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or marriage but both. Perhaps one of» the most important needs in a girl's education is to have her sights raised to the responsibilities of being a whole woman." _ Dr. McCready referred to a survey oi a group of girls in their last years of high school. All of them wanted careers; ninety-Seven per cent expected to he married; but only three per cent expected to do much housework. Macâ€" donald Institute recognizes the importance of teaching technical skills in homemaking, Dr. McCready said, and takes pride in the. student who can. say, win in a cherry pie-making con- test. but this is not the whole of home ecoâ€" nomies. The more important goal is the de: velopment of people. The primary purpose ot education. Dr. McCready said, "is to lead us out of our selfâ€"centred, restricted, infantile world into the great. broad world we share with other people. A Juvenile Court Judge reâ€" ports that in his court he is always meeting persons fully developed physically but still in- fantile in being selfish. demanding, jealous and lacking in self control. The girls were taken on a tour of Macdonald Institute and staff members explained the work and courses of study of the various depart- ments. The Home Management course deals especially with home equipment and graduates sometimes work for manufacturers of such equipment, advising housewives on its use, care and selection for specific purposes. In her fourth year a student may take an option in home management to use in such fields as teaching. extension or commercial work. Stu- dents get some experience in housekeeping, marketing, entertaining guests and other phases mates 7 MARKET I 12 of family living in their work in the Insmme apartment. They study the managemem m time. energy and money as well as the phlmw phy of home management. The Clothing and Textiles course incltidei the study of textiles w esPecially the new fabrics coming on the market and their uat- in both clothing and home furnishings _ um; Hm choice of ready-made clothes and furnish-m There is a laboratory course in testing i.- ii.“ Graduates make use of their training in ti. ch- ing. extension work, promotion and testiny tor commercial firms. A Clothing teacher tol ‘ of two graduates, brides of this year, who l- .tlc their own wedding dresses, achieving rm beauty and economy. Students learn the LI-t_ ui patterns, choosing clothes that are beco. M and doing both dressmaking and tailoring. ‘ In the degree course in Foods, the first Jr deals with basic nutrition and cookery and in things go wrong in cooking; the second i," with advanced cookery including somethir. on foreign foods; the third with equipment ml testing it; the fourth with food administr.- in. especially in working with quantities as a restaurant or institution. For this work, iii in- structor explained, a girl should have a flat or food. should like people because she has a in to direct or work with, and should have but at health as an advertisement of her job. ( .l- uates go into dietetics, teaching, research \- tension, journalism, TV and radio. The girls who take the one-year dip .14 course get a good course in Food and Die. it's too. as they do in Clothing and Textiles. hi some of these girls are employed as superv is of food preparation in hospitals; but the ! ill Members ofthe l- Counly, in a -II “Making the M0 of Fruit." HOME AND COUNTRY