10 



the betterment of lionie and (.-uniniunity runditiuihs ha\e been added to the list of 

 their good worlvs. 



Having laken up Domestic Science to a limited extent by isohxted lectures, 

 occasional demonstrations, and by unsystematic study, tbe members became im- 

 pressed witli its value and asked that provision be made for giving them systematic 

 instruction along these lines. Tlie first attempt to give groups of women living 

 in tbe rural district such instruction was undertaken in the fall of 1911 at the 

 following places where classes of at least twenty-five were formed, and at two 

 points, Caledonia and Dunnville, evening classes were held for the benefit of the 

 High School girls : — Cayuga, Dunnville, Delhi, Hagersville, Caledonia, Canfield. 

 riie average attendance at the classes was thirty-five, and at one point the attend- 

 ance was over seventy-five. The lecturer. Mrs. C. H. Burns, a graduate of 

 MacDonald Institute, Guelph. spent one day a week at each point for a period of 

 fifteen weeks. 



The success which attended this first eft'ort indicates the interest which mature 

 women of responsibility take in efforts towards their instruction along Domestic 

 Science lines. 



The Department was encouraged to extend this new and promising form of 

 instruction during the season of 1912-13. The institutes accepted the announce- 

 ment with great enthusiasm and responded by applying for instruction at more 

 points than could be served. 



The folb)wiiio: table indicates the nature and extent of the work done: 



Nature of Course 



District 



Foods and their preoaraliuu , 



Xorthuniberlaud 



iLambton and Kent . . 



Middlesex and 

 Lambton 



Lanarl'C 



Sewing- 



Lincoln, Wei land. 

 Wentworth, Brant 

 and Waterloo 



Wentworth 



Combination courses in Sewing, 

 Foods and Home Nursing York . 



No. of 

 places 



13 



No. of 



lessons in 



course 



15 

 15 



15 

 15 



10 

 4 



cS to 12 



No. of 

 persons who 

 took course 



186 

 154 



349 

 265 



491 

 .31 



241 



1.667 



Besides those who took the regular course of lectures a number attended and 

 paid for only occasional lectures. 



The ^Vm^K Appi.'kctatf.d. 



In order that our readers may be informed regarding the apin-eciaiion of tliis 

 work on the part of those wlio took the course, and the views of ibe lecturers 

 engaged, we print below extracts from communications received. 



