Very near and dear to the hearts of many of the instructors as well as the students in home economics is a visiting scholar by the name of Shizue Oda. Any student who has ever had her in class will probably never forget the magic-like skill she has in the art of food preparation. To see her chop fresh vegetables with a French knife or peel and section fresh fruit is truly a wonder and the envy of any foods major. Her Sukiaki recipe and the art of making it was indeed a treat for the Institution Management Department.

Welcome to the "best-dressed room on campus. It belongs to Sally Anthony and Cyndy Richards who live on the third floor of East Linden Hall.

Writer, Teacher, Homemaker from Japan, page 4

What’s College Like in Japan?, Patty Anderson, page 5

The Best Dressed Room, Gail Devens, page 6

The Chapeau de la plume, Helen Rank, page 8

What’s Going On?, Jane Gibson, page 10

What would be the first thing you would learn in a foods course in Japan? You'd learn to steam rice, of course! Though home economics students at Iowa State don't learn to steam rice in their first foods class, there are many similarities between Japanese and American college students.

Once upon a time in the land of frills, feathers and fashions, the Queen of Clothes was in a quandary. To wear, or not to wear her Chapeau de la plume to the evening wedding of Lord Pinkerdedum. That alone was b ad enough, but to add to her dilemma, she knew not which gloves to wear.