This new column is to acquaint you home economists- present and potential- with recent booklets, pamphlets, articles, magazines and books published to help you know your own and other related fields of home economics.

Alaska always meant snow, ice, igloos and Eskimos to me until I landed in the heart of it last summer. Now it means a golden land of opportunity.

The three and one-half rooms of 1013 Pammel Court contain the Wiles-brown-eyed Nancy, 4; Connie 2 and a half, a blonde curly-haired charmer; blue-eyed mischievious Marcia, 1; and their mom and dad.

You'll find a tall, slim woman with a friendly smile and a sense of humor in Room 216, Home Economics Hall.

Live TV programs at Iowa State are now a reality. And you as a student have opportunities to plan and produce your own shows, to work as a floor director, a script girl, or to participate in the actual shows.