DOMESTIC SCIENCE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2987, 26 January 1917, Page 5

DOMESTIC SCIENCE

r A UNIVERSITY QUALIFICATION. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, January'.2s. !A telegram was received by the Chancellor of the University (Sir Robert Stout) from Mr. J. A. Hanan, Minister 'of Education, a few "days ago, ' urging the Senate to give further encouragement to lady students to study domestio scicnco. This resulted in tho following recommendation being submitted to Senate by the Education JCx- . animation Committee,, to which the telegram had been referred. , '■The committee recommends that every girl entering for..the matriculation or entrance scholarship shall forward to the Registrar, with her application, a certificate from the principal ,of the last sohool attended, or from some other responsible person, stating that she has taken a course in domes.tio science." . ' ' ; ... . . . .Professor Chilton.} . coayener-qf ,the. committee,' said that, the committeo considered tho mi&ter to he a.very im- • portant .ono, because it affected—tho training of the future drives and mothers of our young nation. It therefore received sympathetically .the request of the Minister. It was generally agreed that the do- . mestio science should be a compulsory .'subject for girls, but there wero vari-. ous' difficulties in the way of 'making it such., .... ,-/ '■ ■ ° The recommendation was. adopted. 1