Show A primary motive in the movement for better homes in america by JA JAMES AIES FORD executive director A primary motive in the movement for better homes in america is to encourage instruction in home economics and home life in tile tho public schools the wholehearted whole hearted operation cooperation co of the public schools in better homes demonstrations is clearly caused by a recognition on their part of their almost unique prerogative in educational extension for tile raising of general standards of living in the thousand odd demonstrations demon strat ions of better homes conducted by local committees throughout tile alie united states during the 1984 1924 better homes week approximately one hundred school practice homes were opened to tile alie public with appropriate lectures and demonstrations in several hundred other communities q teachers operated cooperated co in the program for better homes hoines and pupils demonstrated the arts of cooking table setting t bed making 11 furnishing 0 partially or completely rooms in tho the demonstration hoille there can call be no question of the pedagogical value of a school activity of this sort which co R the work 0 of f many school grades and departments part ments in an absorbing and vital enterprise for the service of the school and the coln community baull i ty |