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that it has been coutinued. lu addition to this, the former president's 

 house has been used as a Practice House lor seniors under the direction 

 of the head of the Domestic Science department. Twenty seniors and 

 three teachers have lived in the house each term, and the work of the 

 house has been divided so that practical experience in House Manage- 

 ment could be given to each group of students resident in the house. 

 College credit has been given for this practice work. The students 

 who could not be given places in these houses under college control, 

 have occupied three private houses in East Lansing under college super- 

 vision. 



There have been some changes in the instructional force of the Di- 

 vision : Miss Emma Francis was made instructor for the year in 

 Domestic Science; Miss Ethel Van Wagenen was made instructor in 

 Domestic Science and given charge of the boarding club and general 

 house management of the Practice House; Miss Lisa Osterholm was 

 made instructor in Domestic Art, but at Christmas time found it nec- 

 essary to give up the w^ork, and ^vas followed by Miss Grace F. Smiley; 

 Miss Clara Hunt has been House Director for the year and Miss Friedrika 

 M. Heyl has had charge of the Woman's Building. 



Owing to the unusual conditions existing in the country this year, 

 it has been necessary to make heavy demand upon all the teaching force 

 of the division, and I wish to take this opportunity to express my appre- 

 ciation of the very generous response which all the members of the staff 

 have given in time, thought and energy, to the calls that have been made 

 upon them, and the cheerfulness wdth which they have taken on the 

 new work. 



The latter part of the year, the work of the division was characterized by 

 the effort which was being made to prepare the girls in the college to meet 

 the demands which were going to come to them to help in the movement 

 for conservation and preservation of food, and to relate the work of the 

 College to the work of the alumnae and the work of all women's organizjt» 

 tions, as well as to the needs of the individual women in the town or on the 

 farm, in order that there might be unity in the work of the state where- 

 ever it concerned conservation. For this purpose, the work of each 

 course was adapted to the new demand wherever this could be done 

 without, in any way, lowering the standard of work in the course or 

 detracting from the thoroughness of the work. Special courses in canning 

 and drying of fruits and vegetables were held on Saturdays, that the 

 students might have a chance to review this work before being called 

 upon to do it in their communities. June 25 to 29, inclusive, a special 

 w^eek of canning and thrift was conducted by the division, 

 for Home Economics trained women of the state who had had at least 

 two years previous training, of which one hundred and twenty women 

 availed themselves; and a special two day course was conducted July 

 5 and 6 for women who wished the training in canning who could not 

 meet the requirements for the week's work. As a result of this work, 

 a large number of our students are giving their time to help 

 the women in the state in this conservation movement, and 

 the efficiency and spirit of service which is being shown should, I 

 believe, be a matter of gratification to the College. 



The Guest Koom in the Woman's Building, which has been furnished 

 by the alumnae, has been a source of great pleasure to the division, as 



