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iss Louise Heringo, entre, and Mrs. No- els, right, both at he O.A.C. Deport- ent of Horticulture, iscuss their flower arrangements with a Wigboidus of Water- loo County. purpose of the diploma course is to fit girls for homemaking, so they learn the health values of foods, cooking, table setting and serving. The course covers food from purchasing to the table and the planning of menus perhaps for a week in advance. 3 afifiéfifiéfi SEI‘A BATES non hang SUMMER July Sumler comments on an exhibit "Separates for Summer" prepared by her club, Cainsville, Bron| County. Homeâ€"planning, architecture and art applied to home economics, deals with the artistic in clothing and furnishings and colour and design as applied to food to give “appetite appeal." We were told that some women know about these things instinctively but the home econom- ist needs to know the reasons to tell other People. And because the greatest family finan- cial expenditure usually goes to provide the sort of home (or housing) they want, the home economist learns about furnishing not as a home decorator but as one who plans a home for family living, for comfort and durability as well as for appearance. The Nursery School, one of the latest addi- tions to Macdonald Institute, was described as FALL I961 "a live laboratory" with children of two to five years in an observation centre for courses in family living. It is hoped the time will come when Mucdonald Institute can give a course in Nursery School work. Miss Margaret Myer, Chief. Home Econom- ics Section. Canada Department of Fisheries and Mrs. Elaine Collett. Director Chatelaine Magazine Institute. told the stories of their careers in home economics. Miss Myer alter completing high school took the fourâ€"year de- gree course in household science at Toronto University. spent a year interning as a hospital dietitian. then workcd in a high class restaurant where she got further training in food service. When the Second World War started she joined the R.C.A.F. working at food production first in Canada. then overseas. After the war she used her "benefits" to continue her education and get another degree: then with the help of a bursary went to Teachers' College in New York. She worked for six years on the Foods staff of Ontario‘s Home Economics- Service be- fore going to the Federal Department of Fisheries where she has mode up to become head of the Home EconomiCs section. Miss Myer outlined various careers to be had in home economics: teaching, extension work, business â€" as for example work with it home equipment firm or a food manufacturer or in home furnishing m several home econ- omists are working in commercial home decor- ating fields with wall paper, furniture and tex- tiles; as nutritionists, in research, journalism, radio and TV and welfare work. Some home economists combine home economics and social work. "No matter what career you choose." Miss Myer counselled, "when you get your degree your education is not finished. In fact our education is never finished.” 13