| Show DOMESIli ECONOMY A IIT liiiiarlniMit In HIK I r elmm Young Jcadiinv at 1rovo It was the design of tbo great founder of the Uilguam Young Aoad emy that It Bbould be a school of practical ai well ai theoretical education educa-tion An education that should fit the possessor for a praotlcil Independent and benevolent life Attempt have been made from time to time to establish estab-lish InJusUUs oyd work shop practice prac-tice carpenter work which have under various teachers llourlibol for a time and a few young men with u natural aptltnde for the work have taken away valuable knowledge In these branches For the girl there boa been a sewing and fancy work department which Intro have been Rood Instruotloue given to a row who would attend Ionic enough to make It of worth to them This current year there has been a department de-partment istabllihed called Domestic Kcouoroy department where Ihu young Women ol the Academy Irrec pectlve of ace may nttond and lake practical lnnoue In cuokliig and many other coardlnatn ttudles The teacher of this department Mrs Huso Vomit Gates Is I authority lor the following statements rnntiltnx this branch ol tbe Ilrlgbam V am Academy Come down and see the room she said I am sorry the class is I not In session You see we fitted up tblt room In Ibo basement at our own and net at the Academy expense We bad the walls kaKornlned this lovely salmon plok lint and putup this wainscoltlDg of oil cloth put In tbe cupboards table cariete etc and borrowed the cook stove Today We were making jelly Hell I This Is I made ol Irutt Ihu of gelatine Iha exact recelpe Is I there on the bloc borJ Iiut It nice and the visitor was obliged to couleta that the specimens ubmlitoJ were as liood as her own make makeThis This being neat the end of the first cjmeiterwe hove already completed the greater part of our program for the tint halfyear Ths class of about fifty members Is I divided Into sections 11 and 11 partly because large I class was unwieldy and ales to accommodate ac-commodate those WUOKO other studies came at Ob hour to Interfere We be iau with the building of the fire one lesson was enough on that then we bad nine lessuns on bread maklue > allot hind of blodbglnolng with yeast of various kinds and ending with the I baking Prof Stanley Inutured to tie on Ibo chemlitry of yean Then we had elghl Ion ou cooking vegetable vege-table IWo DO milkIts cr and tba theory of butler mokloll Ibough we are u situated that we could not go through the prociBi Next an our list was fruits four leisom tKcs and their possibilities three lessom I lOUP sIx lessons Hull three lessoni aud wee we-e solace yet to consider during this semester Ibis must lie quite expensive to tbe Academy returned the vlillor 1 rho buylup nf all ttils material experiment ex-periment on Ho fur said Mrs Qater I hove borne all this expense myself YMII 01 have always been very much In tereslod In seeing jail such u clue a ol liiBtructlon tlven lu our young women and now I am Hilling to make tome sacrifices to see It a succeie The Rim Is I to ilvo our girl a class ot instruction toot will make thorn better cltlzenr better wives and letter mothers lieeldes what I have already told you we bad lectures from various members of the faculty on mauyBubjtcts related to tbe demonstrated demon-strated IUSOUB Home of tbeie were order BiBteni end cleanllne In the home economy of lime economy of mean bomo farnlsbluKi book and benuty lu tbo home hcrpllsllty friendship the obllareu the moiber and tba father each considered no eeperate topics Alo i we have given some consideration to the veiod iquei lion of domtstlo help lor we do not believe In servants and have talked u good deal bout bolplng barglo and audioes We have also had uum her of 1 licmrea on pbytlology end cbemlftry lout are not these Miles fart ol jour regular curriculum uekeu tbe vl < ltor Ob yes and again no You see we only take up tbotu bracohet that apply directly to Kills and their pccular line of work Wo bad lu phytlology for Instance digestion assimilation as-similation circulation ventilation toed the Word of Wisdom physical culture sleep clothing tines for girl > care and doming of truants the corset lu the line of ciiiuuairy we bad the chemistry of ytasl and Dread and the chemistry of water air vegetables acids and fate During the remaining weeks of this semester Frolessor Keeler will deliver three lectures on tfomesllu accounts or bookkeeping In tbe household That Is all udmirablo and In the right llrcctionlf you are ablo to enlist the earnest efforts ol Ibe girl remarked re-marked tuo visitor Ie that Ibo com Dlet nrogram fir the first seruestei OL no We make our Bpeclal Sunday religious exercises help on the good work and our lectures on ethics and religion have been of human rights boniaty of purpose and action charily chastity trutululnees usefulness useful-ness humility tithing Bbbalb day laltb fatting nod prayer ctBovcranct courage kluUceis and contentment all aptiiOd strongly to warn nn lu her stronghold the bow Now I sold all grades of students could enter this class and so they can but you will readily see that those under a certain grade of Boholarsblp will not be able lo profit greatly by there lecuroa on advanced subjects Wa wish lo be tbo means ol giving clrlfc lust what the greater number oau profitably use all heir lives The visitor lelt the pretty room with a very lavornrjje Impression of this now and Interesting I department of our II ttll tf most popular e0ucatlonal Inatllutlon the Brigham You Academy ELLINJA KEIAN |
