ccvi Sum me:? School 



G. Trips Afield. A series of dawn and sunset walks, to some of the inter- 

 esting places near the campus. The trips will he short, will not exceed an 

 hour and a half in time, and will be entirely informal in character, 



IV. HOME ECONOMICS 



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Each of the following courses will continue throughout the six weeks of 

 the Summer School. All work is given on the fourth floor of the Main Building 

 of the College of Agriculture. 



A. Foods. A course for establishing a fundamental knowledge of foods. 

 The lectures will include a discussion of the sources, composition, and char- 

 acteristics of foodstuffs; principles governing the selection of foods and 

 methods of preparing them; food preservation; comparative nutritive value 

 and cost of various foods; selection, planning, and serving of well-balanced 

 meals. The laboratory work, closely following the lectures, will consist of 

 experiments in determining the characteristics of foodstufifs as these relate 

 to the preparation of food and to practical problems of cookery. 



B. Human Nutrition. A discussion of the methods of investigating dietary 

 problems; the practical mearts of applying scientific principles in planning 

 family and institution dietaries; consideration of special problems of nutri- 

 tion, as in infant-feeding and feeding in cases of abnormal nutrition. 



C. Home Economics. Domestic factors in cost of living; waste; stand- 

 ards of living; extravagance. Cost of food, shelter, clothing; marketing. 

 Family budgets; distribution of income; savings. Domestic service. 



D. Household Sanitation. Household bacteriology, cleanliness of soil, air, 

 water, food; disposal of waste; insect pests, infection, immunity, methods of 

 disinfection; good housekeeping in relation to public health; healthful living 

 to promote efficiency; physical exercise and rest. 



E. Extension in Home Economics. Principles of ^tension work with 

 special reference to rural communities; organization; material to be presented; 

 manner of presentation; speaking; writing. 



V. ENTOMOLOGY 



The instruction in entomology, formerly given in the University Summer 

 Session, has now been transferred to the Summer School in Agriculture. 

 The following courses will be continued throughout the six weeks of the 

 Summer School. Students qualified to do advanced work will be granted 

 the facilities of the laboratories, field stations, and library, after the close of 

 the regular session. Members of the staff in residence during this period 

 will be glad to consult with and aid such students. 



A. General Entomology. An introductory course dealing with the biology, 

 habits, economic importance, and relationships of insects. 



B. Laboratory Course in the Morphology and Classification of Insects. 

 Study of the external anatomy of typical insect forms; the collecting, mount- 

 ing, and classifying of representatives of all the orders and the chief families 

 of insects. While the systematic work will give a general survey of the field, 

 each student may direct his energies toward the collecting of any group 

 in which he is particularly interested. 



