264 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



COURSE OF STUDY FOR GEORGIA SCHOOLS. 



Upon invitation of Governor J. M. Terrell, the expert in agricul- 

 tural education of the Office of Experiment Stations, and Joseph S. 

 Stewart, professor of secondary education in the University of 

 Georgia, met at the governor's office and, after conference \\dth the 

 governor and others, prepared the following tentative course of study 

 for bo3^s, which has since been submitted to the board of trustees of 

 the University of Georgia as the basis of the courses to be pursued in 

 the different schools. A similar four-year course for girls \\all be 

 .arranged in home economics, including the study of food, cooking, 

 dining service, laundering, dair3nng, sewing, dressmaking, milliner}^, 

 home ornamentation, and household science. These are to be 

 studied and practiced in three-hour practicum periods (mentioned 

 below in the course of study for boys) under the direction of a domes- 

 tic science teacher. The suggestive schedule of daily recitations 

 (PI. XI) shows the proposed arrangement of student sections for 

 class-room and practice work. 



Tentative Course of Study. 



first year. 



Hours per week. 



English grammar and American authors 5 periods of 40 minutes. 



Mathematics: Arithmetic 5 periods of 40 minutes. 



United States history 3 periods of 40 minutes. 



Penmanship and spelling 2 periods of 40 minutes. 



Geography 4 periods of 40 minutes. 



Total 19 periods or 12§ hours. 



Class agriculture 3 periods or 2 hours. 



Practice work 18 periods or 18 hours. 



Total 21 periods or 20 hours. 



SECOND YEAR. 



English grammar, composition, selected literature 5 periods of 40 minutes. 



Mathematics : Algebra 5 periods of 40 minutes. 



Horticulture and botany 3 periods of 40 minutes. 



History : Ancient 3 periods of 40 minutes. 



Penmanship and spelling, or (ii)tinii 2 periods of 40 minutes. 



Total 18 periods or 12 hours. 



Class agriculture 3 jjcriods or 2 hours. 



Practice work 18 periods or 18 hours. 



Total 21 periods or 20 hours. 



third YEAH. 



English continued 5 periods of 40 minutes. 



Mathematics: Algebra 3 periods of 40 minutes. 



Rural law and farm accounts 2 periods of 40 minutes. 



