Gaining on-the-job experience while still in school is one of the high points of a home economics education major's senior year in college.

If You're considering a change in major because of the "chemistry situation," take a little time out to think. Quit worrying for the moment about the details of the halide family or balancing that last equation. Think of chemistry as a whole and what it means to your every day living, to your career and to progress in general.

Now that you've registered for classes and have had your first glimpse of college social life at the Freshman Mixer I imagine that you feel like a full-fledged college girl. I envy you-just starting out on a wonderful 4 years.

Iowa Homemakers are as much students at Iowa State as we who attend classes on the campus. That's the way the faculty of Division of Home Economics feels about the thousands of Iowa women it serves daily through extensive service programs.

The Case for Chemistry, Dr. Ercel S. Eppright, page 3

Better Breakfast, Lois Longfellow, page 4

Dear Freshman, Jane Steele, page 6

Sweater Studies, Margaret Schaeffer, page 7

What’s New, Nancy Voss, page 8

Services for Iowa Homemakers, Floramae Gates, page 10

Here’s An Idea, Carol Dee Legg, page 12

General Home Economics, Harriet LaRue, page 19

Future School Marms, Alane Baird, page 20