Should You Balance Your Educational Diet?

Yes, I suppose I should take a little of Mr. X\u27s chemistry and a dash of Miss A\u27s economics. And isn\u27t Miss L\u27s type of applied art interesting? How would you like to choose your own instructors and courses, and plan your educational diet much as you would pick out a well-balanced meal in a cafeteria? There has been much discussion pro and con over the advisability of the student\u27s choice of faculty members. Some feel that we have judgment enough to choose wisely

How Many Wish a Soft and Gentle Voice?

No, not all of us can have Franklin D. Roosevelt voices, but we can avoid the Casper Milquetoast type

Glad-irons Replace Sad-irons

Remember the old sadirons whose heat you judged by the ferocity of the sizzle? Equipment needed for those days of ironing drudgery included- a strong right arm, a gaily colored calico holder to protect your hand from the hot handle, yesterday\u27s newspaper for a stand, and a piece of wax to keep the bottom of the iron smooth. Then there was the big, heavy ironing board- one end resting on the kitchen table and the other on a stool on which perhaps the cookie box was set and maybe an old encyclopedia to give the necessary height

Four Tons of Popcorn

Four tons of popcorn is a lot of popcorn. Evelyn Armour, H. Ec. Education Jr. admits, but when people buy 1,300 sacks in one day one may speak in large numbers

No More Noise

Gone are the days when the freshman dining room in Mary B. Welch West could be likened to a boiler factory because of its bad acoustics. Now when a plate sails out of the hand of a nervous waiter, it lands with an unnoticeable dull thud

The Iowa Homemaker vol.15, no.7

Iowa State is Wearing, page 2 Dinner at Eight, page 3 Short Cuts to Clothes Care, page 4 But I got the Blanket, page 4 “Something Warm, Please!”, page 5 Does Your Hair Look Like You?, page 6 When Seniors Have Day-dreams, page 7 Food Fashions, page 8 Jobs Filled by Recent Grads, page 10 Have a New Year’s Resolution, page 11 Four Tons of Popcorn, page 12 In Rhodesia It’s Monkey-nuts, page 13 Action in the Three “R’s”, page 15 No More Noise, page 1

The Iowa Homemaker vol.17, no.1

What Goes on Behind the Swinging Doors by Doris Ingle, page 2 How Many Wish a Soft and Gentle Voice? by Ida Ruth Younkin, page 3 For a Sentimental Season by Gaynold Carroll, page 4 Make the Shoe Fit by Jean Reis, page 5 Color, Harmony and Mood by Dorothy Evans, page 6 Three Girls, page 7 What’s New in Home Economics, page 8 “Men Crave Real Food!” by Marie Bernds, page 10 Pack a Sense of Humor in Your Picnic Hamper by Helen Clark, page 11 A New Season Brings Grads New Jobs by Faithe Danielson, page 12 Pleasure With Practice by Florence Rannells, page 12 Behind Bright Jackets, page 13 No More Baker’s Bread! by Carrie Palmer, page 14 An Apple a Day, page 15 Say Goodbye to Frizzy Ends, page 15 Pet Your Plant, page 1

The Iowa Homemaker vol.16, no.2

Cover by Allene Nelson Circles on Your Calender by Vera Joyce Horswell, page 1 Manners Make You “Tops” by Peggy Schenk, page 2 Mrs. Friley Prefers Informal Entertainment by Kay Hoffman, page 3 Sportswear Dictionary by Rosemae Johnson and Stella Mae Brinkman, page 4 Alums at Work – And Some Go to Europe by Gay Starrak, page 6 Doorknobs Are Polished for Veishea by Lola Wilcox, page 7 After Graduation, What Can I Do? by Elizabeth Brann and Marian Reinke, page 8 Picnics – Sixty Campus Opinions on Them by Dorothy Fedderson, page 9 What’s New in Home Economics, page 10 Behind Bright Jackets, page 12 Should You Balance your Educational Diet? by Ida Ruth Younkin, page 13 Try Bread if You’re Food Conscious by Clara Gebhard Snyder, page 1

The Iowa Homemaker vol.16, no.8

Billy Eats, Sleeps and Plays by Barbara Fischer, page 2 Foods for Gods from the Buffet by Helen Miller, page 3 Swing Into Spring! by Beth Johnson, page 4 Color Passports to Spring by Gaynold Carroll, page 5 Teachers Reveal Pets and Peeves by Peggy Schenk, page 6 Awearin’ the Green by Mildred Gauley, page 7 Table Shamrocks by Doris Ingle, page 7 What’s New in Home Economics, page 8 News in the Mail from Graduates by Faithe Danielson, page 10 Glad-irons Replace Sad-irons by Ida Ruth Younkin, page 11 Children Around the World by Mae Louise Buchanan, page 11 Behind Bright Jackets, page 12 Hopes in a Chest by Gwen Griffith, page 13 Spring Inventory by Gay Starrak, page 14 French Cookery Puzzles by Beth Cummings, page 16 Wear Polished Nails by Jane Helser, page 1

The Iowa Homemaker vol.15, no.7

Iowa State is Wearing, page 2 Dinner at Eight, page 3 Short Cuts to Clothes Care, page 4 But I got the Blanket, page 4 “Something Warm, Please!”, page 5 Does Your Hair Look Like You?, page 6 When Seniors Have Day-dreams, page 7 Food Fashions, page 8 Jobs Filled by Recent Grads, page 10 Have a New Year’s Resolution, page 11 Four Tons of Popcorn, page 12 In Rhodesia It’s Monkey-nuts, page 13 Action in the Three “R’s”, page 15 No More Noise, page 15</p