clxxxviii Rec.ulak Courses of Instruction 



9. House Planning. An elementary course for developing economic house 

 plans in accordance with architectural principles. Beisides the drawing of 

 plans, the course will include discussions of the building site, building 

 materials, elements of construction, laying out the grounds, and criticisms of 

 interior design. 



10. Household Art. A course for the development of artistic expression 

 in the individual. The lectures in this course will apply principles of color 

 and design to questions of interior decorating and furnishing. Students will 

 experiment with color combinations for decorative schemes, and with textile 

 combinations for curtain stuffs, wearing apparel, etc. 



12. Woman and the Family. This course embraces a study of woman and 

 the family through the early ages to the present time. It treats survivals 

 with reference to various characteristics and conditions of woman in the 

 family and in the state. Woman's work and her industrial and economic 

 condition from the beginning are studied with reference to present conditions 

 and their effect on society. 



14. Household Management. • This course will include a study of the 

 family income, cost of living, household accounts, problems of domestic 

 service, methods of housekeeping, ecjuipmeni. marketing; housekeeping for 

 large numbers. 



20. Special Problems. A course intended for the development of the indi- 

 vidual student in particular lines of work. Special facilities will be arranged 

 for those intending to teach home economics, which will include a considera- 

 tion of the logical methods of organizing and developing courses of study 

 in home economics. Problems of original investigation will be planned for 

 graduate students, or for undergraduate students who have proved themselves 

 capable of undertaking such work. 



22. Seminary. Required of students in home economics and open only to 

 them. 



HORTICULTURE 

 Floriculture 



15. Commercial Floriculture. The culture, diseases, botany, and history 

 of florists' plants, and methods of greenhouse management. Practice in the 

 greenhouses. Those desiring more work in the greenhouse can arrange for 

 one or two additional periods, with credit. 



16. Florists' Plants and Garden Flowers. A continuation of course 15, 

 with outdoor gardening in the spring. 



19. Greenhouse Construction. The development of the modern green- 

 house; types of houses, materials, and methods of construction, installation 

 of heating systems, etc. Laboratory practice in erecting section of cypress 

 and iron frame houses, and in planning and estimating the cost of commercial 

 ranges. The class will participate in a required excursion to Elmira on 

 December 9. 



21. Investigation in Floriculture. The investigation of problems in the 

 growing of cut flowers, exotics, and garden flowers; hybridizing; study of 

 varieties. 



22. Greenhouse and Garden Practice. Designed for those who desire to 

 enlarge their knowledge of greenhouse and garden plants and their culture. 



