682 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Sec. 3. The relation of bad sanitation to disease, and the means of 

 excluding from the home and its surroundings the organisms and condi- 

 tions that threaten the health and vitality of the family. 



Sec. 4. The architecture of the house as regards the comfort of the 

 family and the convenience for performing the labor of good housekeeping. 



Sec. 5. The arrangement of the kitchen as a working laboratory, and 

 the utensils and devices that are useful in cookery. 



Sec. 6. The correct principles and best practices of domestic science, 

 not only to better the home but to reduce the labor of housekeeping. 



Sec. 7. The instruction of the young that they may become skilled in 

 the knowledge and performance of the tnmgs that relate to domestic 

 science, to the end that the health of the coming generation may be 

 preserved, and the comfort of their homes assured without an expenditure 

 of time and energy so serious as to exclude or abridge the accomplish- 

 ments of life. 



Article III. 



Section 1. The officers shall consist of president, vice-president, secre- 

 tary, and treasurer. 



Sec. 2. The officers shall be elected by ballot at the annual meeting 

 and a majority of the votes cast shall elect. 



Sec. 3. The program committee shall consist of the president and sec- 

 retary and two other members to be appointed by the president. 



Article IV. 



Section 1. The duties of the officers shall be such as usually pertain 

 to these offices, and such as shall arise from the provisions of this con- 

 stitution, or of by-laws that may be enacted. 



Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the program committee to be active 

 in promoting the interests of the association, and to arrange programs 

 for its meetings. 



Article V. 



Section 1. An annual meeting shall be held for the election of officers 

 and for the transaction of such other business of the association as con- 

 ditions may make advisable. 



Sec. 2. Regular meetings shall occur as provided in the by-laws, and 

 special meetings may be called at any time by the president. 



Sec. 3. The members present shall constitute a quorum for a regular 

 meeting, but a majority of the total membership shall be necessary for a 

 quorum at a special meeting. 



Sec. 4. Except in amending the constitution, all questions before the 

 association shall be decided by majority vote. 



Article VI. 



Section 1. Any person may become a member of this association by 

 signing the constitution and meeting the conditions the by-laws. 



