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STUDENT LIFE date the large number registered for the work the class being the largest ever enrolled for dairying Domestic See nee The Domestic Science Department is certainly to be complimented on its elaborate Food Museum It is so complete and thorough in its details that it is far superior to any Food Museum in the country short of that at the Pratt Institute It is something of which not only the girls of the department but the whole college may well be proud Prof Erf of the Kansas Agricultural College was a visitor at the college He is familiar with nearly all the land grant colleges in the country and during his stay with us he stated that in all his visits he had not seen in any institution such extensive equipment size of rooms and the apparent quality of the work done as is to be found at our institution The Textile Museum is certainly a wonder It shows the different stages in the process of manufacturing silks cottons and linens Recently a donation was received from Flora Morris of St George It consisted of a box of cotton showing the leaves flowers buds and full grown cotton There are also in the department some very beautiful samples of Sisal Hemp Jute and Ramie Thus the students are shown the different grades of materials so that they can discriminate between the good and bad 63 The classes in cooking and laundry are finishing their courses and are preparing to begin work immediately after the Christmas holidays on breads meats pastries and ices At that time the girls begin to serve the three course dinners which have always proved so popular As usual elaborate dinners are being given by the advanced girls in H S 15 Misses Inez Powell and Maude Egbert give the Thanksgiving Dinner and Misses Eva Farr and Mabel Nebeker the Christmas dinner The practice gained in these affairs enables the girls to prepare and serve the most elaborate dinners and also to get an idea of the cost and arrangement of them The classes in chafing dish cooking in H S 15 and 4 b will finish their work by giving a full chafing dish dinner thus showing that the chafing dish is useful not only as an ornament and for fudge but also for preparing dainty and substantial dishes that will satisfy even a hungry man Music- - The orchestra with the following line up 4 first violins 4 second violins 2 violas 2 cellos 2 bass viols 2 horns 2 clarionets trombone 1 flute and the traps was organized the first of the month They are studying the following program : A duet for horns by Mendelssohn a Slow Dance for the strings alone the Sedomino Noir overture by Au-bthe War March of the 1 er |
