80 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Tailoring was offered spring term and consisted of the making of suits, long 

 coats and sport coats under the direction of an experienced tailor, and the 

 choice for a second project of the silk dress, an advanced problem in draping 

 given by Miss Margaret Hoover of the Mills Dry Goods Company, and the 

 making of illustrative material for a high school course in Household Arts. 

 This choice was given as not all the members of the class would teach. 



Many of the graduates of the Home Economics divisions do not wish to 

 teach after leaving college, and it is the aim of this department to acquaint 

 the students with some of the opportunities which are open to women in 

 various fields. With further special training these graduates may turn to 

 textile chemistry, costume designing, house furnishing or trained salesmanship. 



It was the good fortune of the department to have the opportunity to direct 

 some classes in one of the Lansing clothing stores for a term of five weeks. 

 The class work was carried on by two senior students under the supervision 

 of the educational director. It is felt that this experience has brought into 

 closer sympathy the merchants, the saleswomen, the college instructors and 

 the students, also that it is the beginning of a much larger service which the 

 College can give to its graduates who are interested in the commercial phase 

 of clothing. Future aims are to establish clothing information bureaus 

 over the State. There is a great demand for some practical knowledge that 

 will enable the consumer to buy intelligently and be assured of value received. 

 It is the desire of the department to serve the people of the State by giving 

 out information in the testing of materials and suggestions for selection and 

 to teach the use of the budget by all homemakers. 



An effort is made to keep in touch with the development of household arts 

 work throughout the country. The faculty are at present interested in re- 

 search problems in textbooks and courses of study, with the hope that the 

 results may aid in the standardization of this work in both high schools and 

 colleges, also some of the problems of investigation that are promoted by the 

 committee on the standardization of textiles of the American Home Economics 

 Association are being worked out in the household arts classes in clothing. 



During the farmers' week of 1921, February 1 to 5, the junior clothing 

 classes of the Household Arts department arranged an extensive exhibit for 

 the education and aid of the shopper. The slogan was : "Do You Get What 

 You Pay For," and the exhibit including: 



Shoes and stockings. 



Undergarments . 



Wash dresses. 



Materials for service dresses. 



Household linens. 



attracted much attention and gained favorable comment. A table fitted 

 with the necessary equipment for the simple home test of fabrics for adultera- 

 tion, tested out many samples of materials brought in. A register of visitors 

 showed an attendance of over two thousand during the week. 



HOUSEHOLD SCIENCE DEPARTMENT. 



Some changes were made in the subject matter content of courses in house- 

 hold science and in the number of lecture and laboratory hours. Advanced 

 Cookery and Problem Cookery which were offered fall and winter terms were 

 not repeated spring term with the consent of the faculty. Household Science, 

 la, Foods, was re-organized, beginning with the spring term and planned on the 



