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State is now offering a course for the preparing of vocational teachers 

 of home economics in day schools, and in addition some of the States 

 have local centers for the training of teachers of part-time and evening 

 schools. In 30 States there are one or more State supervisors of voca- 

 tional education in home economics under the Smith-Hughes Act. 



HIGHER EDUCATION IN HOME ECONOMICS. 



Over 300 colleges and universities maintain courses in home economics, 

 employing for this purpose over i .000 teachers. These institutions include 

 most of the State universities and land-grant colleges, State colleges for 

 women, and private colleges and universities. Home-economics depart- 

 ments of college grade are also maintained by a considerable number 

 of normal schools and by junior colleges and other institutions offering 

 two years of college work. 



The home-economics courses vary from those of limited scope, given as 

 a part of a broad education for women, to elaborate and highly specialized 

 courses leading directly to various vocations, including teaching or 

 research. In a general way the first two years of the regular college 

 course include instruction on food and diet, clothing and household 

 equipment and management, combined with sciences such as physics, 

 chemistry, bacteriology and physiology, English language and literature, 

 and at least one foreign language as required subjects. There may also 

 be a small number of electives in these years. In the third and fourth 

 years the student is expected to pursue certain major subjects and elec- 

 tives, varying in amount and number with the size of the faculty and the 

 general character of the instruction. 



Among the special courses offered in different institutions are those 

 on nutrition, dietitian service, child feeding, care and welfare; nursing; 

 household entomology; house furnishing and decoration; household art; 

 textiles; business of housekeeping; household administration; institu- 

 tional management; and teacher-training. 



The four-year courses in home economics lead to the bachelor's degree. 

 A number of institutions also give courses leading to advanced degrees. 



The home-economics departments are equipped with laboratories, 

 kitchens, dining rooms, laundries, bedrooms, parlors, classrooms, and 

 special apparatus. A number of institutions also have practice houses, 

 in which the students carry on all the operations of a household, and at 

 the same time do the marketing, keep accounts, and perform other busi- 

 ness connected with household management. 



RESEARCH IN HOME ECONOMICS. 



Experiments and other research in the field of home economics have 

 been conducted by a number of universities and colleges in different 

 parts of the United States. The largest organization for this purpose 



