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Tape Territory. This film
has been restored and audio described.

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THE END

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Kay probably can't remember
the day or the date.

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All she remembers is that she was sitting
in the study hall.

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Alice was really going to town
on her physics assignment.

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And Freck, well,
he was busy with his regular routine.

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It was just the usual sort of day.

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Or was it?

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There's the bell for an assembly.

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This one was for the girls only.
Nothing too unusual about that.

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that, Kay found a seat,
her favorite, right next the aisle.

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today I'd like to tell
you about several girls

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I know very well not too
long ago these girls

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were wondering just as you are
what they would do after completing

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high school let's start with Evelyn

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who went on to college
where she took a course

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in home economics now
she's a tea room manager

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and thousands of people
who eat out are her daily

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customers you might see
her talking to the hostess

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and never guess she is really the boss
behind the scene she's the one

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who makes the final check
and adds that extra touch.

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Kay thought she would like
that sort of work.

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She could see herself at the center
of a world made up of large ovens

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and mixers manned by professional cooks.

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Gee, what would Mom think
of a grocery list like this?

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For anyone with training
in institution management,

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though, it's just like
planning the family dinner.

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And this is Joanne. In high school

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she always helped decorate for the parties.

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She liked it. She still decorates.
Gets good pay now for doing it.

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An applied art major in home economics
helped her develop this ability.

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Kay couldn't resist daydreaming
herself into this kind of job.

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Folks would look to her to help
them make a wise choice.

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She would be asked to go
out on appointments,

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to help people plan lovelier homes
the speaker told of other girls

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she knew real girls in real jobs good
jobs interesting jobs well -paid too

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and everyone had taken her training

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in home economics
some had specialized in foods

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and nutrition others
in education in textiles

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and clothing household
equipment child development,

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applied art, institution
management, journalism.

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Home economics is all of this and more too.

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For instance, Carol,
who is now Mrs. Bill Johnson,

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took a general home economics course,

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not one which would lead
to professional employment,

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but one which fitted her for that very
important career of being Mrs. Johnson.

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Kay's home would be like this.

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There were many times she was glad

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that her college training had prepared
her so well for her home life.

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many times she didn't even realize

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that she was using
some of the knowledge she had gained

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and that her knowledge meant so much
to her family as well as to herself

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it wasn't hard for Alice
to return to reality But as for K,

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well, making a dream come true often
depends on a very little thing.

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Day after day,
she had passed by that little book,

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but now it suddenly held
the key to a wonderful future.

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Of course, there were things
she would have to do, apply for admission,

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study the courses and oh yes what would mom

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and dad say there was only one way

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to find out ask them
this was important she realized

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that now even before they said anything
you could tell that mom and dad knew

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that it was important to college
4k would mean sacrifices for mom

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and dad would it be worth the sacrifice

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So this was the important
day in Kay's life,

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and it was late at night when she finally
recopied the letter for the last time.

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She got a real thrill out of dropping
that letter in the box.

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(music playing)

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waiting for a reply was harder
everybody watched the mail

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and then it came you'd have thought Kay
was leaving for college the next day

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so this is college later
it will have a homey look

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now it was a bit bewildering
Wonder where the tennis courts are.

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Where would her room be?

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Who would be her friends?

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Wonder if she'd ever know her way around
here. Wonder what her room would be like.

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At first it looks bare
and not very friendly.

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But with new curtains and bedspread,

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it doesn't take long
to give it a homey feeling

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and a bit of college atmosphere as well.

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Before you know it, it's
time for the folks to leave.

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In all her dreams about college,
Kay had never included the moment

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when dad and mom said said goodbye,
when she would be on her own.

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(music playing)

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It helped to have Jean arrive just

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when she did. They chatted
like old friends.

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What about? Well, the usual things.

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and while they were talking
four girls Kay and Jean Ellen

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and Louise for the next
four years they will see

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a lot of each other most

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of their experiences
will be shared with each other

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that first stroll
with its first impressions

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They stopped at the same places.

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They looked at the same scenes.

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They did the same things
that many had done before.

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Here is college with its new friendships,
its old traditions.

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By the end of freshman week,

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they had begun to feel
that this college was their very own.

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Early October, headed for an eight
o 'clock class in Home Ec Hall.

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Just a part of the crowd.

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The eight o 'clock
was a class in applied art.

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It helped to build up a knowledge
of the beauty of design and color.

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Surprising how everyone could make
such interesting original designs.

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And this study of design
and color wasn't all theory.

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Jane and Helen learned to apply

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it in their class on costume
design and selection.

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All the classes seemed to fit together.

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Even the physics class
was what a girl would like.

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It was about physics in the home.

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This course helped you to understand
just what makes things run.

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Then in household equipment
you could study the practical side,

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the use of an appliance.

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In turn there were courses in foods

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and nutrition where you also
learned the why as well as the how.

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College had its sports program too.

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It was fun and a pleasant change
in the regular routine of classwork.

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You didn't have have to be good at first.

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You learned quickly and soon you're out
with your friends playing golf or tennis.

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We're taking part in college shows.

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Some girls liked it so well they took extra

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courses to qualify themselves
for jobs in physical education too.

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Playing or studying each day was filled.
Filled with learning new skills.

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Filled with learning
how to live a fuller life.

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College had much to offer.

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Kay and Gene were sure of that by the time
their freshman year was over.

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Sophomores, same room, same roommates.

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Same friends.

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Same things to talk about.

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Something new to talk about, too.

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I worked all summer,
and I've got a part -time job now, too.

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What's chemistry like?

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Well, it's not as hard as I thought
it was going to be. It's different.

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You have to get used to thinking
in a new way, but I sort of liked it.

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And you know it applies in...

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In such common ordinary things
as making cream of tomato soup.

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Pour milk into the acid tomato and you're
likely to have curdled tomato soup.

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Pour the acid tomato slowly
into cold milk and...

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Well, you can see that cooking
is practically applied chemistry.

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Whether it's a class in food
preparation or a class in...

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Textiles and clothing. Applied
chemistry is mighty important.

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Do you know what would happen
if you used acetone on some rayons?

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It's important to know
how to take care of things.

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Just as it's important to know how to make
them correctly in the first place.

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And again in this house planning course,

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the girls learn that science
and art are not far apart.

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The space in a house
must be planned for many things.

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For comfort, for economy, and for beauty.

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Saturday afternoon, football time

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You were there with all the spirit
you had for your high school team

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and maybe a little more more.

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College football on a sunny
autumn afternoon.

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You wouldn't have missed it for the world.

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And afterwards, you met the gang.

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Later one evening after such an occasion
the girls got together for their usual

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gab session For a time they talked
to the events of the day,

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but then Kay came up
with that all -important

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question What are you going
to major in Helen?

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Oh, you know me best cook to come out
of foods 204 I'm going to take foods

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and nutrition Really
I am I want to be a dietitian

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Wish I could make up my mind
that easy What are you going to take, Jean?

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Textiles and clothing
I like to work with fabrics,

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beautiful clothes And there are good
jobs as buyers in department stores

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I'd like to go along with you But I don't
know yet whether I want

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to work for a household appliance company
Or whether to go on with my artwork

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Do you know what I'm going to do?

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I'm going to teach Kay went
to chat with her advisor

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she learned about a world of opportunities
things she'd never thought

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of before teaching yes
it was a big profession high school

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teaching nursery school work
for those who like very small children

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and extension teaching with farm
families would teaching be her career

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or would it be the business
world with its glamorous

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commercial jobs
Would it be public service field,

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perhaps a hospital dietitian,
or research with its look to the future?

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Yes, there would be all sorts
of interesting careers, and best of all,

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when you made a home of your own,
all that you would learn would be useful.

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College is a timeless period. One One
year passes into another very quickly.

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It's good to be back.

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At the beginning of your junior year,
things seem pretty much the same.

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But this is the year that you're ready
to specialize in your chosen field.

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Helen, learning to be a hospital dietitian,

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must be able to plan
and serve inviting meals.

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Plan them well enough
to fit a doctor's orders

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and serve them attractively
to pep up lagging appetites.

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She'll also have the problem
of feeding large numbers of people.

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That calls for quantity cookery,

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so you'll find her in classes
in institution management.

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Louise, who has her eye on a commercial
career in household equipment,

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is rapidly becoming
a technician in her own field.

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The technical comparisons
which she is making now will will enable

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her to give firsthand advice
on the selection of home appliances.

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Her knowledge of efficient
operation will be passed along too.

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Jean was just as busy
in textiles and clothing.

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The world of fabrics
and of fashions will be hers.

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perhaps you will be designing
the clothing you see

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pictured in fashion magazines
perhaps she'll be the person

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who has thought up
the patterns you will buy

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at the store perhaps she will show

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you how you can create
beautiful clothes for yourself

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or help you choose them at the store

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Jean may even find another
use for her talents

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by combining her knowledge
of art and textiles.

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She may follow a career
in textile designing.

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The days are filled with other
interesting classes too.

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You would expect to find
Kay with her interest

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in teaching in a child development class

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but gene is there too to study
children's clothing requirements well yes

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but more than that home
economics means much

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more than a career it's
a study of everything

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that makes up a home including
those who live there the girls

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learn a lot from the children
of the nursery school how habits

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and attitudes learned at this age
are so important in later

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life they learn how much depends
on getting along with others,

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for after all,

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we live in a world where people
are more important than things.

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Yes, college is a rich
variety of experiences.

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You tell mom and dad about the little
events. One little boy is just darling.

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I really like that class.

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And the the big ones too tonight is the big

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prom I'm wearing my new
formal each good time

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that you had mingled
with the memories of other good times

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you'll never forget them
they were the glittering threads

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woven through the a varied
pattern of college life.

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Being a senior wasn't much
different from being a junior.

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Student teaching was in line for K.

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And Jean was busier than ever

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in her advanced courses
in textiles and clothing.

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Helen was deep in studies
on food bymanship,

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getting her money's worth that is.

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One of the many things she will be doing
next year in her job as a dietician.

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And Louise, wouldn't you know she'd
be in a household equipment laboratory.

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What is home economics?

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Is it the technical knowledge
of the equipment in a home?

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Or the understanding
of how to create beautiful clothes

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and more attractive homes?

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Is it the skill to prepare
an attractive, nourishing meal?

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Or the ability to teach
others these many things?

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Yes, home economics is all
these and more, too.

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To put it another way,

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each girl has been preparing
for two careers one

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her chosen specialty the other
is a career in homemaking

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and so as a special part of their training
the senior girls actually

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share the management of a home first
of all the girls met their advisor

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and decided how they were going to take
turns at managing all the household tasks.

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This was no make -believe situation.

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With eight hungry persons to feed,

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Jane would have to draw on the knowledge

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she gained in basic courses
in foods and in equipment.

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As for planning an attractive
meal and a pretty table,

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that should be easy for a girl
with special talent in color and design.

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K2 would draw on her knowledge
of household equipment

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and of textiles to take care
of her turn in the laundry.

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Louise, for a few days,

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would have the most
envied task in the house.

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Sooner or later everything
and anything you would learn

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in your home economics
courses would prove useful.

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Life in the home management
house is very homey.

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Somehow you wish it would never end.

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And some of the happenings
you will never forget.

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The five -pound party that Beth
had to announce her engagement.

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(music playing)

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the days roll by and even

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before school is out you have a new
topic of conversation getting your first

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job to the placement office
well yes Kay the The teacher

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placement office tells me they're
getting requests every day.

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Jean, I think this job in a department
store will be very interesting to you.

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The letter has just come in telling us

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that you've been accepted
for your hospital internship.

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Yes, Louise will be happy
to accept the position.

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Graduation.

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Mom and Dad were there, of course.

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They didn't say much,
but you knew they were pleased as punch.

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Dad made some remark about he sure
had earned his diploma,

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and you all laughed.

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Jean and Louise were leaving
at once for their jobs in the city,

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so you all drove down
to the train to see them off.

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as you stood there on the platform
wishing each other the very best of good

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fortune somehow the talk got
around to that very first meeting

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and then you sensed

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that this was the end of one
chapter in your life a chapter

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so fine that you hated to see the end
a chapter you wouldn't have missed