| Show DOMESTIC SCIENCE I 1 among other suggestions suggestion that are being made in conc quence of the outcome of the school bond election in the ne negative gatie aich which left the board of education without Nit hout means to lamproe im proe our schools or e eien een en keep them at the present good standard and which compels the board to think of was nals hov hoa to reduce eapen expenses eq as impe imperative ratie as thel may be is one to the effect that teaching of do domestic science be omitted in the north seier high and perhaps other high schools school i of the district to those who make this suggestion it might be instruct instructive iNe to hear bear what miss C J H cowdry head mistress of one of the plan principal cipal schools in london has to sa about the subject miss ilio Cox condroy droy ah advances ances the that girls who aho cannot cook ex ev iron and ash clothing are not sell nell edu bated enen een though then the hold the degrees of all the puniner aties under the sun some educator according to miss condroy Cott droy ant girls to be trained like bos nith ith an ele ee to their future ca but since ten out of eiery eleen women nomen carrl marr this fact ought to be considered in feminine education i 1 I depreciate ti tie the e ien iea some aduca tiona lists hold that a woman oman can posses I 1 far higher qualities than those which go to make a wise wife and mother said the head mistress some think the cleer girls too good for that the dullards dul lards being good enough to continue the race 1 I understand that in some british schools for girls the pupils are deded into two section the cleer half st qt sciences and the lead dead languages an while bile the duller girls gie their time to cooke cookery and housewifery I 1 also understand the second set refer to the first as the braini old maids so ao perhaps thel the are not 0 so o lull dull after all 0 A girl garl should be proud that she be can cool cook and sew sea iron and wash and that she can saie sae some mone nj wisely elv and v well ell I 1 hold that a girl who nho cannot do all these there things I 1 is not well uell educated although she may hane hae been awarded the degrees of all the uni uni levities lenities leni ties in the world in america we ne hear a great deal nowadays about the flapper and her inefficiency in regard to do domestic meRtic pursuits despite popular belief bo however it is a good bet that the girl of is just as capable of ei evolving into a good housewife and becOt Ping a 9 good parent as vas aas her mother before her modern indention inen tion has taken ana aw a A 5 great deal of household drug dery abich was nas formerly regarded as inevitable it has not hoN however NeNer taken away the do domestic meRtic and maternal instinct of the modern modem girl if glen the opportunity and treated right she v ill perform her part of the bargain there is however ho NeNer a great deal of food for thought in miss mis mi s Cowd rois remarks on some of the theories of modern modem education |
