Senior Breakfast and Home Economics Faculty, Cornell University - Spring 1919 - pages 153-156

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 I'm very lucky to have several of my grandmother Evelyn Clara Call's (1895-1962) photo albums. And perhaps even luckier that she labeled many of the photos - so I know roughly when and where they were taken, and who was in the photos. 

My grandmother attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois in 1915-1916, and then Cornell University in Ithaca, New York from 1916-1919. 

Most of the photos on pages 153 through 156 look to have been taken in the spring of 1919, around the time of the School of Home Economics Senior Breakfast at Cornell. 

Page 153 - After the Senior Breakfast at Home Economics, 1919

Beth Allis and Evelyn Clara Call


Beth Allis - Ethel Elizabeth Allis (1897-1989) daughter of Henry Selden Allis and Ethel May Pierson. Beth earned her degree in Home Economics from Cornell in 1919, the same year my grandmother earned her degree. 

Evelyn Clara Call - Evelyn Clara Call (1895-1962) daughter of Charles Joslin Call and Elizabeth Ann Coe. She married Francis William Hankins (1897- 1983) in 1920. She earned her degree in Home Economics in 1919. 


Beth Allis and Evelyn Clara Call



Mabel Lamoreaux and Beth Allis

Mabel Lamoreaux (1898-1986) daughter of Andrew Jackson Lamoreaux and Sarah Cross. She received a B.S. degree in 1919. She married Arthur Earle Booth (1897-1965) in 1921. 

Beth Allis



Evelyn Clara Call
In front of Sage


A corner of the garden 


Page 154 - Senior Breakfast at Home Economics, 1919





My grandmother, Evelyn Clara Call, is seated on the right side of the photo, fifth person from the back of photo.  

Page 155 - Women at a waterfall





Evelyn Clara Call (on right)


Page 153 - Home Economics Faculty, Cornell University, 1919




Home Economics Faculty

Boys, Kelly, Sykes,         , Freer,      ,      , Blinn, Smith,       .

Hazard,      , Warner,     , Rose, Van Rennsalaer, Young, Blackmore, Munch

Hunn, Hillhouse, Gleason, Moses,       , Nye. 


There is a copy of this photograph on the Cornell University Website as part of their What Was Home Economics exhibit. The page identifies everyone in the photo, with links to their faculty biographies. So I have included basic information about everyone on this page, with links to their bios on the Cornell Website. If you'd like to learn more about the history of Home Economics, and the leading role played by the school at Cornell, be sure to check out the entire exhibit. 

Back Row: 

Boys - Jessie Boys (1881-1965) joined the Department of Food and Nutrition in 1917. 

Kelly - Frances R. Kelly (1886-1955) was an instructor in food and household management between 1917-1920. 

Sykes - Clara Sykes was the secretary for the Home Economics Department in 1918. 

Ruby Green Smith (1878-1960) began working in Extension at Cornell in 1914. 

Freer - Florence Freer worked with Home Bureau and in Home Economics until 1920. 

Blinn - Alice Blinn (1889-1982) was an extension instructor and an Emergency Home Demonstration agent during World War I. 

Margaret Grace Whittmore was an extension worker in Home Economics. 

Nancy McNeal Roman  started as an instructor in home furnishings at Cornell in 1917.

Smith - Gladys Smith began teaching at Cornell in 1917. 

Helen Canon - (1888-1954) began her career in Home Economics at Cornell in 1915. 

Middle Row

Hazard - Blanche E. Hazard taught home economics at Cornell between 1914-1922. In 1921, her dissertation The Organization of The Boot and Shoe Industry in Massachusetts Before l875 was the first book written by a woman published by the Harvard University Press.

Warner - Annette Warner (1860-1948) began her career at Cornell in 1913. Beginning in 1921, she headed the Department of Household Art. 

Rose - Flora Rose (1874-1959) co-directed the School of Home Economics with Martha Van Rennsalaer beginning in  1908. 

Van Rennsalaer - Martha Van Renssalaer (1864-1932) organized an extension program for women in New York beginning in 1900. Beginning in 1908, she and Flora Rose do-directed the School of Home Economics. 

Young - Helen Binkard Young (1877-1959) taught Household Arts at Cornell between 1910-1921. 

Blackmore - Beulah Blackmore (1886 - 1967) joined the Department of Home Economics in 1915. 

Munch - Helen Monsch (1881-1959) taught food and nutrition at Cornell between 1918-1947. 

Front Row

Hunn - Anna Hunn was an assistant professor of nutrition and food administration. 

Hillhouse - Eleanor Hillhouse was an instructor in clothing and textiles at Cornell between 1917-1921. 

Gleason - Julia Gleason was an instructor in clothing and textiles at Cornell between 1916-1920.

Moses - Winifred Moses was an instructor in the food department between 1915-1921. 

Beatrice Hunter taught clothing and design at Cornell between 1918 - 1928. 

Nye - Claribel Nye (1889-1960) was the assistant state home demonstration leader and the state leader of Cornell Study Clubs beginning in 1918. 


Previous pages in the album:  College Friends 

Location: Ithaca, NY, USA

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