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Caption: Book - History of the University (Nevins)
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CHEMISTRY UNDER PALMER 183 came in 1895. The second lay in a domestic science department which the college shared with that of agriculture, but which found its origin in a work the chemistry department had begun in the analysis of foods and the study of nutrition and household sanitation. Dr. Draper in 1899, after a cautionary remark that "mere expertness in performing or supervising household duties does not seem to be up to the grade of college work/' had suggested that the department be instituted in the new Agricultural Building. A competent director was found in Miss Isabel Bevier, who was made professor of household science, with one instructor, and who began work the fall of 1900. Plans were laid at the same time for the supervision of a University lunchroom by the department. Five years later, when it was ready to be moved to the Woman's Building, the two instructors offered nine courses. Students in household science might register in either college, but to those in agriculture special county and Congressional scholarships were open upon the same terms as to men. The development of the courses in chemistry during this period under Dr. Arthur W. Palmer, an alumnus who returned from foreign study as assistant professor in 1889 and became a professor a year later, was such as to make highly fitting the erection to him of a commemorative tablet following his death in 1904. J When he began his professorial service he gave all the lectures of the four years' course (then including mineralogy) and heard all the students' recitations himself; the standing of the department became such that the increase in registration constantly surpassed that in the teaching force, and despite all the additions to the faculty the pressure of instructional work never abated.
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