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jects in ilu' normal schools In ilu' tabulation and analysts ol 

 the replies, those from the cit) superintendents and village prin 

 cipals werepul into one group, Bind .ill others intonnothei group 



The weight and consideration thai should be attached to the 

 answers thai relate closeh to the chiei matter ol interesl inthis 

 itudv, namely, poinl <>i view .mil contenl ol Nature-Stud) cour 

 si's, will depend in no small measure upon the extenl u> which 

 Nature Stud) is taughl in the state li is q source ol regrel to 

 find that onh 1 6 schools or i o'/'i ol the schools from which reports 

 wore received on this question give systematic courses in 

 Nature-Study; n schools 01 • r , give incidental bul no1 

 systematic instruction, while i<> 01 ^,' t reporl thai systematic 

 instruction in Nature-Study is no1 nttempted, wtih no sug 

 gestion thai the subjed is presented even in an incidental way, 

 such as, material for general exercises Fiftj distind answers in 

 the \\.i\ "i objections to or difficulties in the presentation o1 

 systematic courses were noted; 'i or m', reporl lack oi time 

 or too much crowding oi curriculum," [6 or •,', "unprepared 

 ness "i teachers to give ill*' instruction," , 01 i ■' , lack ol rel 

 ative importance when compared with othei subjects ol the 

 elementary school," 3 mention 'nothing has Itch introduced 

 along this line," • thai 'materials ol the course are nol organ 

 1 I'd," and 1 each, "courses gel stereotyped and formal," mal 

 ci 1.1 is in >i available," "lack ol definite purpose," "work too wish) 

 washy," "too much manual work," " large foreign element" and 

 last lnii mosl interesting ol all, 'il is nol alwavs timeh to be too 

 systematic in this work \<>u rnaj wish to teach monoecious 

 flowers April 30, bu1 the Lord may nol send them nnhl Ma) 

 ;>> " The members "I the supervisor) force ol the state deparl 

 nn'iii, the principals oi the training schools and science instruc 

 i(»rs in ilic normal schools give m distind answers in the way 

 oi difficulties, [3 or <>s' , reporl "lack oi qualified teachers 

 foi the instruction," [3 01 in', "an ovei crowded curriculum," 

 one says "apriori beliel ol man) schoolmen thai science cannol 

 be taughl to children," another "tendenc) to humanize know 

 ledge forgetting thai Nature-Stud) ma) be humanized," and 

 siill another "courses thai are offered are usuall) neither lish 

 nor flesh." 



The aims oi Nature-Stud) given b) the cit) superintend 

 ents and village principals were quite readil) and satisfac 



