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Carnegie Free Traveling School Libraries elementary nature-study has been 

 introduced into 800 or more rural schools of the south. Efforts are being 

 made to establish school-gardens in connection with the nature-study course; 

 47 are alreadv established, giving satisfactory results to both teachers and 

 pupils. As far as possible these schools are supplied with seed and plants 

 by this system of traveling libraries. 



Massachusetts Instruction in Agriculture. The last session of the 

 legislature appropriated $5,000 to promote agricultural instruction in elemen- 

 tary grades. The movement will be centered in the State agricultural 

 college. 



Georgia Agricultural High Schools. Eleven schools will be estab- 

 lished as feeders for the State College of Agriculture. A farm of at least 

 200 acres will belong to each school. The boys will do all the work on 

 the farms and receive wages from the proceeds of the farms. 



Maryland Instruction in Agriculture. A new law requires that 

 agriculture must be taught at least one year in the public school course. 



Michigan Nature-Study League. In October, an association called 

 the Nature-Study League of the Michigan Agricultural College, was organized 

 with the following staff of officers: president, Dr. J. B. Dandeno; vice-pre- 

 sident, Miss Rachel Benham; secretary, Mr. E. P. Robinson; treasurer, 

 Miss Bertha Lunn. The object of the League is two-fold: (1) to enable 

 those who expect to become teachers to gather ideas in regard to material 

 and methods, which will be helpful in the work of teaching along the lines 

 of nature-studv. (2) to enrich the knowledge of students and others with 

 respect to things and phenomena of every-day life, and to create an appetite 

 for investigation. 



It is further expected to hold all members whether absent or present, 

 resident or non-resident, in an intimate relationship with regard to nature- 

 study, so that the League may give and receive assistance by correspondence 

 concerning local and reasonable conditions. The League meets once a week, 

 on Tuesday evenings from seven to eight o'clock. Communication with 

 other nature-study associations is invited. 



Professor R. 0. Johnson will take charge of the Nature-Study work at 

 the Normal School at Chico, Cal. 



