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11 that seem to be willing to give credit, 8 colleges preparing to give 

 credit, and 27 colleges that would give credit if asked to do so or that 

 are willing to give credit for work properly done. This report is 

 given in full in the proceedings of the National Education Associa- 

 tion and will be of very great value to those interested in the progress 

 of agricultural education. 



The department of normal schools gave incidental consideration 

 to the subject of agriculture in a session devoted to papers on the 

 special preparation of teachers for the rural schools, the training of 

 teachers for industrial and vocational work, and a report on agri- 

 cultural work in normal schools. 



A report on The United States Government Materials that are 

 Usable in Secondary Education was given by W. N. Clifford at one 

 of the meetings of the department of science instruction. This re- 

 port was devoted mainly to a discussion of the publications of this 

 department suitable for use in secondary schools in connection with 

 science instruction and instruction in agriculture. 



Several of the societies meeting with the National Education 

 Association held sessions devoted wholly or partly to the discussion 

 of problems in agricultural education. The National Committee 

 on Agricultural Education held one such session at which the problem 

 of national aid for industrial education was discussed. A confer- 

 ence of teachers of agriculture was held for the purpose of discuss- 

 ing some of the problems of these teachers and the advisability of 

 forming a national association of teachers of agriculture. 



The American Home Economics Association held two important 

 sessions devoted to the discussion of the Presentation of Subject 

 Matter in Household Science and Art to Elementary Pupils, and 

 Methods of Teaching Household Science and Art in Secondary 

 Schools. Teachers of these subjects were present from all parts 

 of the country to take part in these discussions. One of the principal 

 addresses at the last general session of the National Education Asso- 

 ciation was also on this subject. Mrs. W. N. Hutt spoke on the 

 Education of Women for Home Making. 



THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE. 



The prospectus of the Graduate School of Agriculture, issued just 

 before the close of the year, announced that the fourth session of 

 the school would be held at the Iowa State College of Agriculture 

 and Mechanic Arts, Ames, Iowa, July 4-29, under the auspices of 

 the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment 

 Stations. Some notion of the character and extent of this enter- 

 prise can be had from the following excerpts from the prospectus : 



