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rector has so skilfnllv mnnnjrofl the dininj; room that we have had as 

 jiood board as at any time in the past, at the uniform rate of $2.10 per 

 week throiigliout the year. 



I wish also to call attention to the good work of our janitor and the 

 door assistant, who have continued to meet the many requirements of 

 their ])ositious with eflicient service. 



That the class work of the women students has been satisfactory is 

 shown by the low percentap,e of conditions received by them. It is pos- 

 sible that more constant scholarly work would l)e secured from all, wore 

 there less emi)liasis j^iven to the social life. 



We congratulate ourselves that six of our alumnae were given the 

 promotion degree, Master of Home Economics, at the recent commence- 

 ment. The theses presented show that housekeepers as well as teach- 

 ers may carry on valuable investigations in home economics. 



A brief resume of the development, the present conditions, and needs 

 of the Home Economics division may be of value in shaping policies 

 for the future. 



The department had finished its first five years and the Women's 

 Building had been occupied one year when T came to this position in 

 1001. The Building was not finished, nor was it all in u&e nor furnished. 

 In my second year, however, it was practically all occupied. Furniture, 

 pictures, statuary, equipuunit have been added and the Building and 

 Ten-ace are both furnished for complete service. The gymnasium has 

 been completed, its visitors' gallery built and new equipment installed; 

 the shower bath rooms have been finished and lockers ])rovided ; the laun- 

 dry and wood working rooms have both been fitted uj); the domestic 

 science laboratory has been completely refitted, as the equipment brought 

 from the old laboratory was not longer adequate; and orders have gone 

 in for new desks, sinks, cases and microscopes' for the ffomestic art 

 rooms. The day of small things for the Home Economics department is 

 past and we are ready to enter on a larger, broader work. 



During the fall term of the present year 72 girls (and several more 

 stayed Avith friends in iowix waiting for vacancies) Avere taken care of 

 in four private houses and in the Terrace. None of these ])laces is 

 well ada])ted for girls' rooms and the contrast with the lower expense 

 and greater conveniences of the Women's Building makes these condi- 

 ti(»ns all the more noticeable. Our dining room with noi-mal capacity 

 for 100 has been made to accommodate regularly over 200 peo])le. For 

 several years beginning in the fall of '03 when 26 were roomed out of 

 the building, these off-campus houses have been used with the hope that 

 each year would be the last. The added responsibility, risk and labor 

 inv(jlved cannot be appreciated except by the one in charge, the dean 

 herself. No large girls' residence hall like oui*s should be without its 

 elcA'ator from basement to foiirth floor; its convalescents' ro(un, in order 

 to isolate a ]>aticnt for a day or over night; nor shoidd it be without 

 its guest room with o])])ortunity to entertain an occasional college guest. 

 Eveiy available spot has been utilized, year after year, for students' 

 rooms. Two have been put into space wliicli sanitary science does not 

 consider hygienic. This should no longer be alloAved. 



I. ^^'e need first a new residence ball, a largei- dining room and an 

 elevator i" the Wom'^n's Building. 



The duties of the dean's office have become so varied and considerable 



