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It would be desirable to add to the instruction of country girls such 

 plays and games as would increase health, efficiency, and the enjoyment 

 of pastoral life, rather than to supply solely the knowledge of work that 

 in itself makes the body healthy rather than alive. 



Contests in bread-making and in some other household processes should 

 be instituted throughout the State, because at the present time the 

 standards are low. 



More work should be done for country girls by the Department of 

 Home Economics, since the work providing for country women is already 

 well founded. The study of domestic science should begin earlier, in 

 order not to have to change so radically the ways of the housekeeper. 



As much needs to be done for country girls as is now done for country 

 boys, in order to give contentment in housework and knowledge of the 

 best methods of doing the work. 



With the new building, the need for development is now very urgent. 

 Applicants for admission to the Department, as well as old students, are 

 demanding courses which are an established part of other colleges and 

 which they have a right to expect from us. The reputation of the 

 Department is at present in advance of what it can present. We believe 

 that unless the teaching force can be materially increased and diversified 

 another year, the work of the Department will sufifer seriously. The 

 maintenance of the building will be a much more serious consideration 

 than the maintenance of our present single floor, and we therefore 

 recommend that the maintenance appropriation be materially increased. 



It is recommended that the old Tailby house — now the Home 

 Economics Lodge — be purchased from the University to be used as a 

 practice house for the Department. The house has already been equipped 

 as a laboratory for students in nutrition, household management, and 

 house decoration, and will be so used during the coming year. 



FLORA ROSE, 

 MARTHA VAN RENSSELAER, 



Professors of Home Economics. 



