NOVEMBER 22, 1950
CLARION
PAGE FIVE
Economy Gets A Man:
Home Economic Girls Find Many
Difficulties In Budget Costs
BY JOYCE BRAND
“My goodness,” exclaimed Jean Parrish, “the man I marry had bet
ter be prepared to make plenty of money or he’ll starve to death.”
Excuse me, but could you tell me the price of three sprigs of pars
ley?” inquired one of the girls, of a bewildered clerk, as Ann Duck
worth hovered anxiously around to ask the cost of three tablespoons
of cane syrup.
“Look, Ann!” exclaimed Caro
line King. “I have found the
paprika—now, how will I estimate
the cost of what would be used
on one serving of cauliflower?”
Clerks at Harold’s super store
found themselves thus besieged
one Thursday afternoon by the
students of Home Economics 26.
Under the guidance of Miss Esther
Montgomery, the students had
spent several days preparing a
week’s menu for their supposed
families.
Each of the girls — except Ann,
who prepared for five members—
had estimated the food needs of
a family of four: mother, father,
son, and daughter. Now they had
come to Harold’s to price the min
imum cost of the diets they had
prepared.
Each of the meals had to be
balanced and had to meet the test
of the basic seven food require
ments. Accordingly, problems very
similar to those presented by ac
tual marketing were encountered.
Prices had risen on some pro
ducts, others were out of season,
and still others were scarce be
cause of the war and strikes. A
strike had taken soda off the
counters.
The girls had to face the prob
lems of whether to sacrifice one
portion of the planned meal in
order to buy a food that cost more
tiian they had anticipated, of how
best to take advantage of sales,
and of whether to pay more in or
der to buy under a well-known
trademark.
Since the girls had planned to
keep the menus to a minimum
cost without sacrificing the neces
sities, the diets followed the same
basic idea and ran to meat loaf.
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table and to provide manual labor
foi the painting of walls and floor.
Joe Jack Wells, president of
the Cliosophics, says that his club
will not be outdone by the Del-
phians. The Clios have agreed to
• ebuild the two ping pong tables in
the rec hall and to see that pad
dles and nets are available.
When the general redecoration
and painting have been completed
students of the Art department will
supply murals.
The Student council members
feel that with the cooperation of
student body the recreation hall
can be remodeled at little cost to
the school. Bernie Welch, presi
dent of the student body, has said
that if the students take part in
the remodeling they will appreciate
the new hall more than they have
the old, and that they will take
better care of it.
Charles Yarborough, Jean Parrish, Jim Barker, Miss Louise
Moseley, and James Smith (left to right) begin work on the Recrea
tion HalL These student council members plan complete redecora
tion for the hall.
chicken, fish, and other inexpen
sive cuts of meat. Therefore the
total price of each grocery list
fell between twenty-five and twen
ty-seven dollars.
The four totals arrived at were
$26.96, for the family of five; and
$22.60, $21.96, and $24.40, for the
families of four. Breaking these
amounts down, the cost of food
purchased to supply these menus
would be $5.63 per person per
week, or 80 cents daily.
The girls have decided to keep
these figures in mind for the
day when somebody tries to per
suade them that “two can live as
cheaply as one.”
Program Planned
By Language Club
Mary Alice Hollifield, president
of the Sigma Pi Alpha, has an
nounced that the language fratern
ity will present a program featur
ing the languages represented in
the college. This program, which
will be held in the recreation hall
on November 28, is the only pro
gram of its kind ever presented
to the student body of Brevard
college.
A French skit will be presented
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by the French students, under
the direction of Miss Dulcie Hayes,
faculty advisor of the society.
Miss Hayes will also direct the
Spanish part of the program. Cuba
Gilver will give some unaffected
Spanish dances. The German stu
dents, with the help of Dr. Joseph
Leete, will present a short Ger
man skit. All of these playlets
will be comedies. The program
will feature Dr. Leete, who has
traveled widely and who can speak
several Ipguages. These perform
ances will be supplemented by
short, humorous, English melo
dramas. The proceeds will be used
to furnish the recreation hall with
table games.
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