Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-11-19 | Page 11 | Rats Are Cute, Coeds Believe

RA RATS IS ARE CUTE COEDS BELIEVE Rats and arid mice may be horrid creatures to most Salt Lake City women but University of ot Utah coeds majoring in home economics think white rats are cute Raising the rodents to be used in diet deficiency experiments holds no terrors for them they said Tues TUes- day Three families of white rats rat are being cared for tor by seven senior women students in the home homo economics economics economics eco eco- department The women students must munt tame their would-be would pets feed and weigh them each week Dr Rose H. H Widtsoe Widtsoe soe aoe head of ot the home economics department department department de de- de- de reported Every girl graduating with a major in foods must have cared for a family of rats from four to eight weeks during her senior year ear she explained During the winter quarter the students perform experiments showing showing showing show show- ing the effects of ot a deficiency of vitamins A B and D on the diet as well as the importance of ot other foods Dr Widtsoe said Women V omen taking the course include Miss Ruby Hurst Miss Alice HuckIns Huckins HuckIns Huck- Huck Ins Miss Idalee Keller Miss Helen Bennett Miss Grace Zuberi Miss Maurine Noall Noah and Miss Barbara Rosell