RESIDENT TUTOR PROPOSAL

North Canterbury Gazette, Volume 7, Issue 61, 3 December 1937, Page 4

RESIDENT TUTOR PROPOSAL

A.C.E. Scheme Outlined

WOMEN’S ORGANISATIONS

MEET

A very representative committee of women met in John Knox Hall on Tuesday afternoon to discuss with Miss Violet McMillan, of the A.C.E., Dunedin, the desirability, of providing the services of a resident tutor to be stationed in Rangiora and serve the area from Kaiapoi to Amberley and from the coast to Oxford.

Mrs J. "W. Macleod was voted to the chair and asked Miss McMillan to outline the scheme, and the cost of applying it successfully. It was proposed to give up to four lectures in each Division and Institute during the year, at a cost of 10/-each.

Classes in “Homecraft,” “Diet,” “Dressmaking,” etc., were proposed, where wanted, at ap individual cost of £1 per course, the tutor to visit each centre as needed.

A “Town Day,” to be observed on Market Day, was part of the scheme. Here advice, consultations on home and shopping problems, etc., would be given free to all women applying for help. After a full discussion, it was decided that enough support was promised to warrant the adoption of the scheme.

It was then decided that the committee meet again on February 25 to elect an “advisory committee” to work in conjunction with Miss McMillan and the tutor, to engage a room for “Town Day,” etc., and work out the itinerary for the year.

Representatives of the following organisations were present:— Women’s Divisions—Oxford, Cust, West Eyreton, Southbrook-Flaxton Springbank-Fernside, Woodend, East Eyreton-Clarkville, and Amberley. Women’s Institutes —Kaiapoi, Tuahiwi, Ashley, Sefton-Kowai, Loburn. The following list gives some idea of tho variety of topics suggested for lectures :—Comfort and beauty in the home: (a) Colour schemes, (b) arrangement of furniture, (c) kitchen arrangement, (d) repairing upholstered furniture, (e) loose coyer making, (f) shampooing upholstered covers and carpets, (g) dyeing, (h) hanging curtains. Health through daily meals and the use of home-grown food: Milk and cheese dishes as sources of lime; nature’s laxatives—use of fruits and vegetables the year round; home-grown foods to prevent anaemia; what to eat if overweight; does it pay to buy fish (goitre prevention); food value and uses of home-ground wheatmeal; meat and poultry cookery; family meal planning; special adaptations for the elderly or sufferers from indigestion. Dressmaking demonstrations: Selection of material and its preparation for use; styles for over-slim and overstout; fitting square, sloping, and round shoulders; collars; fitting sleeves.