"Please tell people that home economics means much more than sewing and cooking," emphatically stated Mrs. S. A. Bell, Home Economics Department head . All home economics courses teach a girl culture as well as ski ll and fit her for gracious social living in any situation. They teach her in the classroom and laboratory the equivalent of ten yea rs' experience in homemaking . More equipment is available in Harding's home ec deportment than is usual in small colleges or even in larger ones. Practical experience in applying what the girls have learned is an outstanding feature . Faculty teas, dinners, and receptions, ore given under supervision, every girl participating in one such entertainment each term. Success in a new hobby every yeo r is the ambition of Mrs. S. A. Bell who heads the department . Her li st of accomplishments is impress ive and includes painting, a collection of unusual buttons, a fl ower garden, and a knowledge of photography including developing and enlarging . Someday she hopes to collect antique furniture for a dining room suite . At Boll's Orphan Home in Quinlan , Texas , Mrs . Bell was mather to thirty-nine small girls for three years . She planned a nursery for two-year-olds and under at that time which has s ince been cons tructed . Teoching the practical courses in clothing is Mi ss Elsie Mae Hopper whose Alma Mater is Harding . Miss Hopper applies her knowledge of home ec outside the classroom in such se rvi ce clubs as the Eastern Star. Motoring is her favorite pastime and she is proud of her pretty green Ford . t
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