Show THINGS OVER German architects I nee left and Maria Fischer over pians ir with Virginia German Home Ec Center Plans Plans for the home economic department's Home Living center received the enthusiastic approval of two young architects from Misses Maria Fischer and Dorothee both practicing architects in who are currently on a tour of the United States were visitors of the university's home economics and architecture departments Monday during a brief stay in Salt Lake The two young women arranged to come to the United States through the state After their arrangements were made for them to be sponsored by a department of government which would coincide their field of Cross-Country Tour Miss Fischer and Miss Keuerleber are being sponsored in their cross-country tour and inspection of educational institutions by the women's bureau in Department of Thus far they havo visited most of the larger technical institutions in America including the Massachusetts Institute of the Illinois Institute of Technology and 1 The young architects visited the home economics department and particularly inspected the architect's drawing for the Home Living center at the suggestion of the American Institute of think the idea of having a Home Living conter for young women majoring in the field of home economics is a dark-haired Miss Fischer None In Germany She explained that no home cen as such are connected with the universities in When a girl goes to college in Germany she either goes to a vocational school to study in her chosen or she studies home Miss Fischer Miss Keuerleber is a graduate of the university of Stuttgart in and Miss Fischer completed her studies at the technical university of Both women are natives of the southwest area of Six-Month Stay After their six-month stay this country the young professional women will return to Germany and their architects' have had a wonderful and sometimes can hardly believe what we We would like to stay here longer but we must get back to our Keuerleber said- In addition to visiting the home economics department the women were shown through the architecture building by Roger Bailey of that They inspected the itself as well as x j looking over the materials and the j work of some of the Work Progressing Virginia head of the home economics department re- j ported that work on the Home j Living center was j Ground was broken for the new j structure on 17 and i work on it has been steady since that The new building will be located on the ground to the southeast of the Bureau of Center's Purpose j Cutler explained that members of the home economics staff See 3 Architects from feel that the only way to learn home management is to actually manage a Purpose of the center is to provide a place where about 12 girls majoring in Home Economics can spend a six-week period during their senior year and gain experience in handling the problems of management such as purchase and preparation of washing and cleaning and the budgeting of If the materials necessary for the building are readily accessible it is hoped that it will be finished by It will include several units consisting of and bedroom facilities in which two girls will work |