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Title: Brevard Institute Catalog
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Brevard Institute
Subjects: College publications--North Carolina--Brevard.
Publisher: Brevard (N.C.): Brevard Institute
Contributing Library: Brevard College (Brevard, N.C.)
Digitizing Sponsor: North Carolina Digital Heritage Center

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ass of foods, includingvegetables, cereals, eggs, milk, cheese, meat, fish, poultry andflour mixtures, such as bread, cake, rolls, cookies, etc. Serving—This includes the care of dining-room and pantry,care of silver, washing dishes, serving of breakfast, luncheonand dinner, and menu-making. Much of this work is far fromentertaining, but the aim of the course is to remove the drudgeryas much as possible and to enable our girls to be happy in home-making. LAUNDRY AND MENDING The laundry room is equipped with stationary tubs andwashing machines, supplied with hot and cold water, wringers,etc. The ironing room adjoining is fitted with ironing boardsand a laundry stove capable of heating twenty-eight irons. Girlsare required to do their own laundry work, including their bedlinen. Laundry work, washing and ironing demands about fourhours per week for each girl. After the ironing has been finishedthe clothing of each girl is inspected and the sewing teacher seesthat it is properly mended.
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hat and dress Made ix Brevard institute GENERAL INFORMATION INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM The industrial feature in our school is sometimes attackedon general principles, but always by persons who have nevervisited or patronized1 us. A minister of the W. N. C. Conference,after spending two weeks in Brevard, during which time hevisited the Institute and acquainted himself with its studentsand with its literary and industrial work, confessed that he hadheretofore opposed the industrial feature in schools because itwas so hard to draw the line between industrialism and servi-tude. In this school, however, he stated that the line wasproperly drawn and that he would as willingly have his daughterin this school as in any school he knew. ADVANTAGES OP INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM The advantages of the industrial system are many: itassists materially in reducing expenses; it necessitates a cer-tain daily amount of exercise and mental relief from study, thusincreasing the mental efficiency; it lessens the number of

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