AT OUR HOMES 



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Public schools are maintained to make possible higher ideals 

 and larger attainments to those who avail themselves of 

 school advantages.. Discussion of whatever contributes in 

 any large degree to better living has an important place, in 

 the school curriculum. Courses in Home Economicsjean 

 and should give instruction in schools calculated to lessen 

 waste in American home life, and to increase its comforts and 



FIG. 67. A modern farm kitchen. 



general welfare. Here as in other school activities advantage 

 should be taken of the knowledge gained through home 

 experiences. These, along with the instruction given in 

 schools, may be so organized as to uplift and improve life 

 in the home. 



Wise expenditure of a family income, and an efficient 

 household management, requires scarcely less of business and 

 administrative ability than does the conduct of enterprises 

 outside the home. Efficiency counts not less here than in 



