[Magdalen] First day of school.

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In a message dated 8/7/2015 10:14:30 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jay.weigel at gmail.com writes:

The  other high school, which was closed in 1967, was a "lab
school" for the  UW-Madison Dept. of Education. I guess they decided after
that that it was  more expedient to send their student teachers elsewhere to
practice  teach.>>>>>>
 
 
On the subject of closings at UW-Madison, I was stunned to learn
that the lovely Home EC house on campus which was quite near the
original Wisconsin General Hospital/UW Medical School, is gone.
 
It's been replaced by a high rise building from another department.
 
My Cousin Connie, herself a Home EC graduate of UW-Stout back
in the 1960's. tells me that there really is no such thing as "Home  EC"
any more.  There are no Home EC majors and the subject as such
is not taught anymore in high schools.
 
It's ?apparently secondary to women's desire not to be identified
with homemaking.  Maybe, though, there's a little of tossing the
baby with the bathwater? 
 
 
David Strang.