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The Campus Mirror
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Home Economics in Practice
At tlu* close of the spring semester, the
1 i).‘i(1 class in Food Selection and Prep
aration discussed the needs in the home
and community as each girl felt them to
be, after her year’s work on the campus.
The needs served as “guides" in selecting
and carrying through the summer projects
which in turn were to be chosen after re
turning home and viewing the situation
from the standpoint of the greatest need,
of the opportunity to act, and the expendi
ture of time and money involved to carry
on the project.
Class discussion led to the following
stated needs:
1. The average table should have a
varied diet with emphasis on the use
of fresh vegetables from the garden.
2. Milk should be substituted, in part,
for meat.
3. Need is felt for much thought in re
gard to the distribution of the lower
level income, and to what extent a
saving on the food bill can be made
without its becoming an act of ex
pensive economy.
4. The people of the community should
be enlightened on many fundamental
facts through objective lessons.
5. Need for milk dispensaries as one
means of combating undernourish
ment among young children.
(i. Need for supervised play, offering-
rest periods, emphasizing the impor
tance of knowing that sleep and rest
serve as somewhat of a compensation
for a shortage of food.
7. Preservation of surplus food lends aid
toward the fullfilment of a need dur
ing the coming winter.
S. Interior of homes can be made more
attractive by the use of paint.
!). Need for more attractive table service
which can be accomplished without
adding to the living expenses.
The following reports are two of those
which came to the department from time
to time during the summer and this fall
and they indicate some of the projects
chosen:
Club Work Annie J. Stephens
“I am well rested and am now working at
home. I have complete charge of the house
affairs and each member of the family
welcomes the new ideas I ve brought back.
By introducing vegetables in various ways
and serving less meat, 1 have been able to
cut down on the food bill. We had been
serving meat everyday, for my father felt
as if he could not live without it; but now
he feels differently. Aside from tin* food
changes, I have changed the looks of our
whole house by bringing into the rooms, in
cluding the kitchen and pantry, attractive,
new and becoming colors.
The other side of my project is club
work. I have organized a club called the
House Wife's League, consisting of the
housewives in my community and a few
girls who are interested. The purpose is to
bring the helpful ideas from my class work
Senior Endeavors
Edythe Tate, ’32
Threshing out problems,
Hitching wagons to stars.
Earnestly striving,
Searching life far as Mars;
Eagerly seeking
Noble things to be done,
In every way making
Our last year a good one.
Recounting our blessings,
Christ always we praise
Loving our neighbors
And improving our ways,
Sincerely endeavoring
Spelman standards to raise.
Deserted
Ercell Powell, ’33
The ten rooms in North Rockefeller Hall
seem weary with waiting for the return of
the nineteen girls who stayed there last year.
In the quiet darkened hall no life can be
seen or felt. Where is the jolly crowd that
kept things lively there?
Of the fourteen who returned, seven have
found comfortable places in Packard Hall,
five were welcomed into Morehouse North,
and two are in Morehouse South. Although
they find their respective homes quite agree
able, they often look toward their old home
which is deserted.
and the things I have gotten from books
and magazines into the homes of these peo
ple who> are members. I first invited them
to see the changes I had made in our home
and this gave them much interest and
made them anxious to work with me.”
Feeding the Sick Gussie C. Scott
“Immediately after I got home, my little
brother, who is eleven years old, had an
attack of measles and it was almost a
pleasure for me to attend to his light diet
during the worst stage. Now that the isola
tion period is over, he has to have a more
nutritious diet. I am preparing this also.
After my task of dieting the sick was
finished, I turned my attention to market
ing. Instead of ordering the groceries over
tlie telephone and charging them, I go to
the store, select and pay for them mvself.
This has proved to be more economical and
satisfactory.
Now, since I am doing all of the buying
and preparing most of the food, I have
made out a group of menus for the coming
weeks and plan to continue doing this
throughout the season.
Each member of the class put over a
similar project in an interesting and indi
vidual manner. Below is a list of souk* of
the materialized projects and others cap
able of being worked out:
1. Encouraging home gardens.
2. Canning.
3. Changing an inadequate diet into an
adequate one.
4. Controlling the food bill.
•’). Adding to the family income.
A Message Erom India
.Mi-. Bahari Lai Pallia Ram, a native of
India, addressed an audience composed ot
the students of Morehouse and Spelman
Colleges and Atlanta University and many
visitors from the city in Sisters Chapel,
Tuesday morning, October (i. Mr. Pallia
Pam is General Secretary of tin* National
Council of the Y.W.C.A. for India, Burma
and Ceylon. He stopped in Atlanta on the
invitation of President Hope whom he had
met at international conferences in Jeru
salem and Toronto.
As the speaker came upon the platform,
every one seemed to feel the calm dignity
and depth of thought and soul in this man
of stately bearing, who is considered by
critics as one of the keenest thinkers of
today along religious lines. In explaining
the present situation in his own country,
Mr. Pallia Ram presented the ideas and
ideals of Mahatma Gandhi, and thus
introduced his audience to the chief prob
lems of modern India.
The Mahatma is looked upon as probably
the greatest leader that India has ever
known. He is thought of by many as being
the nearest living man to Christ, despite
the fact that prior to his experience of
several years in South Africa as a lawyer,
he was a Hindu and expressed no probabil
ity of ever becoming a Christian Gandhi’s
universal motto is “attainment of truth."
This principle embodies the three vital
problems with which India and its leader
are most vitally concerned today. As Mr.
Pallia Ram outlined them, they are: first,
the encouragement of home industries;
second, the removal of depressed classes;
and third, the removal of drink.
As tin 1 world thinks of India today, it
offers sympathy to her in her struggle for
politica 1 freedom; but Mr. Pallia Pam re
minded us of the fact that social freedom
within India itself is as urgent and neces
sary as freedom from England.
Referring- to social and class distinctions
to which Negroes in America are subjected,
Mr. Rallia Warn made a final plea that the
colored people in America pray for India
and be ever mindful of her problems.
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