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Title: Annual year-book
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: St. Benedict's College and Academy
Subjects: St. Benedict's College and Academy St. Benedict's Boarding School for Little Boys
Publisher: (St. Joseph, Minn.) : The College
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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nd importance beside any otherwork in the school. Pupils are taught to overcome habits leading tocurved spine, drooping shoulders, narrow chests, etc. Special atten-tion is given to proper sitting, standing, and walking. Connected withthe gymnasium are dressing rooms and shower baths. HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT Academic Course (For the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Home Economics,see College Department, page 40.) The purpose of this department is to provide for the domesticside of a young womans education. This department includeshousehold arts, cooking, and sewing. The principles of cookery, its chemistry, the use and care ofkitchen utensils, and the manufacture and preservation of food mate-rials are studied and pupils receive a theoretical, systematic, and prac-tical training. Instruction is given by recitations and lectures, andwork is done in a well-equipped kitchen, with individual utensils andcooking apparatus. Each student has actual experience in preparing, 52 students room
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GYMNASIUM cooking, and serving of all foods. At stated intervals the students ofthe department prepare a dinner which they serve in the DomesticScience dining room. The course in sewing includes hand and machine work, ele-ments in dressmaking, mending, selection of materials, embroidery,etc. Oversight in sewing and mending is given without extra charge. The first year-credit in domestic science and the first year-creditin sewing will be accepted toward graduation from our academic de-partment. COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT This department offers young women an opportunity of acquir-ing a thorough business knowledge, and prepares them for securingpositions which will enable them to be self-supporting. BOOKKEEPING COURSEWith moderate ability and diligent application, the work out-lined in this course should be completed within one year. Pupilsadmitted to this course must have completed the eighth grade. Thesubjects pursued are: Commercial Arithmetic Commercial Law Commercial Spelling EnglishCom

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