In this film, six Oregon State College undergraduates act out a role playing exercise in which they demonstrate a strategy for meeting as a group to coordinate schedules and resolve potential conflicts. The exercise touches upon social expectations within the house, as well as different obligations - including care for infants - assumed by those who live there. Following the conclusion of the exercise, additional footage showing preparation of picnic foods, packing of baby foods, and ironing of a table cloth is included.
Home management houses, including Withycombe House, were established in the Oregon Agricultural College School of Home Economics in 1916, and a six-week residency in one of the houses was required of all home economics students. Beginning in 1926, infants and toddlers lived in the home management houses and were cared for by the students and resident advisor.
Digitized from a film original held in the College of Home Economics Motion Picture Films and Videotapes (FV 044:001), Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries.
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