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able for their homes. Therefore the money spent is in a great de- 

 gree wasted, while if intelHgence is brought to bear in this direction 

 it adds greatly to the efficiency of the woman in the home. There 

 is no part of instruction in home administration which so much 

 needs to be taught as sewing and cookery. 



We have another section of work for girls, and that is physical 

 training. This is taught by Miss Whitridge, and it is equivalent to 

 the military training given the boys; physical training is essential 

 in giving the girl the right idea of how to carry herself, how to 

 stand well, how to sit well and how to walk well. Many ills and ail- 

 ments come from bad habits of sitting and walking. 



Another feature of importance is the course in "Home Admin- 

 istration," where housekeeping and home making are considered in 

 their relation to the development of family life. In the course in 

 "Household Art" the student is taught the principles of house 

 planning and house furnishing. In the lectures on "Home Man- 

 agement" the plan is to suggest an orderly and adequate program 

 for household work. In "Domestic Hygiene" the lectures have to 

 do with questions of sanitation, the preservation of the health of 

 the family through means which are under the control of the house- 

 keeper. 



Another line of work we take up in "Home Economy" is that of 

 teaching the girls the use of money, and that ought to be taught 

 the men as well as the girls. (Laughter and applause.) It is the 

 function of the man to earn the dollar, and he has succeeded ad- 

 mirably; he has, however, been given every assistance in learning 

 how to earn the dollar, technical schools, business colleges, inven- 

 tions-, commerce, every device to help men earn the dollar; but 

 when he has earned it he has done something far less difftcult than 

 to spend that dollar wisely. The responsibility seems to fall upon 

 woman to learn how to spend the dollar wisely. The woman's 

 taste, ambition and intelligence determine largely the expendi- 

 tures of the family. If she is untaught, if she has the wrong ambi- 

 tion and poor taste, much of the family income is wasted. We 

 endeavor to instruct our girls in regard to the genuine lines of ex- 

 penditure and to awaken thought upon the subject of how money 

 should be spent in order to make it accomplish the best results. 



We have a rich social life in the school. We beHeve a training 

 in social life is good. When young people are away from home and 

 in school they may easily have a training in social duties which will 

 fit them when they go back to their homes to help improve the 

 social life of the community. Social experience is one of the best 

 things we are giving the young men and women at the school of 



