) such private lessons as may be desired. The economic selection of materials, the wise choice of implements for each process, and the application of the right temperature to secure the best results, are points which receive careful attention in both lectures and practice lessons. NORMAL COURSE IN DOMESTIC SCIENCE.-This embraces two years of work, and a certificate is given to those satisfactorily completing it. Young women without experience as teachers must present, for admission to this course, the equivalent of a High School diploma. The curriculum is as follows: FIRST YEAR. 1. GENERAL CHEMISTRY (Five hours a week).-Lectures and laboratory. The course will include a study of air, water, and their constituents, of acids, bases and salts, and of the various groups or elements with their more important compounds. 2. PHYSICS (Five hours a week).-The subjects discussed will be energy in all its forms, the air, physical properties of water, wells, springs, fountains, etc., with a full explanation of the instruments used in investigating problems in these subjects. Heat will be thoroughly discussed, since it occupies so important a place in these sciences, and the application of electricity in the arts will be fully explained and illustrated. Syllabus text (Gage's recommended). 3. PHYSIOLOGY (Three hours a week).-Chemical elements of human body. Cell life, illustrated by amoeba, etc. Study of tissues. The anatomy, physiology and hygiene of the internal organs. Circulation of the blood, respiration, animal heat, general study of digestion. 4. BOTANY OF FOOD PLANTS (Five hours a week).-Lectures and laboratory work with the compound microscope; the illustrative material, food plants; as lettuce for leaves, potatoes for store rooms, and wheat for seeds. Emphasis will also be put on starch and vegetable proteids yeasts and moulds. 5. SANITATION (Five hours a week).-Principles of sanitation applied to the house--location, surroundings, plan, construction, furnishing, and care. Application of chemistry, physics, physiology, bacteriology, and kindred sciences, to water supply, drainage, and plumbing, disposal of wastes; lighting, heating, and ventilation. Care of woodwork, metallic and mineral surfaces and coloured fabrics. Laundry processes. Household pests. Problems of public hygiene discussed in relation to house sanitation. 6. COOKERY (Five hours a week).-Practice work. Food principles and the fundamental laws of cookery. Animal foods, vegetables, cereals, methods of making doughs light, menus for daily meals, and cooking for invalids will be discussed. SECOND YEAR. 7. APPLIED CHEMISTRY (Five hours a week).-Laboratory work and lectures. Qualitative tests of food materials. Study of proteids, carbohydrates, fats, etc. Experiments with soda and baking powder. Detection of food adulterants and preservatives. Testing of various household supplies. 8. EXPERIMENTAL COOKERY (Five hours a week).-Existing methods of preparing food judged by scientific standards. Arrangement of lessons, the details of recipes and the order of work are planned in a way to help teachers. 9. PHYSIOLOGY (Two hours a week).-Animal functions, muscular physiology, digestion, with the study of the body fluids, and the nervous system. During the two years' course demonstrations with manikins and fresh specimens will be furnished. The course also deals especially and most practically with the digestion and nutritive value of food stuffs. 10. BACTERIOLOGY (Five hours a week).-Lectures and laboratory work. Description and life history of bacteria and other micro-organisms. Methods of culture. Bacteria in dust, water, milk, etc. 11. PEDAGOGY (Five hours a week).--Principles of pedagogy as applied to the teaching of Domestic Science. Schools of Cookery and Domestic Economy. Planning of courses. 12. ADMINISTRATION OF HOUSEHOLDS, SMALL AND LARGE (Five hours a week).-Household expenditure. Food as an economic factor. Diet and dietaries. Especially planned for matrons of schools and public insti tutions. Methods of keeping accounts. The best implements for housekeeping and the general equipment. The helpers, their training and advancement and the adjustment of duties, hours and wages. Economic buying and storing of food. The planning of menus, with due regard to a balanced ration; and the simplest way of serving meals. 13.*-Classes in sewing will be organized during the second term. APPENDIX K., CORNELL UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE. BUREAU OF NATURE-STUDY AND FARMERS' READING-COURSE. How to Organize a Farmers' Wires' Reading-Club. At the present time there are three Correspondence courses conducted by the Farmers' Reading-course and Nature-study Bureau. These are (a) the Farmers' Reading-course, (b) the Farmers' Wives' Reading-course, and (c) the Home Nature-study course. These are especially adapted for study in clubs, and this circular suggests how women's clubs may be organized and conducted. A club may consist of five or more members. An ideal number is twelve. Anyone interested in home work, directly or indirectly, is eligible to membership. How to organize :-Some one must take the lead. Let this person (you) write us for information regarding the Readingcourses, distribute the circulars, and talk it over personally with as many women as possible. When interest has ripened, call a meeting at your own home, or some other convenient place, to consider organization. Then select a president and a secretary. She may be asked by the club to forward the answered quizzes in one consignment to this office. She should supply this office promptly with a list of the members and their addresses. Select a suitable night for meeting. Each lesson will furnish subject matter for two meetings. One lesson is furnished each month, so that meetings may be held fortnightly. An excellent way is to meet at the house of the members of the club. Early in the season arrange a schedule giving places of meeting for some time ahead. Of course if a room in the grange, town hall, or school house is available and convenient, this may prove to be the most desirable arrangement. The club may apply for a charter from this Bureau, by adopting a name and reporting it to us with the first consignment of answered quizzes. The sessions should not last over an hour and a half; the discussion should be brisk, and it is better to adjourn early when interest is warm, than to wait till it cools and discussion lags. The meeting should begin promptly at 8 p.m., better still at 7.30. When the meaning is not clear, or when new ideas occur to you, write us by all means. Let us labour together for the success of your club. 6420. X |