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food* .unl nutrition, clothing and textiles. Institution management. ami home iniinni.'emetit. Tcirhiiu: iihil rewnrch lU'Oflft in child development and family reInttonshlns ore In the Child Development Laboratory. Bevlor llnll provides fiiclllilcfl ior 750 undergraduate nnd 100 graduate home economics majors nnd for B O non-majors. This Is O about twice thr former numbor. The six-story, red brick buildin;: fares east on Goodwin Avenue, across from the women's gymnnalum. and la bounded on the wast by Mathews Avenue and O the B south by Gregory Drive. It la Cshaped, with one arm of the "("' longer than the other. TO simplify traffic in the buildin K undci i'.r;i<lii;ile teaching aod t area* commonly UHed by the public are largely concentrated 00 the three lower floors. Extension, research, and graduate teaching activities are more heavily conccn-

Ice areas. Between classes students study In the library and visit -and relax In the student lounges on second u ml third floors.

Name Speakers For Dedication

Home Economies Department at 4, during the dedication cet& the University of Illinois from monies. liKM-HMu, you meet Isabel Bevter A delegation of these women out-ihe woman, the scholar, the ad* lined the needs of expanded facilimlnlstrator, The book sets forth ties for home economics education her ideals and standards and her before the University board of I legacy of rich promise In the broad! trustees In November I960. Confield of educating women for their tracts were let for the buildings homemsklng responsibilities. In September 1954.

Ul CHILD DEVELOPMENT LAB

A dinner for University of TTTP nois alumnae and students will be given Friday night, Saturday has been designated as the annua! Hospitality Day when bigs school students, teachers, and parents visit the University campus and tour the home economics department* (Page 4 carries snore information on plans for Hospitality Day).

Judge Allen Will Give Convocation Address On Friday

One of this nation's famous Jurists, Judge Florence E. Allen, will give the convocation address durbii: the University of Illinois' home economics dedication ceremonies Friday, April 5. Judge Allen Is a judge of the United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, In Cleveland, Ohio. A graduate of Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Judge Allen studied law at the University of Chicago and New York University law schools. She was admitted to the Ohio Bar In 1014. In 1022, she became the first woman elected to the Supreme Court of Ohio and was reelected In 1828, In M . 4 she wss appointed to K1 , her present position and became the first woman to sit In a federal court of general Jurisdiction*

Nat Ions I ly k no wu homo eco nomists and educators will take part In symposia commemorating the dedication of the University of lib noli home economics buildings April 4. B, and 8. Spcakears Thursday afternoon and Friday morning will focus attention on "The Challenge for Home Economies/' on Thursday, Dr. Psuilne Park Wilson Knapp, director of the Morrill Palmer School, Detroit, will speak about the home In relation to home economics. Talking about homo economics In the community will be Mrs. Kathryn Van A ken Burns. Mrs. Burns wig state leader of home economics extenslon at the University of Illinois from 1923 to 1968. Home economics international affairs will be discussed by Dr. The new $999,000 University of Jean McNaughton, representative of the Food and Agriculture Or- Illinois Child Development Laborganization of the United Nations. atory provides opportunity for exLeading off the Friday morning panded programs of student obsymposium will be Dr. James A. servation and participation and for McCain, president of Kansas State important research In many areas College. McCain will talk 'about of child development. the challenge for home economics In higher education. He was presi- This spacious building provides dent of Montana State University facilities for twice the number of from 1949 to 1960 and has served children and three times the numIn his present position since 1960. ber of students and parents forDr. pearl P. Swanson, assistant merly provided for. 11 also has director In charge of home eco- the first adequately equipped renomics research at Iowa State Col- search laboratories available to lege, will represent the views of home economics for studying children and their behavior at the research at this session. A University of Illinois gradu- University. ate, Gertrude Austin, will present Dr. Nellie L. Perkins, who Is in the views of business In relation charge of child development and to the future of home economics. family Relationships, designed the Miss Austin Is consumer service building] and Its facilities after director for California Fruit (1 row- some ol her research findings in " er* Association. this area.

Tribute From Dean Howard

Dean J.otiis ('.. Howard of the University's College of Agriculture today paid tribute to the women of Illinois for their continuing interest hi home economics education at the University. "In a sense," Dean JIow ard said, "we are dedicating our new buildings and our new facilities to all Illinois citizens. It is a tribute to these people that the state of Illinois now has the means to move rapidly ahead in all phases of home economics teaching, research, and ex ten si on." He emphasized, however, tha "true progress does not come from brick, stone, and mortal. but rather from people who For the 40.threc-and four-year- work, study, teach, and learn toolds who come four days a week, gether." this laboratory is an extra special nursery school. Each age group follows a carefully planned schedule of activities In separate play areas and serves as a "living textbook" as the children play, sing, talk, and eat together. While some students and the staff work with the youngsters, other students, parents, and visitors can observe the activities in special observation booths on the second flAor, The children's areas were planned and are furnished In keeping with their ages and needs. The indoor and outdoor play areas, wrap room, toilet room, children's library, and dining room are all scaled to fit the youngaters. For adults there are classrooms, offices, and parents1 library. Dean Louts B. Howard