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viz., tlie elementary. It is only possible to give students a Avider training if 

 additional hours beyond the requisite limit are given. The idea that a teacher 

 will teach any one grade of children better because she has never taught any 

 other grade, seems illogical. 



The all-round e.xperience gained by teaching pupils from schools of all types 

 will prove to a student that teaching must be adapted to the needs of those 

 taught. 



Additional Aids to the Trainin;/ of Domestic Science Teachers. — The training 

 schools of domestic science should be conducted on lines similar to those of 

 secondary training colleges. A reading-room and reference library, as well as 

 a common room where students can meet after working hours are over, should be 

 provided. Literary and debating societies and reading clubs should be encouraged 

 among the students. 



The specialist teacher of technical subjects loses much by the tendency to under- 

 estimate, possibly to ignore, the value of literary interests. Even during the 

 busy years of training it is desirable that the students should be encouraged to 

 take an interest in such things as general literature and the history of the day. 

 These, though having no direct bearing on the work, are necessary as a means of 

 culture. 



No apology is needed for introducing this point (though to some it may 

 seem as if it had not much bearing on the question), for many teachers of domestic 

 science lose much by their narrow interests and lack of sympathy with general 

 culture. 



The Moral and Economic Standpoint of the Domestic Science Teacher. 

 Bij Miss Maud Taylor. 



10. Tli£ Duty of Education Authorities to the N^ation respecting the 

 Teaching of Domestic Subjects. By Mrs. Makgauet Eleanor Pillow. 



St/llabiis. 



1. The growing distaste for homo life. 



2. The shirking of domestic duties by girls, and the desire for outside occupation 

 of any kind not involving domestic responsibilities. 



•J. The decrease of marriages. 



4. The falling birth-rate. 



o. Infantile mortality, resulting from ignorance on the part of mothers 

 respecting diet, care of infants, &c. 



(i. The means for teaching girls domestic subjects (a) in the past, (i) at 

 present. 



7. The definite duty of the education authorities of this country to make pro- 

 vision for teaching the domestic subjects and the management of the home to all 

 the girls in their schools as an essential part of their education. 



References were made to the meagre way in which provision is made in many 

 counties — the few isolated lessons yearly ; grant-earning a sine qua non, Sec, and 

 the uneducational and uneconomical aspect of such teaching. 



The final point is that neglect of their duty by education authorities throws 

 discredit upon them, and that it lies within their province to do much towards 

 lessening some of the evils referred to in this paper. 



The moral etl'ect and the economical outcome to the country at large if 

 education authorities grip their responsibilities and make a determined eii'ort to 

 teach and train girls in domestic subjects on the right lines. 



