CHAPTER II 



THE ESSENTIALS OF AN IDEAL HOME 



Problems. i. To see how marts idea of home has 

 changed since remote ages. 



2. To see what our present homes do for us. 



3. To learn how to secure efficiency in the home. 



4. To see what a home can contribute to our health. 



Home Laboratory Exercise. To make out a score card for my own 

 home. 



Project I. RELATIVE ADVANTAGE OF RENTING AND OF BUILD- 

 ING ONE'S HOUSE. 



If your parents are renting a house or apartment, you may be 

 interested to undertake this project. 



1. Selection of a desirable home site. Look- over the vacant 

 lots available for building in various sections of the town or city. 

 Value of lot ? Why selected ? 



2. From study of magazines (consult library) select suitable 

 house plans. Probable cost ? Other expenses to equip the house ? 



3. How could this house be built ? Mortgage. Building loans. 

 Cost of hired money. How much must the owner invest ? 



4. Compare yearly cost of living in one's own house and in rentals. 



What is a home ? To the boy or girl who reads this, 

 home is the place where he or she slept last night, arose 

 this morning to an early breakfast, and then left bright 

 and early so as to be in time for school. A boy probably 

 thinks of the closet in his bedroom, filled with his books 



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