... but that's what comes up in this party. Also, a guest plays "Jimmy Crack Corn" which is not the sort of song you want to sing if there are any Black guests. Not that there are any here, because this Coronet educational (?!) short had an educational consultant, a woman who was head of the Homemaking Education Department of Mississippi State University, back in the days before desegregation.
This raises in my mind the question of how far you could go in academia in Homemaking Education. Could you get a Baccalaureate? Was it a BA or a BS? Could you get a Master's degree, or perhaps a doctorate, awarded for a major advancement in homemaking?
It's a question that confounded the ages back then. Perhaps we should note that the head of the department, one Mary E. Weathersby, has no degrees after her name.
This raises in my mind the question of how far you could go in academia in Homemaking Education. Could you get a Baccalaureate? Was it a BA or a BS? Could you get a Master's degree, or perhaps a doctorate, awarded for a major advancement in homemaking?
It's a question that confounded the ages back then. Perhaps we should note that the head of the department, one Mary E. Weathersby, has no degrees after her name.
