domestic arts department it is in the two rooms the blue and the green where the girls hap py hours are spent there they go to put in a few stitches and take them out again and then rush to tell their teacher the great trouble they are having oh how their eyes open when their teacher tells them they have not entirely ruined the article they are making then there are those who are ready to stitch up their seams and by the time they have wasted several minutes threading their machine and getting things ready to sew the bell rings and they have to pick up the work and go to algebra nobody ever knew such troubles before nobody ever saw such worried faces and discontented looks as theirs as they leave the classroom without completing the work they had planned but wait until the girls have an extra hour watch them run down stairs and send the things flying in the domestic art rooms it does not take them long to do their work when they are really in earnest the result of this earnestness is that we have a wardrobe full of beautiful work a great deal of which was done by hand the two sewing rooms are made very comfortable and convenient in the large room where the hand work is done we have three long white tables used for drafting and cutting and also the large wardrobe upon entering the other one is reminded of a great strong wind as those nineteen machines go moaning and groaning the mirror in this room serves its purpose well for the girls never look untidy and their dresses always fit well the sewers are very much interested in their work and are proud of that which they have done the first year workers have finished their mo dels and are working hard to make themselves dresses before the close of school the dress makers are working hard at drafting and have completed many beautiful suits many of the girls have made their own graduating dres ses the teacher mrs evans tries hard to help them all and spends many hours planning interesting work for them the girls seeing this try to help each other the faculty being well pleased with the efforts of the girls and seeing the necessity of having plenty of machines so all could accomplish what they desire has succeeded in getting a wardrobe and some new machines to show their appreciation of this the girls gave a social where they served refresh ments and had games in which all could join and thus raised enough money to pay for at least the wardrobe we have seeu that by working for each other we can accomplish a great deal and we think that before many years the domestic arts depart ment of the w s a will be the best that can be found in the state edith ensign alphabet of love a s the art of man and maid b the blush so fair displayed c the challenge in the eyes ; d the dare that soon replies e — — — — , but why the rest recall why the rest s e z that's all