enthusiasm has been raised, and a
determination evinced by many for better homes, better schools, stock,
crops, etc. Widespread and systematic work along this line is planned for
the ensuing year. In this way not only is the Agricultural Department
striving to be a help to the people by practicing and advocating better
methods of farming and living, but the College is becoming more widely and
favorably known among all classes of people.

Cooking.

Miss Ruth K. Kingsley, Teacher.

One of the most important arts, though often neglected, is that of
cookery. The kitchen is so necessary a part of the boarding school and of
the home that its equipment and regulations should be such as to make the
work therein both easy and successful.

Through the kindness of friends we have been able to purchase an excellent
range and many of the improved cooking utensils now in use. Our girls
enjoy working with these modern appliances, and they are taught the
necessity of having appropriate places for them in the drawers and
cupboards with which the room is supplied. One of the first requirements
is--a tidy kitchen.

We have given attention to the preparation of the dishes found on the bill
of fare of the average family, and have made much of healthful and proper
methods of cooking. We do not propose to make professional cooks, but we
hope that our girls will acquire skill sufficient to do all that is
necessary in plain and wholesome family living. The class has been
stimulated in its endeavor by the fact that the product of their daily
work has found its way to the dining-tables of the boarding hall.

The Laundry.

The building in which the laundry work is done was erected by
student-labor under the supervision of the Mechanical Superintendent. The
washing and ironing are performed in the main by our night-school girls,
who are looking forward to attendance upon the day school from current
earnings. Here also the day-school occupants of the girls' dormitory do
their own laundering, or assist after their daily recitations in the
general work of the college.

Nursing.

Miss A.B. Chalfant, Teacher.

The course of instruction is designed to extend through two years, the
first being devoted to the sick room--care of the bed; moving and bathing
the patient; different kinds of food for the invalid, with its
preparation; making and application of poultices; rubbing, and the
administration of simple remedies.

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