Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 234, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1914 — HOME ECONOMICS AT THE SHORT COURSE [ARTICLE]

HOME ECONOMICS AT THE SHORT COURSE

Important Part of Purdue Short Course to Be in Charge of Miss Alva Garvin. The. Home Economics School of tjje Short Course will consist of a series of lectures and demonstrations on subjects relating to cooking, sewing, home decoration, home management and house sanitation. With these lectures there will be periods used for general discussion and questions. At this date tile definite program cannot be given, but since the course will be of three days’ duration, the cooking of many of the classes of foods will be demonstrated. These demonstrations will be most practical in nature and will be done in entirety before the audiences.

Aside from the regular work in domestic science there will be lectures of interest for the ladies in the other divisions of the short course, as, for instance, lectures on poultry and gardening. Although the domestic science course was very successful last year, it is the desire of those in charge to make this year’s course more successful from stand pointj>f numbers attending. For that purpose a larger room has been secured and all ladies in-, terested in better domestic economy are urged to take an active interest in the promotion of the Purdue short course. The work will be presented by Miss Alma Garvin, graduate of Ohio state university, and member of the Purdue extension department. All attending the course last year will remember Miss Garvin for her pleasing personality and excellent manner of presenting her subject. There will be no lectures or demonstrations that repeat any of last year’s work.