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iiometry. analytical {rooinotry. and calcnhis. P^nsHsIi should be given a very 

 important i»laco, and sliould include tliorouirli courses in conii)osition. rhetoric, 

 voice culture. Knj;lish and American literature, dramatic iiiterpri'tation, ora- 

 tmns. etc. Several courses slionid lie olt'ered in European liistory and political 

 science. At least two years in a modern laniruajie should supplement that 

 already taken in the ju-eparatory course. A two-hour course in ethics should 

 he Riven during the first term of the freshman year. This gives the dean or 

 some other persctn of age and experience an opportunity to hate heart-todieart 

 talks with the new young women concerning college i(ieals and other subjects 

 such as young women away from home for the first time should receive light 

 upon. Kvery young woman upon entering college should be given a careful 

 physical examination and a system of gynniasium work presci-ji.cd. suited as far 

 as possible to her individual needs, riiysical training should extend through- 

 out the course. 



Music is certainly very desirable, if not really necessary, in the home. Hence, 

 this course should offer at least two years of instruction on the iiiano. without 

 extra charge, and also some opportunity for training in vocal nmsic. 



Drawing should be given a prominent place. Courses should be given in 

 freediand and charcoal work, to be followed by a short course in mechanical 

 drawing, which windd be given as jireparatory to courses in woodwork and in 

 landscai)e architecture. This work in drawing should be followed liy a course 

 in the graphic arts and also a course in the history of ai-f. The backbone of 

 the course, however, should be science and its application to household affairs. 

 Physiology, hygiene, and anatomy should be thoroughly studied. 



Botany should include courses in fruit and seeds, taxonomy, trees and shrubs, 

 histology with elective courses in physiologi<al botany, and advanced work in 

 histology. 



This study would prepare the sludent well for tlie work to follow in horti- 

 culture, landscape gardening, tloricniture. ;ind elective work in [lomology. flori- 

 culture, and experimental work. 



The course in elementary chemistry would be followed by cour.ses in ana- 

 lytical, organic, and what might be termed in lieu of a bett(>r term, domestic 

 science chemistry. The latter course would include the study of foods by 

 quantitative methods, determination of the heat energy of v.nrious food mate- 

 rials, the sanitary analysis of water, etc. 



Thorough courses in zoology should be given. 



Instruction in jthysics. including l.-iboratory work, should be given in sound, 

 light, heat, and electricty. as well as some advanced work. Special emphasis 

 should be given to ventilation and such other problems as relate to the home. 



As bacteriology is a comparatively new department of science and one 

 which is destined to play an important part in home economics, it might he 

 profitable to consider briefly its value both as a disciplinary and as a prac- 

 tical subject. 



The cultural side of bacteriology offers the following points: (1) It is soon 

 learned from the study of bacteriology, that abstract mental deductions, founded 

 upon the usual logical seciuence. are by no means infallible, and. further, that 

 what the human mind freciuently suspects, leased upon facts already at hand, 

 may be diametrically opjiosite to what really exists; in other words, specula- 

 tion and abstract reasoning are accepted in philosophy, but are ever prone to 

 be erroneous in nature's studies. (2) The imagination is trained by bacteri- 

 ological studies in following out natural processes instituted by invisible 'agents. 

 Under such circumstances, what the imagination furnishes is checked eventu- 

 ally by the study of the real forces. (3) Accuracy is secured and delicacy of 

 touch, through bacteriological laboratory manipulation. (4) A broader and 

 more comprehensive view^ of life distribution is secured. (5) It becomes possi- 

 ble, through the study of micro-organisms, to gain an intimate knowledge of 

 life structures and functions which can not be olitained by confining oneself 

 to more complex life forms. (6) Many of the natural forces which have been 

 mysterious to the student become real and significant by an acquaintance with 

 the acts of micro-organisms. 



From the utilitarian standpoint may be added : 



(1) It is very desirable to know something of the contagious and infectious 

 diseases, their propagation, dissemination, and control. 



{2'' Tt is highly desirable to be familiar with disinfection in all its phases. 



(i>,i .'^oiue licnnsjintance should be had of the antiseptic treatment of wounds, 

 of aseptic s-urgery, " obstetrical practices. 



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