HOME AND EDUCATION
Hunt, Caroline L. & Follette, Belle Case La
HOME AND EDUCATION The home Is the real seat of government, and the Wise Men of all nations bring their gifts to the cradle. Conducted by BELLE CASE LA FOLLETTE and CAROLINE L. HUNT A Sweet...
...Complementary education to prepare young men as to the social viewpoint—Manual work at home for the boys to develop moral hygiene—International exchange of children to learn languages and study customs, ABNORMAL CHILDREN Study of methods of Education cf backward and epileptic children...
...There is no more important subject for women to consider in their organizations than that of the food of those who are to be the workers of the next generation...
...least fatigue pupils...
...The Federation of Arts THE FIRST CONVENTION of the Federation of Arts closed on the 19th...
...CONFERENCE ON INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT— A sectional conference of the American Home Economics Association will be held at the Lake Placid Club, Lake Placid, New York, June 27 to July 2, 1910...
...For the fiber that is a necessary part of the food for all except the very young, use fresh, dried or stewed fruits, remembering that in these days of uncertainty as to the way fruits have been handled, safety always lies in heating...
...That is because more pains are taken to prevent them from having it at the wrong time than to supply it to them at the right time—at the close of a meal before they leave the table...
...Necessity of study of Living Languages—Study in the Home the special talents of the Child and their development from the viewpoint of choosing a profession...
...Fat which has not been heated sufficiently to be decomposed is another important part of the diet of children...
...Two pieces of very thin zwieback with jelly or jam between them may occasionally be used in the school lunch instead of cake...
...How the home can contribute to the civic education of youth...
...Some of my friends have given me potted ferns, geraniums, heliotrope, and oxalis...
...home education...
...I know I am on dangerous ground and I seem to see the ultra-vegetarians on one side of me urging that milk is necessary only for babies, and the ultra-devotees of a meat diet on the other pleading that children should have meat as well as milk...
...Value of different methods of determining Mental Fatigue...
...Administrations, educational bodies, philanthropic societies, can take part in the Congress and be represented by a delegateAmericans wishing to participate in the discussions of the Congress should communicate with the Secretary of the American Committee...
...EDUCATION AFTER SCHOOL Education to prepare young girls for their work as wives and mothers—Preparation of nances for marriage—Instruction to> prevent quarrels—to strengthen morality and insure the happiness of husband and family...
...Questional re...
...How the home can contribute to...
...These two Congresses have shown the very great value of a persistent and systematic study of the problems involved in...
...If it is possible to put a jelly-glass into the box, cottage cheese, baked beans or simple salads may be made a part of the lunch...
...You ought to see my garden...
...A little of the crumb should be taken out for this purpose...
...A second Con-gress was held in Milan in 1906, under the patronage of the> Italian Government...
...I base my own conclusions on the multiplication table and on observation,—two well-tried friends...
...All the little girls in her class had written at one time to their mate who had moved to New York...
...Educational Books—Lists of the best books for Children of different ages...
...Home study in educating sub-normal children...
...M. V. O'Shea of the University of Wisconsin had been appointed by the United States Commissioner of Education., chairman of the American Committee, I asked him to outline for us a few facts in relation to the movement...
...This is an argument not against meat but for serenity of spirit when children do not care for it or when it is not to be obtained...
...c. l. RlVERDALE-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK CITY, Dear Mary: Your letter was a very welcome one...
...It can be bought for forty cents of the publisher whose address is Baltimore...
...If there is no lunch room provided, and no chance for the pupils to get hot roup or c-coa with which to supplement the food brought from home, bring the matter up at the next meeting of your club...
...After the lunch box is packed, put on your hat and go down to the school and see where it must be opened...
...Use of Child Study by Parents' Circles...
...The general committee has organized a number of sub-committees, each representing one of the sections of the Congress, and an effort will be made to secure a large American representation in the sessions at Brussels...
...Both aie cheap and they save washing...
...The next element in good food is meat or its substitutes, eggs, cheese, milk, nuts, fish and beans...
...Hereditary Traits—Means of preventing the undesirable ones...
...Fear in Children—Causes...
...I have pansies, English daisies, sweet peas, sweet alyssum, marigolds, and nasturtiums...
...I gather violets, buttercups, spring beauties, star flowers, and Star of Bethlehem in the woods near by every pleasant day...
...Clothing Infants...
...Education of the sense...
...It breathed so truly of spring and revealed so much that was beautiful besides, I asked Mrs...
...THE PROBLEM of good food for children cannot be con-sidered as isolated or as unrelated to the other prob-lems of good food...
...Conducted by BELLE CASE LA FOLLETTE and CAROLINE L. HUNT A Sweet Letter ONE DAY Mary came home from school with a letter she wanted me to read...
...The covered jelly glass makes it possible to carry apple sauce, baked apples or stewed dried fruit in the lunch box...
...I have transplanted from the woods, ferns, wild violets, mountain pinks, wild geraniums, early saxifrage, myrtle, and Jack-in-the-pulpits...
...Development of Initiative and Responsibility...
...The child who drinks a glass or two of milk at every meal settles the problem of nitrogenous food for himself—at least he does so in the opinion of many of us...
...Plays which develop character...
...For packing the lunch box, have on hand pap„r napkins and paraffin paper...
...I have radishes on the table that I have raised myself, the lettuce is up, and we will soon have parsley, beets, and onions...
...The list of the ninety-one organizations which compose the federation, including as it does not only art institutes but municipal art societies, park associations, tree-planting societies and an Art in Trades Club, augurs well for art in America...
...The published proceedings fill a unique place in educational literature, and form the nucleus about which the future science of home education will develop...
...I shall be glad to show you our new home when you come this way...
...May 19, 1910...
...DAIRY SCHOOL AND CONFERENCE ON AGRICULTURE FOR WOMEN—Those interested in the Milk and Baby Hygiene movement and those who believe in dairy farming as an occupation for women as well as those who are leading in one of the greatest sanitary movements of the day will be glad to learn of a summer dairy school to be held from June 7 to July 19...
...The membership fee is two dollars and may be sent either to the General Secretary, 44 rue Rubens, Brussels, or to the Secretary of the American Committee...
...The Daily Meals of School Children" may be obtained by writing to the Commissioner of Education, Washington, D. C. Summer Meetings GRADUATE SCHOOL OF HOME ECONOMICS—Arrangements are in progress to hold the third session of the Graduate School at the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts, Ames, Iowa, July 6-20...
...Soggy bread is bad for all, old and young, but it is particularly bad for the young whose teeth are in need of exercise just as truly as their muscles are...
...The rural family advantages of country life...
...Sewing Room from the viewpoint of the child's education...
...Habits...
...The Warelands Dairy also offers for the week of July 25 to August 1 a conference on agriculture for women...
...It is usually supplied by milk and butter...
...I am inclined to think that there are many carefully reared children who do not get enough sugar...
...This will afford opportunity to merr.bers to avail themselves of many of the advantages of the fourth session of the Graduate School of Agriculture, which will be held at the college, July 4-29...
...Cortelyou's permission to give it to the readers of my page.—b...
...note:—Outlines of the lessons in Domestic Science and a list of reference books can be obtained without cost by addressing The Home and Education Department of La Follette's Weekly, Madison, Wisconsin...
...You see we are really in the country althcugh we live in New York City...
...I thought of you on Founder's Day and wish I could have been with you all...
...C. B. Ware, Norfolk, Mass...
...Zwieback or prepared cereals made into the form of wafers, as they are now to be found on the market, are good substitutes for well-baked bread and serve to give variety to a meal...
...A little pure candy or a frosted cake cr a few lumps of sugar or a piece of maple sugar or sweet chocolate should be put into the lunch box...
...Child Suicides—Causes and remedies from statistical investigation...
...They are much better than pastiy...
...If sugar or candy is given at the end of a meal, there is little chance of too much being eaten, particularly if the amount is limited to that which children are willing to sit at the table and eat...
...This movement, world-wide in its extent and significance, was initiated by the Belgian Government, and bore its first fruit in the International Congress for Home Education, which convened at Liege in 1905...
...Sandwiches and cake should be wrapped in paraffin paper...
...Of these there is none so good for children as milk, because there is none that has so much mineral matter in proportion to the other nutrients...
...With love, From your friend, Grace Cortelyou...
...My flower bed is very pretty...
...Little aluminum moulds which are very light in weight make it possible to carry small amounts of lemon jelly or custards or other puddings...
...It is part and parcel of the same old question which presents itself three times a day to every housewife,—the question of supplying food that is appetizing, satisfying and wholesome...
...In the lunch box crusty rolls make good substitutes for bread and, when used for sandwiches, hold much more filling...
...The second, observation, leads me to think that milk and fresh air make meat unnecessary...
...Branches whic...
...The April number of the Journal of Home Economics is devoted to the subject of school lunches...
...Instructive Occupations...
...How the home can contribute to economic expansion...
...W. C. Bagley, Urbana, Ill...
...Persons engaged in the management of college and school dormitories, dining rooms and school lunch rooms, and in scientific and educational work directly related to such undertakings are especially invited...
...moral education...
...Members of the association who are engaged in household and institutional administration, or in related teaching work, are cordially invited by the trustees of the Lake Placid Club to attend the conference...
...Third International Congress for Home Education Brussels, August 21-25, 1910...
...Membership in the Congress entitles one to a copy of the Proceedings...
...EDUCATION BEFORE SCHOOL AGE Food for Infants and Children...
...It seems to indicate that without giving up its foothold in museums and galleries, art is going to spread out into the open spaces and even into factories...
...Length of course and order in which branches should be taken...
...They are intended for the use of individuals and of clubs...
...For particulars, address Mrs...
...In the lunch box the meaty element may be supplied by using thinly sliced or chopped meat, cheese, hard boiled eggs, nuts or baked beans for the filling of sandwiches...
...The event of the last day's session was an address by Senator Newands in which he urged the members of the convention to use their influence to induce Congress to carry out the L'Enfant plan for beautifying Washington, and held Speaker Cannon responsible for the long delay...
...If cooked hard and seasoned they make a good sandwich filling...
...PROGRAM THE CHILD STUDY SECTION Study of qualities, faults and tendencies of children—New observations and methods...
...The Child Room or the Family...
...It is, therefore,, gratifying to note that the movement has been given another forceful impetus by the calling of a Third International Congress for Home Education to convene in Brussels during the month of August, 1910...
...It may not be necessary to cook fruits for young children but it is always safe to do so...
...Egg yolks too are good particularly for anaemic children, because they contain much iron...
...The first shows that the amount of milk referred to above provides so much nitrogen compared with that usually thought necessary for a child under twelve that the rest can safely be left for bread and other vegetable foods to supply...
...HOME EDUCATION Needs of Home Education by organization of Parents' Circles...
...Children's Plays...
...Development cf spirit of observation...
...The chief essential of good food is well-made and thoroughly baked bread...
...The Congress will be held under the patronage of the Belgian Government, and in connection with the Universal Exhibition at Brussels...
...I would vote that the American people be not called really civilized until they learn to make better bread...
...Food for Children A Reading Course in Domestic Science.—Lesson XXI...
...ANOTICE of this convention and its program interested me very much, and observing that Prof...
...He says: "While the significance of the home in the formation of character has never been questioned, the important task of organizing the forces of home education and capitalizing the most valuable results of experience and investigation in this field has only recently been undertaken...
...Hygiene and Clothing...
...And," Mary said, "she answered each one different, wasn't that wonderful, and isn't the one she wrote me sweet...
Vol. 2 • June 1910 • No. 24
