domestic science note women are supposed to know a little about everything and everything about home making because it is the right and privilege -' - tan to make the whole world home-like of ev during the past school year the association of domestic sciei workers have been unitedly living up to the thought that frances willard has so ably suggested step by step and year by year link ing theory with practice we have been solving problems along lines of home sanitation food principles processes anci serving nursing and invalid cookery household management and accounts the courses outlined and completed for three years will be sur passed by the coming banner year of the w a and four years in domestic science work will have been established many improvements have been added to the equipment of the department from time to time and we feel that by another year material conditions which have hindered the growth of domestic sci ence work this year will be overcome fond parent — i hear the faculty is very proud of your work daughter yes they have encored my freshman year ex bomesitc x this department has been a part of our school for the past seven years growing in popularity as well as increasing in size and numbers during the present year we have registered 135 girls each taking a four years course of instruction individual work of all kinds is done by the students beginning with the simple models and gradually advancing in the art until they are proficient enough to accomplish the most useful articles that are necessary for home life the work of the department is under the supervision of two experienced instructors thus giving advantage to the girls in all branches of sewing it is not the aim of the course to graduate proficient seam stresses but rather to so educate punile that they may be able to make the most of themselves in any one of the many lines into which opportunity and their capacity may lead them it is a fact that per fect drafting of the most satisfactory needlework are done with the greatest ease by those pupils who have taken a course of sewing ami garment cutting we find that not only the girls are interested in domestic arts but also our boys who proved their interest by giving a most suc cessful dancing party arbor day april 15 it is huxley who claims that person is liberally educated who has been so trained that his body is the ready servant of his will and does with ease and pleasure all the work which as a mechanism it is capable of doing success to our boys and girls zina r larkix jean benzie