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Volume 34 | Number 2 Article 1 1954 The oI wa Homemaker vol.34, no.2 Rebecca Metcalf Iowa State College Marilyn Mound Iowa State College Jane Brintlinger Iowa State College Gwen Olson Iowa State College Carol Krebill Iowa State College See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/homemaker Part of the Home Economics Commons Recommended Citation Metcalf, Rebecca; Mound, Marilyn; Brintlinger, Jane; Olson, Gwen; Krebill, Carol; Brintlinger, Jane; Baur, Karla; Redman, Jean; Shehan, Carolyn; Hammerly, Jane; Jirsa, Doris; Will, Dorothy; Endres, Charlotte; Mumford, Donna; and Vandecar, Mary (1954) "The Iowa Homemaker vol.34, no.2," The Iowa Homemaker: Vol. 34 : No. 2 , Article 1. Available at: http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/homemaker/vol34/iss2/1 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Publications at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in The oI wa Homemaker by an authorized editor of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The oI wa Homemaker vol.34, no.2 Authors Rebecca Metcalf, Marilyn Mound, Jane Brintlinger, Gwen Olson, Carol Krebill, Jane Brintlinger, Karla Baur, Jean Redman, Carolyn Shehan, Jane Hammerly, Doris Jirsa, Dorothy Will, Charlotte Endres, Donna Mumford, and Mary Vandecar This article is available in The oI wa Homemaker: http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/homemaker/vol34/iss2/1 The Iowa COLLEGE LiBRARY orne .) flappy if the Bride)) MAY 1954 ,- - Wedding . 1nvr,tations . 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WORKSHOP! • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . .. • 50 MANY P E 0 P L E have asked for copies of the complete report on easier housecleaning presented at the Electrical Women's Round Table Workshop in Chicago in February that we have decided to make it available to home economists who were not able to attend. This collection of up-to-date cleaning tips was accumulated through the cooperation of experts in various fields- manufacturers of rugs and carpets, vacuum cleaners and other appliances for home care, editors of women's magazines, etc. Write direct to me for a free copy of "Housecleaning the Effortless Way~' If your vacation plans bring you anywhere near Racine, do plan to drop in and visit with us. And we hope to see you at the AHEA Convention. Our booth will be # 69- 70. Consumer Education Director JOHNSON'S WAX Racine, Wisconsin MAY, 1954 3 PUBLISHER A review of activity in home economics at Iowa State College Dorothy Will EDITOR Jane Hammerly The Iowa MANAGING EDITOR Homemaker Jane Brintlinger BUSI NESS MANAGER MAY, 1954 VOLUME XXXI V, NUMBER 2 Ed win a Zielinski EDITORIAL BRIDES' ISSUE PUBLIC RELATIONS Cook with a book by R ebecca Metcalf . 6 Ann Lindemeyer What's new by Marilyn Mound . 8 ISSUE EDITOR There'll be two together by fane B1-inllinger . ll Gwen Olson Your most beautiful dress by Gwen Olson . 12 ASSOCIATE EDITORS College showers are FUN by Carol Krebill . 13 Karla Baur She married the student body president! by jane Brintlinger . 14 Doris Jirsa Joan Mertens Silver that's right by Karla Baur . 15 Linens that last by jean Redman . 16 R ESEARCH DIRECTOR Jane Montgomery Equipment helpmates by Camlyn Shehan . 17 Will you insure your future? by fane Hammerly . 18 ART EDITOR Sally Young Announcing your wedding by Doris Jirsa . 20 The bride was carefree by Domthy Will . 21 OFFICE MANAGER R ebecca Metcalf Be sure to keep your family happy by Charlotte Endres . 22 Marry where you meet by Donna Mumfmd . 24 Trends by Mary Vandecar . 26 Muriel McLain Marilyn Mound Donna Mumford Photographs: Don Kelley, page 6; H armony House, page 8; College Town Studio, page Jean Redman 12; Janet Fry, page 13; Don Gustafson, page 14; Towle Sterling, page 15 ; Cannon Towels, Kay Scholten page 16; News of Iowa State, page 24; Hill's Studio, page 26. Carolyn Shehan Art: Sally Young, pages 17, 18 and 22. Mary Vandecar Cover photograph by Mark Shaw, Reprinted from Mademoiselle; copyright Street and Smith Publications, Inc., 1953. BUSINESS Published monthly during the school year by home economics students at Iowa State College, Ames, TREASURER Iowa. $1.50 per year. Entered as second class matter at the City Post Office, Ames, Iowa, under the Mary Halden act of March 3, 1879. Apply for advertising rates. ASSISTA NT TREASURER Norma Bork Anv1 ISING MANAGER Millie Willett women's angle CIRCUI ,, I.O.' MANAGER Sue Lane The Brides' Issue o£ the ASSISTANT CIRCU LATION Homemaker is back this month Sally Magee by special request. Many o£ you CAM rus AD vEt; 1 :siN<: reported unique uses for the j:111et Hoben Brides' issue 1952 - which Nancy Merchant others may wish to try with this issue. A bride-to-be back home DOWNTOWN ADVERTISING might find much helpful infor Elsie Gahm Virginia Joy mation in this month's Home maker. Or maybe your best DES MOINES ADVERTISING friend will soon be a bridesmaid Vivian Johnson or a shower hostess. You know how important the wedding is to the par- Patricia McBride ents of the bride or groom. Why not pass your copy on to them? . More important, though, is you- the Io~a State. coed .fo~ whom this NATIONAL ADVERTISING issue is written. Be you bride, already-marned or JUSt w1shmg, we, the Sue Blunt staff, hope we've given you a Homemaker you'll enjoy and keep. This is the last issue for the school year. But the October Homemaker will be waiting for you and for new freshmen in the registration line next Members of the Iowa Homemaker fall. Publication Board: Mary Halden, jane Hammerly, Mrs. Frank Kerekes, Sue Lane, Dean Helen R . LeBaron, K. R. Marvin, Marian Moore, Ellen Pennell, Dorothy Will and Edwina Zielinski. MAY, 1954 5 FOOD To Suit Your MOOD ICE CREAM? DRINK? SANDWICH? DINNER? SNACK? Whatever your mood, we have the Cook with a book food to satisfy it. Quick, efficient service is our wish for you. by R ebecca Metcalf Technical Journalism sophomore RICDARD~S ITH A COLLECTION of almost 100 cook· HAMBURGER in the RUFF W books, Dr. P. Mable Nelson, past Dean of Home Economics, has a hard time answering the 819 Lincolnway Phone 770 question so often asked of her- ''What is your favorite recipe?" The collection includes an unusual assortment of books from various countries with such strange recipes as spinach pancakes and rhubarb porridge. One of II the cookbooks even includes suggestions for the curing of insomnia, baldness and high blood pressure. Keep This Day Dr. Nelson's advice to the young bride is to Jearn the basic steps of cooking before attempting the more difficult. She suggests for the bride the manual used Yours Forever in the Foods and Nutrition 204 and 205 courses as it gives detailed explanations of basic cookery which must be understood before going on to the more complicated recipes. "\!\Then I buy a cookbook, it's almost always be· cause of one recipe I want from the book," said Dr. Nelson. "Every book I have has at least one 'special' recipe. I boug-ht the 'Cone;ressional Club Cook Book,' put out by the wives of the cong-ressmen, in order to try Bess Truman's recipe for Ozark pudding-." She went on to explain that this wouldn't be a practical way for a young bride to acquire cookbooks, but should be limited to older, more experienced cooks. Dr. Nelson's books date from 1737, the year in which "Secrets in Physick and Chynurgery," a tiny 2 by 4-inch leather-bound volume, was printed. She says this book is chiefly a collector's item, as it is Your wedding portrait will difficult to read the old style printing. always remind you of this Not merely a reader of cookbooks, Dr. Nelson most important day. helped to write one put out by Iowa State College in 1926, in addition to being co-editor of the manual used in the two beginning food preparation courses at the colleg·e. 'Because of various college activities, HILL'S STUDIO Dr. Nelson's busy schedule allows little time to spend in the kitchen. Even so, her blackberry cake Drop zn and let us help you with is always in demand, and her candied orange peel your wedding photographic plans.