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( KILN CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL—1918-19. HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT. j spiring them with trust, replying clearly, intelligently, to their ques- i tions, taking advantage of their natural disposition to acquire, correcting them patiently when, they make mistakes or do wrong. . This, we m.ust never lose sight of, all true education and in- struction should, therefore, at every moment, in every demand: and • j regulation, be double-sided—giving and taking, firm and yielding. i i But between the two, teacher and pupil, between request and j obedience, there should invisibly rule a third something to which both teacher and pupil are equally subject This third something is the ' RIGHT, the BEST. No education can reach its highest development | until those having it in charge, regard it from that standpoint. , Last, but not least, impress the growing boy and girl with the idea of self support. Give them a helping hand to find employment on Saturday, so they may have spending money of their own; they i will thus be taught self-reliance, be better satisfied to remain in High j School. With these principles deep rooted they wiil be willing to try j College, even if they have to earn their board. c KILN CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL—1918-19. @l}i> Ni'muitly nf lUnini? iErmunitira in fiUtral #rl|nnls. J- BY MATTIE ATKINSON, Home Science Department. The rural communities are being rapidly awakened to the value v.'l necessity of Homo Economics in tlieir schools. The people are .. i realizing that it is through the study cf Ilcme economics that '.(•> daughters are trained in the profession of home-making, which a very necessary profession for all girls to master. Ifnppily the days are passing, when the feeling prevails that .•.nyone can keep house.” We have come to realize that housekeeper is a profession, for which intelligent preparation is necessary. Sc;me mothers seem to think that their daughters can easily how to cook tnd keep house t.Iicti they have to do it. It is ,iiite possible that mi intelligent girl may, nftcr ijiany trials nnd tri- ■ illations *nd much waste of time and energy and money, become a ■‘airly good housekeeper. In the light of advancement in science dur-rii: the past twenty-five years, however, may we not expect seme 'l' ance in the methods of conducting n home? Indeed, we may. A complete course in Home Economics not only enables one to cijuire knowledge of cooking nnd sewing but, also, dietetics, laws of .alth nnd the sanitary requirments of the house. It teaches values, m absolute and relative, of the various articles used in the home, ■!".ding food, the wise expenditure of money and energy. 10
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