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Show COURSE IS OPENED IN HiE-IKIfJG jMany Housewives Register to Take Instruction From Experts. A. fourteen weeks cou rv.fi In hom-mak--wajs beffun by the extension division of -the University of Utah last Thursday ' nljrht unrter conditions which promlaed treat jnjwre.ia for the courne. The Bpoaker of the evening was Miss Alice Ravenhlll, tin F-nKllsh woman, whose r?Blden-.e Is now In British Columbia. Mifis ftavenhlll ha made a study of the Iractlcnl problems of home-maklns during dur-ing the past twenty years; 1h an author of books upon the subject and a very popular pop-ular and oonvlnInx lecturer. Mrs. John A. WHdtsoe, wlfo of Dr. WMt-poe, WMt-poe, president, of the university, alo apoke upon the variety of InterentH of the suh-,1e(t suh-,1e(t of home-mnklnfj as a subject of study. The Meventy-flve women that were present pres-ent constituted as appreciative an audience au-dience u.x any apoaker mlg'ht wish. Mont of these made application for rKlatratton In tho courne, which will meet weekly upon Thursday nlcrht at the university and which will tvpin Its practical work next Thursday nltfht, with Mtsa IJIHe M. Wlrth of the department of domestic sclonce as the Instructor, and with t he subject of selection of foods for study. The other Ins true tors In the course are Miss Jjnvlnna f'ftrke of the department of domestic art, Miss Mayer of the department depart-ment of art. Dr. II. L.. Marshall of the department de-partment of hyslene and Dr. I.,. I. Daines of the department of bacteriology. The course alms to cover an outline of the practical problems of home-making' as they relate to food, dress, home sanitation and decoration and personal health. The work has been organized especially for women who work for a living In offices and stores, though It Is open as well to women who are now occupied In housekeeping. house-keeping. The address by Miss Ravenhll!, the KngllMh authority on the subject of home-imiklnff. home-imiklnff. last Thursday night, was an Inspiration In-spiration to those who were present. Many of MIhs HavenhUl's points were Illustrated Il-lustrated from actual observation and by study. Mla ftavonlilll contended, for example, ex-ample, that a chief reuson why home-making home-making wan not popularly valued as a profession lies in the fact that It 1b not a WHKe-earnlng occupation. She told a story of a young man who, questioned ft to his own worth and that of hU father's, made replies as follows: r need to leave for work at a quarter quar-ter past seven, Oh, mother prepares breakfast for us before we leave Yes, mother puts up our luncheons for us. Oh, yes. mother lias dinner ready for us when we fret home at six. You see, we arc flo tired that we turn in early, but mother straightens up the house before she soes to bed. My salary Is $10 per week; dad's is $30 per week. Mother's salary? Oh, mother doesn't work. Mls Ravenhill's address, like that of Mrs. Widtsoe's, entirely convinced those who were present that no occupation offers of-fers a greater variety of interests or is of more Importance than that of home- , inuklng, and that tho way to save the i occupation from drudgery and neglect is ! 10 make it a profession for study. Miss ; ltavenhill predicted that the occasion of i lnaufrii rating a course of home-making would prove conspicuous in university hlatory through Its influence in adjusting university in at ruction to the immediate and actual needs of the people who support sup-port the university. |