82 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Field Work in Social Service {H. E. l?>a, 6, c) : Through a co-opera- " 

 tive project with the Social Service Bureau of Lansing, it has been pos- 

 sible this year for a limited number of senior Home Economics students 

 to 'have the advantage of field work under the supervisiooi of the director 

 and staff of that organization. 



The course has consisted of one lecture per week, given by the director 

 of the Social Service Bureau, and of four hours of field Avork per week, 

 with individual conferences regarding field work. 



The oTjject of the course was not primarily to train M. A. C. students 

 to become social workers, although a few of those who enrolled in the 

 course have such positions. The primaiy object was to socialize the point 

 of view of the Home Economics trained woman, broadening her contacts 

 and helping her to see the possibilities and responsibilities Avhich lie 

 before a woman with her training. 



Nutrition Problems in Hospitals (H. E. 14a^ h, c) : This course was 

 'begun in the spring of 1921, when co-operation was established with the 

 superintendent of Sparrow Hospital and students were permitted to work 

 in the diet kitchen of the hospital under the direction of the hospital staff. 

 During the present college year twentj- per cent of the senior class have 

 availed themselves of this opportunity to become acquainted with the 

 nutrition problems in the hospital and to secure preliminary training as 

 hospital dietitians. The}^ have acquired knowledge and appreciation of 

 the institutional problem involved in furnishing diets to patients, of the 

 medical and nursing problem involved in nourishing the sick, and of the 

 function of the dietitian in the general organization of such institutions. 

 They have had actual practice in preparation of trays for patients and 

 opportunity' to observe the patient's reaction to food, problem of serving 

 both from diet kitchen and from floor kitchens and wards of the hospital, 

 preparation of special diets for nursing mothers, very young babies, 

 operative cases and dietetic disorders, such as diabetes and nephritis. In 

 addition thej^ have assisted in the planning for meals of the medical staff, 

 nurses and employees, the buying of all food supplies and the operating 

 of the laundiy. 



In further co-operation with the board of directors of Sparrow Hos- 

 pital, the senior class of nurses has come to the College one day per week 

 for laboratory instruction in Dietetics. This instruction Avas given by a 

 student enrolled in H. E. 13, under the supervision of the professor in 

 nutrition; lectures in the same subject were given to the nurses at the 

 hospital. This co-operative arrangement was most beneficial, both to 

 the hospital and to the Home Economics Division. 



The thorough character of the work and its successful application is 

 due in no small measure to the tireless efl'ort of Mrs. Harry Person and 

 Miss Kebekah Gibbons, and to the smypathy and understanding of the 

 hospital board and stafi". 



Special Investigations in Nutrition (H. E. 15) : The students did either 

 experimental animal work or, in co-operation with the Social Service 

 Bureau, Avorked with city families in which there wiere' distinct nutrition 

 problems. Sometimes the work consisted in planning and supervising a 

 revision of the food expenditure in cases where the income was suflflcient 

 if expert knowledge was available, but insufficient without it. In cases 

 "where tli€ help of the city or some other agency was necessary, the amount 

 of food required was decided and recommendations made for this aid 



