WOMAN ASTOUNDED
MEN WIN DIET COMPETITION. HOME SCIENCE CONTEST.. (By Tev*giapn — Association). DUNEDIN, Dec. 10. The members of the “gentler sex who entered for the Otago University Home Science Department cbet competition were astounded to find that they had lost the. first two prizes to two men. The competition was to all appearances within the clomani of housewives only. It was conducted with the aim of ascertaining the nature and weight of flic, food consumed bv an average Now Zealand family in one week.' As balancers of the home budget, women, it would appear, should have dominated the competition by their knowledge and numbers. They certainly outnumbered the male entrants, but the best returns were made by an engineer in Wellington and a constable in a country district in Canterbury. A total of 140 entries was received, and seven women divided the third prize, which was augmented by the department.
The success of the men indicates that the home science broadcasts have a wider appeal than their sponsors believed possible. It also suggests that th eintrnsion in.to .fields’ of the other sex is not the sole right.- of women.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 20 December 1935, Page 9
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